[HPFGU-OTChatter] Australian Food (was Re: Food Question--before I forget again)

[Wolfie!]

Barb Fulton wrote:
> Barb  wrote:
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>>> So Violet Crumbles, Vegemite, and maybe Pavlova. Aussies- Wolfie 
>> or anyone else- any suggestions on wonderful Australian foods that I 
>>> should look for?
>>>
>> Tonks:
>> So what is all of that?? Never heard of any of it. Educate me, 
>> please. Thanks.
>>
>> Tonks_op
>>
> 
> Barb now:
> 
> Violet Crumbles are pure heaven. They are a milk chocolate-covered 
> honeycomb candy- a candy bar. Vegemite is awful, in my opinion. It is 
> a dark brown (almost black) paste-I believe it is made from brewer's 
> yeast extract. 

Yes it is from yeast, but it tastes fine.
really really good on bread you made yourself which is still warm, 
heaven on a stick!

There is a bar similar to VC called Crumble, not quite as nice though.

I believe it is called Marmite in the UK.

Marmite is a bit different, similar though.
there is also Promite.

> Pavlova is a meringue 
> dessert that I haven't had in probably 20 years. I'm sure it can be 
> made from scratch, but I remember buying a Pavlova kit (in an egg-
> shaped container) at a high-end grocery store when I was in elementary 
> school-my mom and I made it for my girl scout troop. We decorated it 
> with fresh fruit and whipped cream, but I don't know if that's 
> typical, or just what we liked.

Yeah you can still get those eggs, it's a good way to go about it.
look up a recipe online, you can certainly do it from scratch...
the trick is getting the top of it to be flat so you can top it with
fruit and cream and whatever you want, sometimes you get a peak which
isn't very handy. you can top them with anything... the full monty
or just cream and a crushed up flake bar, or a few strawberries.

normally it's passionfruit, banana, strawberries, kiwi fruit, pineapple
with a base of cream.

Wolfie!