Let me just start this post by giving a little background information. I love Sangria. One afternoon, Rob decided that he would follow a Sangria recipe in a bar book that Nicole had lent us to make me a pitcher of yummy Sangria. He got all the ingredients together and began slicing, mixing, etc. Eventually, he came to a line that instructed him to “to muddle the fruit with the sugar mixture”. I was on the phone with my Mom at the time and we all got a kick out of the word muddle. Since we didn’t have a muddler and hadn’t even heard of one until that moment, Rob muddled the fruit using a wooden spoon. It wasn’t technically muddling since there was no muddler but it got the job done.
So anyway, one evening, Rob & I came home from work to find a package on our doorstep. It was white with “Crate & Barrel” written around the outside edge in bold black lettering. Of course, I had a complete girl moment and got all excited because Crate & Barrel is one of my favorite stores! We were surprised at how light the box was and brought it inside to open it up. Inside was a beautifully wrapped gift box with a little card. The card read, “Now you can muddle in style! Love, Mom & Dad”. We opened the box and found LOTS of paper. Eventually, we came upon a muddler. We both had to laugh because we weren’t quite sure what to expect a muddler to look like… and the size of the box made us suspect it was going to be rather large!! Not so! See for yourself!
Thank goodness the muddler was not large enough to fill up the box! And thank goodness we now have a muddler so we can make more Sangria and muddle in style!! Now all we need is some more wine…
