The other Monday morning in our weekly "Brain Wakeup Workout after the Weekend" we were greeted with the smell of a brewery (no we are not going into distribution with a different kind of employee engagement). Sitting on the desk were two plastic containers with a bubbling mixture inside them. Jo explained that they were part of a German Friendship cake and had already been named Herman a long time ago. Charlotte and Dave agreed to be the next recipients to nurture and bring them alive and were given instructions of how to make Herman grow and survive (there's lots of stirring, leaving and feeding!!) to eventually be made into a cake and also extra mixture to be divided and given away to friends. Unfortunately Charlotte had other things on her mind that day and left her 'Herman' behind so Catherine took 'Herman' home to love and cherish.
On Tuesday of this week, I arrived at work to find my own 'Herman' on my desk. Catherine's had survived and she thought that I would like to grow my own!! Well he survived the trip home on the train and I've stirred him for the last two days and I think he will need feeding this evening. Will he survive? I'm taking day by day pictures and even my daughter Sophie (aged 13) keeps checking on him. I'll update you of his outcome and hopefully I will have, before I bake him and he is eaten, portions to give to friends to keep 'Herman' alive.
Watch this space....................
He's pretty hard to kill unless you put him in the fridge or suffocate him on his own carbon dioxide! Otherwise he's really yummy - especially at this time of year with lots of fruit, cinnamon etc. Enjoy...
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