I had a colleague who raved about these after working in the "Deep South" for several years (actually New Zealand). She had a few packages sent to her one Christmas. Must say, I thought they were very good (albeit a bit over-rated, based upon her gushing description).
i only know of TimTams from Australia, via one of my colleagues, Tammy (TimmyTammy? nah). I didn't know they existed elsewhere. Oddly, though, when Tammy orders TimTams, they are often shipped via Thailand.
they ARE delicious....
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"Save the USPS, buy stamps; save the hobby, use commemoratives"
and, as long as we're on Australian "cuisine," my neice's Australian squeeze prepared vegamite for me.... white bread, heavy schmear of butter, aenemic spread of vegamite.......
it was pretty tasty; reminded me of anchovies (which I like) more than anything else. He says it's merely the detritous of Australian brewing, where instead of feeding the pigs, they make a spread.
None of this is perjorative, regardless of how it sounds.
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You can always buy Marmite which is pretty much the same taste as Vegemite, it is available in Walmart and Safeway / Sobeys and probably many other stores.
Siem, Home cooking kale and potatoes with gravy, Indonesian Nasi,coffee and cookies ! Then my brother in law Paul and i go out looking for the fish stores and trucks for new Herring and deep fried cod ! Yum !
Doomboy..i grew up with my North Italian Grandmother...lots of polenta ! There used be an olibollen tent in my wifes town...mmmmm with the rum flavored sauce !!!
"Doomboy..i grew up with my North Italian Grandmother...lots of polenta "
My Zia Rina made a killer polenta. My dad ... maybe it was all in my head, but he just didn't seem to do it right. I remember one of my friends (her family was from Calabria) referring to us (those of Northern descent) as either 'polentone' or 'mangiafagiole'. I always got a kick out of being called a 'bean-eater'.
The things that were mentioned are more snacks than real Dutch cuisine. The deep fried cod in batter (kibbeling) and kroketten are really nice, as is another fastfood favourite: berenhap which is a sliced ball of minced meat with slices of onion in between, deep fried and served with a lot of warm peanut saice.
Real Dutch cuisine (not the Michelin star restaurant type but things we eat at home) would be thick pea soup ("snert") or one pan dishes like hutspot (mashed potatoes with carrots and onions and a large sausage. We actally just had that for dinner :-)
We have a few different gourmet delicacies out here in Aussie land IE: Kangaroo.Crocodile,Emu.Of course there is always "Bush Tucker wichitty grubs.
Come over and try some !!!
Brian
PS I haven't
Snowy wheres your sense of adventure ? Alligator meat is popular here in the South, i might try some flesh of a young croc. I liked the part in the film about the girl travelling across Australia where she meets some aborigines and they toss a rabbit fur,insides and all on the fire to cook.