It’s the thought that counts – so they say

Tweet

I mentioned before that we were taking care of our neighbours’ cat while they were on holiday – they went to Portugal. The day after they got back, we were out most of the day and then I went away for three days. Our neighbour said she had a little something for us, and she would pop round with it and pick up the key. I told her I was away, but the others were still around. Nevertheless she must have decided to wait until I got back because she didn’t come. So yesterday finally we met up and returned the key and she gave us this box of pastels de nata as a little ‘thankyou’ gift. That was really not necessary but was thoughtful of her – but when I looked at the box at home I realised it had a ‘best before’ date of three days earlier! I thought we had better eat them right away, so I opened the box and we found they had started to go mouldy I think they must have grabbed the box of typical Portuguese treats from the airport shop on the way home and not thought that they might not keep very well. Not sure whether to be pleased to receive a box of mouldy pastries or whether it would have been better if they hadn’t bothered to get us anything! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2023.