ripe juicy cherries and coconut ....

Andy

...lovingly packaged in "old gold" rich dark chocolate. yep, that's what a cherry ripe is...

and i've got 'em :lol3

i'm in london, and gubbsie told me where the cherry ripe dealer ...er... store is located.

be still my beating heart :lust

i found myself with an hour to spare today, so i went out on my quest. "just off the strand, in covent garden" says our man gubbs. off i go, wad of the queens specie in one hand, and my plastic money in the other, just in case....

but wait - i walk all 'round covent garden, no cherry ripes to be found anywhere :uhoh

i pop into a confectioner's stand, and the old gent mumbles some directions in a cockney accent augmented by about a half-litre of scotch whiskey... but no matter, when it comes to my quest, my cherry ripes, i understand every word.

it's up this first alley...look there, this guy knows where to find 'em... can't you see the fervor in his eyes?


'round the corner and up another narrow alley - yeah, that's where they hide those red packages of juicy, tender, succulent cherry goodness!


by this time i'm all sweaty and have 9-1 pre-dialed on my mobile phone... my heart is beating :lust and there's a lump in my throat. but i find the shop! immediately upon entering the dealer ....um...shopkeeper senses what i'm about, takes me to the rear of the store, and points down there, next to the tim-tams, exactly what i need :clap :clap :clap


i bought 'em all.


and then, this sweet lovely sheila sees me stuffing all the bars into my arms, and says "would you like to buy a whole box, we'll give you 10% off." well, she could have said, "10% extra" and i'd have paid it :lol3 :lol3 it was rather nice of her not to mention the little bits of cherry ripe at the corners of my mouth... :uhoh

so, an entire box of cherry ripes in my hands, i trot off back to the darkness and privacy of my hotel room, where i can be alone, with my 48 ...er...47.. i mean 46 new friends :wink





enjoy (the big cherry taste) photography,

gubbs

dragon300zx

Lucky Dog.

Seamus

elfving73

Aaah haha! You're killing me! *Giggle-Giggle*
"The Quest Of The Holy Cherry Ripe"! Hehe! Great story, Andy! I can relate to it. A few summers ago I had this uncontrollable desire for a ice cream called "Piggelin". It was a VERY hot summer and the ice cream producers couldn't keep up with the massive ice cream consumption. One day, I biked around for almost 3 hours before I finaly got my longed for "Piggelin". But BOY did it taste WONDERFUL!

Aussie_bluey

Hi Andy,
I have a picture of an advertisement from 1958 for Cherry Ripes, I will scan it and upload for you.
1924 The Cherry Ripe
The Cherry Ripe' is introduced in 1924 by MacRobertson's (later to be taken over by Cadbury) and is uniquely Australian. Its special combination of cherries, coconut and dark chocolate establishes it as a firm favourite with generations of families.

So enjoy what we take for granted, I know of no shop, petrol station and such like that does not stock it.

Tim:):

Steve Cavigliano

Andy.....I can see the headlines now. "US man mugged while walking British alleyways looking for Cherry Ripes"

I was gonna say that they won't let you back in this country with a case of those. But, knowing you, there may not be any left by the time you return

I guess I won't need to make a trip to pick up any for your next visit, since you seemed to have taken care of your sweet tooth for awhile


Steve

dragon300zx

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

Andy.....I can see the headlines now. "US man mugged while walking British alleyways looking for Cherry Ripes"

I was thinking more like "American found in alleyway robbed, hiding next to dumpster, muttering 'Where Are The Cherry Ripes'".

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

I guess I won't need to make a trip to pick up any for your next visit, since you seemed to have taken care of your sweet tooth for awhile

Steve, We all know better than that. Have a case or two on hand.

Shay Stephens

Hahahaha, this is totally fun. Great story Andy.

BridgeCity

Andy should get one of these!


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=55543&item=8308616134&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Perhaps you could walk around and point to your shirt.. may break the "alcohol" language barrier

Dee

Congratulations
Success, I loved the pictoral essay showing us the way to the secret Cherry Ripes cache.

I'm afraid to try one if that's the effect on a previously semi-sane person

Angelo

challenge me this
with all this talk and drooling over cherry ripes I find myself compelled to propose that from this day forward all winners of dGrin challenges receive as their reward a carton of cherry ripes!

dragon300zx

Angelo wrote:

with all this talk and drooling over cherry ripes I find myself compelled to propose that from this day forward all winners of dGrin challenges receive as their reward a carton of cherry ripes!

You guys do this and I will start actively participating in competitions. clapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapthumbthumb

DoctorIt

I agree with Dragon. incentive like that might get me to remember to login to dgrin early enough every other monday to submit a photo!

BridgeCity

I agree!!!

tlittleton

:lol4 I'm glad you finally got your fix Andy! I have a feeling everyone is going to show up in Utah next year with their camera bags filled with ripes instead of glass...

Andy

thanks bc!

BridgeCity wrote:

Andy should get one of these!


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=55543&item=8308616134&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Perhaps you could walk around and point to your shirt.. may break the "alcohol" language barrier

but you must know, i haven't been a size "small" since, well, since i was small

BridgeCity

andy wrote:

but you must know, i haven't been a size "small" since, well, since i was small

No but I bet you could sew it in to a nice little lens cover

John Mueller

Andy,
not being a candy eater,you have me jonesing for a cherry ripe

ehughes

Great Story Andy ... Now I just HAVE to try one of these things..

Ed

Skippy

Place Your Bets Here

andy wrote:

...lovingly packaged in "old gold" rich dark chocolate. yep, that's what a cherry ripe is... and i've got 'em
enjoy (the big cherry taste) photography,

I bet those Cherry Ripes DONT make it back to New York :lol4 :lol
Skippy (Australia)

Andy

Skippy wrote:

I bet those Cherry Ripes DONT make it back to New York :lol4 :lol
Skippy (Australia)

that could be a good bet. i've got two more days here, and i've et three already today

:eat

wxwax

Cool story, Andy.
But does anyone worry that Gubbs knows the only store in London that sells Cherry Ripes?

Andy

wxwax wrote:

Cool story, Andy.
But does anyone worry that Gubbs knows the only store in London that sells Cherry Ripes?

the gubbsinator knows *many* things....

devbobo

nice story Andy.

how long before we need to start up "Cherry Ripes Anonymous" forum ?

just had a thought perhaps Amadeus is Andy when he hasn't had a Cherry Ripe fix in a few days

bfjr

Yo Andy let me know when that habit.......um.........craving gets to be to much !! :wow

I'll be happy to introduce you to my support group :lol4

TassieD

Do I dare mention that cadbury's actually sell a cherry Ripe icecream?

Just as good as the bar version and get to satify the desire for both cerry ripes and icecream

Great story Andy...

dragon300zx

Tassie

has anyone ever told you, you are a tease, before.

Angelo

TassieD wrote:

Do I dare mention that cadbury's actually sell a cherry Ripe icecream?

Just as good as the bar version and get to satify the desire for both cerry ripes and icecream

Great story Andy...

Tassie - I will PM you my address in LA. Please go to your nearest store, purchase 5 gallons of the CRIC, contact DHL, explain you have a perishable shipment bound for the US, have them provide a dry-ice chest...

Look, you all may drool over cherry ripes, Andy may be king of the ribs, but nobody, understand NOBODY can out-eat me on ice cream NO BODY!!!

dragon300zx

Angelo wrote:

Tassie - I will PM you my address in LA. Please go to your nearest store, purchase 5 gallons of the CRIC, contact DHL, explain you have a perishable shipment bound for the US, have them provide a dry-ice chest...

Look, you all may drool over cherry ripes, Andy may be king of the ribs, but nobody, understand NOBODY can out-eat me on ice cream NO BODY!!!

Are you gonna be at SmugMug 2006? You just dished out a personal dare and I gaurantee you some of us will take you up on it. :eat :eat :eat :eat :eat :eat

Angelo

dragon300zx wrote:

Are you gonna be at SmugMug 2006? You just dished out a personal dare and I gaurantee you some of us will take you up on it. :eat :eat :eat :eat :eat :eat

:toni