I stumbled upon the Foodie Penpals site by random and found the idea to be ... well simply genius! I knew I just had to participate. Here's the jest of how it works:
- Sign up by a certain date
- On the 5th of the month, you get your penpal pairing
- You have 72 hours to email your penpal and swap info, ask about allergies and etc...
- Foodie package must be sent by the 15th of the month to your penpal. The spending limit is $15 and you must include something written.
- On the last day of the month, you post a blog about what you got.
I was lucky enough to get my inaugural penpal box from Savannah. Her husband is stationed in Guam so her package was filled with local goodies that she's been enjoying. Content of the box included: Dried Banana Chips, Dried Mango (I've been craving mango lately!), Green Tea Kit Kat (YUMS! I think there's only 5 left), Banana Ketchup (I'm so intrigued by this and can't wait to try it on something) and Calamansi - Tropical Lemon Drink (This was so refreshing & tasty!!!)
My box went to Heather, who's a vegetarian. She told me she was open to trying new things, especially local goodies... well I live where Asian food is more than readily available so I headed to the market and found a bunch of what I think are "staples" in most asian vegetarian diet.
I can't wait for the next month... which sadly won't be till January since I totally forgot to sign up for December!!! Booo... If this sounds like fun to you, click to join!