My wife called me in the office yesterday and said “You will never believe what I just bought for you at the Makolet”. I was a bit busy so I asked her just to tell me and then the euphoria set in. “Hunts Vanilla Pudding!” she answered. And just like that my Aliyah that I started 7 years ago on the very first Nefesh B’Nefesh flight has become complete.

For the last 35 years when anyone would ask me what my favorit food was in the whole world the answer is always the same “Hunts Vanilla Pudding”. I simply could not get enough of the stuff and I’m sure that this is the closest taste to Mana for Shamayim that we have today.

(As I right this, and I kid you not, my two year old is crying since he saw the pudding and my wife asked if I could give him one and I said No. She said she is giving him one anyway and when I go to the makolet I could by more. “But what if they are out?” I ask her in all seriousness.)

Anyway, the obesession started when I was a little kid when the puddings use to come in little tin tuna can type of things. I found a pic of the packaging online as you can see here. My favorite lunches where when my Mom would put one of these babies into the bag. It brightened my whole day.

When I made Aliyah I realized that this is something I’m going to have to sacrafice with moving to Israel. I figured there was no way it would ever be imported since Israel was known for their puddings and was even an accepted breakfast for kids. And the truth be told the puddings in Israel are ok, just not as good as Hunts Snack Packs. In the end I came to terms with it and I figured from time to time I can get someone to bring some back from the States or I could pick some up myself.

But I have been filled with frustration since last year. My parents went to the states and as a Birthday Present they bought me a four pack of the pudding. It would have been the best present ever except that it was the “lite” version. You know, the one that comes without the taste. So that was a huge disappointment for me, but about a month later I went to the States myself and I made sure that I would not make the same mistake. I bought my self a couple of 4 packs the day before I was leaving back to Israel. When I was packing my bags I realized that I could not pack them in my luggage since they could get squished and opened up and that would be not cool. So I kept the treasures in my carry on making sure to have them close.

Well, when I was going through security them stopped me and guess what they took out of my carry on? That’s right, my Hunts Vanilla Pudding. Apparently they were a bomb threat. I was so disturbed making up stories on how one of my kids needed it because of a medical condition and the man basically gave me two choices.

1. Leave them there to be thrown out

or

2. Eat them on the spot

I will leave which one of the two I chose up to your imagination.

In anycase it seems I will have no more worries since my local makolet in Ramat Bet Shemesh now has them! When I came home early I went straight to my prize to make sure it was the real deal. Below are a couple of pictures for your review. At first I was a bit nervous because for some reason the word “Hunts” was missing from the packaging even though the rest looked the same. Then I looked at the pudding themselves and Thank Hashem it said Hunts and was the real deal.

It is incredible that I am able to wait till Shavous tonight before I have one in order to make my Chag really special. Ok, gotta run to the makolet. Apparently we still need a couple of things!

Chag Samayach everyone!

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