SC - Lamingtons

[Robyn Probert]

Meliora wrote
>Now what *I* would like to try is a legendary American Twinkie.  Just so
>I can say I've had one .....

That's about the only reason to do it. I remember on first trip to the US in
'82, I wanted to try all the American foods which I had only ever read about
or seen on TV - twinkies, M&Ms, pop-tarts, hershey's bars... Someone bought
me a 2 pack of twinkies and I had one bite. Pretty bad. Then I read the
label - those things are not baked, they're produced by chemical reaction
and contain no recognisable food elements! When I returned from my US tour 6
weeks later, the other twinkie was still in 'perfect' condition sitting on
the bench - even mould and bugs wouldn't touch it. 

You can get M&Ms, hershey bars and pop-tarts here now - no longer exotic.
The first two are fine (like smarties and cadbury's respectively), but pop
tarts taste like icing coated cardboard which you put in the toaster (and
don't burn). One bite was enough there too...

If you are going to eat American, save your taste buds for fresh
blueberries, pure maple syrup, sourdough, strawberry shortcakes and the like!

Rowan


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