[Sca-cooks] [OT] New Zealand chocolate

[Elaine Koogler]

And I am inordinately fond of Black Opal Merlot!!!

Kiri

Glenda Robinson wrote:

> Mel,
>
> You forgot wines!
>
> "The Brokenwood 1999 Rayner Vineyard Shiraz is made in the Hunter Valley
> using South Australian McLaren Vale grapes, and retails for about $50[AUS] a
> bottle.
>
> It has taken out the trophy for Best Red Wine in the World at the
> International Wine Challenge in London..." from the Daily Telegraph 6th
> September, 2001.
>
> This is the second year in a row that an Australian Shiraz has won the
> award.
>
> AND they're cheap too. For you overseas people, we can buy a really good
> bottle of Australian wine for less than AUS$20 (US$10ish). Even our cask
> wine is drinkable, at $14ish/4L, though I prefer to water it, as is the
> Roman way.
>
> Glenda.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "HICKS, MELISSA" <HICKS_M at casa.gov.au>
> To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 10:19 AM
> Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks] [OT] New Zealand chocolate
>
> > Sorry guys,
> >
> > I'm with Edward on this one - Aussie chocolate and NZ icecream (and King
> > Island cream and cheese).  These cannot be beaten by anything made in the
> US
> > (that I have so far tasted)
> >
> > Mel - hmm - breakfast should have happened by now .....
> >
> >
> > > Selene writes:
> > >
> > > > What is the deal with NZ Chocolate?  It is SO good, it's not just
> > > > Edward's imagination.   That's a good thing of course, but WHY is NZ
> > > > chocolate better, it's not like they grow it there, do they?
> > > I'm not sure which brands are actually _made_ here. The main
> > > brands are Cadburys and Nestle, which aren't exactly local...
> >
> > > I'm certainly less than impressed with the US chocolate I've
> > > tried, but
> > > I don't know if that's because it's lower quality or just
> > > that I prefer
> > > what I'm used to (mainly Cadburys).
> > >
> > > Our ice cream is pretty goo dtoo.
> > >
> > > Edward
> >
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