A balanced diet

Last night, it was S's turn to provide refreshments for the weekly choir practice.

Evidently, it is NOT the done thing to bring shop-bought snacks; everyone else has brought home-baking.

Pressure.

S decided not to take any risks with dainty English recipes when feeding 45 hungry Americans, and played it safe by making something quintessentially American.

Gooey chocolate fudge brownies (out of a packet) at a mere 9,000,000 calories per slice.

They were so delicious, she ate some of the mix out of the bowl for breakfast, had a brownie for lunch and another for dinner, plus another one during the practice; ate no other food all day; and couldn't sleep all night from caffeine and sugar overload.

At least the brownies went down very well with choir - not least because S had attempted cultural integration.

You know you've done well when people are putting food in their handbags.