The Kindness Of Strangers
…
Every year on the 30th
Of December our town has a Market Day.
Richmond's Biggest Market Day was last Wednesday, 30
December 2015.
Over 100 stalls with gifts, crafts, food and
entertainment for all.
Crafters from all round
New Zealand meet and sell their wares.
On top of the Crafters, there was also allot of food stalls and clothing etc.
This year as I walked {with
my stick Mac} the main street of town {which is closed for Market Day}, I came across
my favourite spice company “The Original Smoke and Spice Company”.
I love love love their “Marlborough
Sea Salt” …
“Marlborough sea salt is smoked by hand, and then tumble
roasted with garlic, shallots, coriander and the mighty chilli! The result is
one of the finest seasonings in the world. Suitable for both shakers and
grinders, our sensational smoked seasoning will enhance all foods, elevating
them to the heights of culinary nirvana”
The opening line of the Smoke and Spice man was
“have you tried our Salt before?”
My reply was “I don’t need to try it, I love it!”
I have actually been out of this Salt for 3 months, so
jumped at the chance to buy it.
I purchased 4
packets of the “Original Smoked Seasoning” and 1 packet of the “Lemon Zinger Seasoning”.
Before I left, the man asked why I had a stick.
I replied that “my body was shit”, he then asked if the
shit would improve, and I said not likely.
As I turned to walk away, the man asked me to come back
to him, and he pulled out of his pocket a beautiful flat black shiny stone, and
gave it to me, to keep on my person for when things got bad.
I can’t tell you how touched I was, and how much this
meant to me, as I was going through some serious medical issues.
I had to laugh though, when I got home my hubby showed
me 4 packets of unopened “Original Smoked
Seasoning” that were {somewhere} in the pantry!
So I am all
set with my “Original Smoked Seasoning”, and it should last me till next when I
see this lovely man from the “The Original Smoke and Spice
Company”!
"Thank You" my Smoke and Spice man aka "Stranger".
And here a couple of
articles that were written about "Richmond Market Day", from the Nelson Mail and Nelson Live.
