Hi, folks. It has been far too long since we visited, and I’m truly sorry for that. Guess you all thought I’d drifted off and fallen off a cliff in PEI Nat’l Park or some such foolishness. In truth, coming back to North Texas after a visit to Prince Edward Island sometimes puts Josie and me into a bit of a funk that only beginning to plan for the next trip there can cure.
Well, it’s not going to happen this coming year (2009) unless things really change for us. This is to be an income-building, debt-paying, scrimping-and-saving year, I’m afraid. Still there’s always 2010, if we’re lucky, and we might as well go ahead and plan for that!
One of Josie’s favorite “simple pleasures” on PEI is to sip an Island-only soda called “Raspberry Cordial”. The beverage is produced and bottled — never canned — right on PEI and is not exported. So a trip to PEI is the only way to enjoy a bottle! (OK by us. Everything tastes better on PEI, anyway.)
Raspberry Cordial In PEI
It doesn’t take much effort to find the beverage, though, once on the Island, as it tends to be served at most restaurants, is sold at Cows chain of ice cream parlors, and can also be found in grocery and convenience stores all over PEI. Now, I have to confess that I am not a fan of anything raspberry — cordial or not — and have only ever tasted a sip of my wife’s beloved elixir. That taste test was partly for the purpose of appeasing Josie and partly born of a desire to say that I’d at least tried the Island’s signature drink. That said, I find that just the sight of the red, bubbling soda decorated with an illustration of the little red-haired girl who made it famous to thousands of readers, puts me in a mood that it’s hard to describe. (Let’s just call it “merry”, in honor of the current season.)
I am pressed for time and find that I must cut this short today, but I do hope to be writing again very soon, now that PEI fever has its grip on me once more. Should I miss my next self-imposed deadline, however, allow me to wish all my readers a very merry Christmas, 2008. While I’m at it, why not a blessed, healthy, and prosperous 2009?
I’ll be in touch…
Sean
[...] cup of tea; and, of course, other, more hearty drinks, as well. Of course, they don’t serve Josie’s cherished Raspberry Cordial, which is one strike against them, although they can’t really be blamed in that PEI does not [...]
By: Peggy’s Cove « Maritimes Vibe on 2009.06.25
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