Magical Mums

Mothering Sunday is the fourth Sunday in Lent when servants were given the day off to return home to their families and their ‘mother church’. Food was often central to the celebrations and it is likely that the rules of Lent were relaxed for this week-end, so that simnel cake and the lesser known ‘mothering bun’ (a simple yeast risen bun with icing originating in Bristol) could be enjoyed.

Whatever your spiritual beliefs, this coming Sunday will be a chance to celebrate all kinds of mothering. Being a strong female orientated business, we relish the thought of getting in touch with our feminine side at My Secret Kitchen and since today is also International Women’s Day I’ve been chatting to some inspirational mums…

Nerys is our consultant in North Wales, who is a wonderful Mum to her two children aged 14 and 10. She has been a My Secret Kitchen consultant since February 2011 and like many Mums, is multi-talented since she also works full time as well as supporting her husband and the children is their active lives. She uses week-ends and school holidays to conduct her MSK business and it is often a family affair with her daughter helping out to earn extra pocket money and both kids are happy to be tasters after product launches or if she tries out one of our new recipes.

In Nerys’ words, “Being a My Secret Kitchen consultant gives me the chance to meet new people with a common interest in trying new foods - one of the best feelings is helping customers restock with the products they had enjoyed previously.”

Nerys came to join us because she loved the idea of hosting a tasting; she instantly saw that food tasting parties was a great way of combining an evening at home with friends enjoying amazing foods and flavours. It is through Nerys that I got to chat with her host Claire, another magical mum who loved the tasting that Nerys ran at her sister’s house and wanted to host a tasting for her own friends.

Having never hosted a party plan event before there were the initial nerves about promoting My Secret Kitchen but having met Nerys and seen our way for herself she knew the evening had the “wow factor”. Claire has now hosted several tastings and likes supporting Nerys as mums often do. Claire works part time too but found inviting friends and colleagues to her tasting a breeze as they were intrigued to come along and find out more about our foods. Claire’s daughter Hannah also helped by handing out the invites and was a keen taster on the night too.

Hannah loves baking and so our Beer Bread Mix is a favourite and of course Maple Caramel Sauce. The Cheese Ball Mixes are also useful standbys which they often use as dips for entertaining. Claire keeps a keen eye on the kitchen activity but loves our products for the reliability and ease they give to the whole family. It was also great to buy her husband the Jumping Jack Chilli Jam with her host credit.


In our client newsletter last week we ran a fun competition for all mums out there – 10 Mango Mojitos to give away to 10 Magic Mums. All the entries were amazing to read and it was really tough to pick just 10. Thank-you to everyone who took part and here are the winning entries (please have tissues to hand for laughing and crying!)

My mum is magical because she manages to find everything I have 'lost' straight away!

My mum is magical because she knows when I'm upset or worried even when I don’t realise I am. Whenever I have a problem, she is always the first one there for me and always sorts things out for me. She always puts everyone else first and deserves a little treat.

My mum is magical because she is always there with the most amazing home cooked meals when a "food hug" is the only cure Xx love you mummy.

My mum is magical because... she is always there for me and my children, e.g chicken pox this week and she looked after them for me whilst I went to my new job!

My mum is magical because she gave me a fantastic childhood full of happy memories and experiences, which has made me the best mum I can be to her beautiful grandchildren.

My Mum is magical because: She still hides and jumps out at me in the middle of the night, then laughs! I'm 22!

My mum is magical because.... she always knows when something is wrong just by looking at me or even just talking on the phone!

My mum is magical because she always makes me a sausage sarnie when I visit her. Blood is thicker than vegetarianism.

My mum was magical because...she taught me how to cook. As she has now died I now use those skills to teach my dad to cook! (Dad would get the present as I no longer have a mum)

My mum is magical because she can create the illusion that she is fine when she's actually in a huge mood about something.

So a huge happy mother’s day and thank-you for all your magical mothering, have a lovely day,

Best Wishes

Clare
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