SC - Lamingtons

[maddie teller-kook]

I remember when I took a trip to England... at Fortnam and Mason's there were
American foods in the gourmet section:  Duncan Hines cake mix, Marshmallow fluff,
etc. I was amazed. But then, I realized there were Cadbury chocolates in the
candy machines in London and I had to get Cadbury at the gourmet shops here in
the States.
One country's common food is another country's gourmet treat...

Meadhbh

Robyn Probert wrote:

> 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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