Steve and Miz Brenda employed a variety of tools, attempting to free the cinamon buns. Note broken spoon on deck.
Bill and Solveig Shearer (Stan's sister) recently returned from a wonderful month in Palencia, Belize where they rented a cottage by water and did whatever they pleased. Solveig has many adventures to tell about and lots of slides. Here's a story we enjoyed:By Solveig Shearer
Walking home from our first dinner in town, Miz Brenda, a Creole woman, approached us to offer a sample bag of macaroons and to tout her cooking expertise. A down payment was made on cinnamon buns to be delivered in the morning.
When we got home, Bill read this in Moon Handbooks Belize (Chicki Mallan and Joshua Berman, 2005) “Note: Keep your good sense about you if you run into Brenda, a former restaurant owner that reportedly used to make the best spicy conch stew around. She is know to hustle travelers for money for meals that never get cooked. Her rustic kitchen is still on the beach between J-Byrd’s and The Moorings and hasn’t been licensed to serve food for years.”
Amazingly, Brenda arrives the next morning, albeit a half hour late. She has 17 cinnamon buns burned securely to the bottom of a broiler pan. Using three utensils, Steve and I attempt to remove them from the pan with brute force.
Amazingly, Brenda arrives the next morning, albeit a half hour late. She has 17 cinnamon buns burned securely to the bottom of a broiler pan. Using three utensils, Steve and I attempt to remove them from the pan with brute force.-
“My you are strong,” Brenda cooed to Steve, “are you a construction worker?” The struggle between man and buns lasted about five minutes, with Brenda protesting all the while, “I made them too rich. These buns are so, so good.”
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Indeed, particularly for those who prefer chopped up cinnamon sticks to conventional cinnamon powder for its surprise effect, the buns will startle those who dare sample one.
Indeed, particularly for those who prefer chopped up cinnamon sticks to conventional cinnamon powder for its surprise effect, the buns will startle those who dare sample one. We saw Brenda again many times during the month and she kept up the charade, asking us cheerfully if we would like more buns. We too kept up the charade until we were sure that her rather large boyfriend, James, who sells odd appliances out of a truck from Burlingame, California, would not harm any of Brenda's unhappy customers.
Despite tropical humidity that can break down shoe leather, (see photo of pickup truck, now planter) Brenda's cinnamon buns stood up for 30 days without softening much. We brought one of them home to use at a Miz Brenda Award ceremony as yet to be scheduled.
Despite tropical humidity that can break down shoe leather, (see photo of pickup truck, now planter) Brenda's cinnamon buns stood up for 30 days without softening much. We brought one of them home to use at a Miz Brenda Award ceremony as yet to be scheduled.
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