Write4Life participants were given a Cadbury’s Eclair and were asked to write about the experience using as evocative descriptive words. Here are some of their descriptions…
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Talita Maliti
Chris Hani High School
Grade 10
The wrapper encourages me to open the Cadbury Eclair! I hear the crispy sound of the wrapper, which makes me wonder what’s inside. The taste is sweet, sticky on the teeth. But it’s chewy and scrumptious. It reminds me of my baby brother when he eats something sweet: saliva comes out of the corners of his mouth and he smiles like never before. It smells divine – and the texture is smooth and soft. It feels great on the tongue.
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Lusanda
Fezeka High School
Grade 10
I see a candy in my hand. It has a little noisy wrapper that is covering it. It tastes so delicious, juicy and chewy. It’s almost like I’m eating a chocolate this is made from Woolworths. It moves so softly in my mouth – like a boat floating in a quiet sea. It smells so chocolatey. Before I ate it, it was a little bit hard and soft – just like a chocolate.
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Akhona Mtshwelo
Oscar Mpetha High School
Grade 12
My sister brought me a chocolate sweet, which was extremely colourful. When I was opening it, it may that kind of noisy sound (rhwashaxa). When I was eating it, my mouth had that chocolate juicy taste, which smelled nicer than a romantic flower. When I first touched it, it’s cover was a little bit rough and so I thought that the inside would be rough too. But, I proved myself wrong. It reminds me of my deceased grandfather, who was always making that kind of “Mhmmm” sound when he ate sweets.
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Lelethu Kitsi
Fezeka Secondary School
Grade 9
I see a sweet, a delicious Cadbury sweet. I hear a swishing sound. It tastes sweet, chocolatey and yummy. When I touch it, it is smooth and soft. It smells like chocolate.
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Esethu Buthelezi
Fezeka High School
Grade 9
I see a Cadbury sweet that is choc-full.
I hear a swishing sound.
I smell a chocolate buttered with milk.
I touch an amazing choc-full of a Cadbury sweet that is smooth on my hands.
I taste a chocolate that is mixed with milk.
It tasted yummy as if you are eating peanut butter without bread.
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Yonela Dlule
Fezeka Secondary School
Grade 9
See: I can see a blue, white, read and gold plastic covering on a sweet, which describes the sweetness of the sweet I’m about to eat.
Hear: I can hear a squeeky noise of the plastic which expresses the freshness of the paper and the sweet inside.
Taste: I can taste the tenderness of the sweet, the chocolatey flavour of the chocolate and the chewiness, that brings saliva to my mouth.
Smell: Yum! The smell of it makes me want to gulp it all and make sure no single piece is left behind because of the chewiness.
Touch: Oh! When I touch it I feel the smoothness of the chocolate when it is inside my mouth, the juiciness starts to spread out of my mouth and when I bite into it, my teeth cut through the tenderness and the chewiness. It reminds me of the bunnies at Easter!
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Cinga Zweni
Fezeka High School
Grade 10
I’m looking at the sweet. I see gold and purple colours on it. So I take it. It makes a noise like silky plastic. I try opening it, wanting to see what’s inside. The plastic paper crackles. I have a chocolate smell going through my nostrils. It feels like I’m eating it, whereas I haven’t yet. So I put it in my mouth. The taste is so chocolatey – like hot chocolate in my mouth. I chew it. It is so chewy it sticks in my teeth. It is so sweet, it melts through my oesophagus. The taste, the smell is irresistible. It reminds me of my mother, who eats them too much!
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