I'm A Finalist - That Was Quick! Shameless Pimping - And Chocolate!
Sorry to bother you again so quickly my little Tim Tam Slams (instructions a bit further on) - but no sooner had I entered my poem Table For One in lj_scribe than the finalists poll came up... AND I'M IN IT!
So if you have the time and the inclination, if you could pop over and vote for me, I'd be ever so grateful... rehhhly I would...*said in Katherine Hepburn voice whilst fluttering eyelashes and leaning head on clasped hands...*
(oh brother...). The poll page is HERE.
Now - what's a Tim Tam, let alone a Tim Tam slam, you may be asking? Although I'm sure some of you have at least heard of this chocaholic ritual.
Well, here in Australia, we have what many consider the best chocolate biscuit in the world - the Tim Tam. They consist of two crisp malted bikkies, with a cream filling between the two, and then smothered in chocolate. Chocaholics, beware - once sampled, you WILL be hooked!
They come in several varieties - white chocolate (my son's fave), regular milk chocolate, and the one I like, dark chocolate with a dark chocolate filling... *sighs*. They then torture us by bringing out limited releases like dark choc with mint filling, dark choc with orange filling, white choc with raspberry filling, rum and raisin, coffee, strawberry, caramel filled... and the latest, dark chocolate with turkish delight in the centre.
Enough with the waxing lyrical - here's what a tim tam slam is:
1.Make one hot drink (coffee, milo, hot chocolate, some even like it with tea). I prefer coffee for this.
2.Take one Tim Tam, and nibble off two diagonal corners until you can see the filling
3.Dip one end of the bikkie in your drink, and suck from the other corner like a straw. The drink rises through it, melting the filling and saturating the bikkies as it goes.
4.Once you taste the drink, quickly stuff the whole tim tam in your mouth - the inside of the bikkie is all soggy from the drink, and the entire thing will melt in your mouth in an orgasmic choc overload - the texture is silky and the flavour is intense!
You have to be quick though, or the whole thing disintegrates and either makes an awful mess on you and your surrounds, or it plops into your drink. Or both. If you plan on doing this, it's best to put the tim tams in the fridge until they're chilled - that way you get a bit of leeway before the outer choc melts (it's all that's holding it together).
So there you have it - the Tim Tam Slam!
I only do it occasionally, as I'm not a great sweettooth - but I enjoy it immensely when I do!
If you're still not sure of how to do it, look on youtube - there are quite a few vids showing you how to worship at the altar of choccy goodness that are Tim Tams.
I don't know about the UK, but they have them in Canada now, and in the US they're made under licence by Pepperidge Farm, I think it is.
Now go! try them!
So if you have the time and the inclination, if you could pop over and vote for me, I'd be ever so grateful... rehhhly I would...*said in Katherine Hepburn voice whilst fluttering eyelashes and leaning head on clasped hands...*
(oh brother...). The poll page is HERE.
Now - what's a Tim Tam, let alone a Tim Tam slam, you may be asking? Although I'm sure some of you have at least heard of this chocaholic ritual.
Well, here in Australia, we have what many consider the best chocolate biscuit in the world - the Tim Tam. They consist of two crisp malted bikkies, with a cream filling between the two, and then smothered in chocolate. Chocaholics, beware - once sampled, you WILL be hooked!
They come in several varieties - white chocolate (my son's fave), regular milk chocolate, and the one I like, dark chocolate with a dark chocolate filling... *sighs*. They then torture us by bringing out limited releases like dark choc with mint filling, dark choc with orange filling, white choc with raspberry filling, rum and raisin, coffee, strawberry, caramel filled... and the latest, dark chocolate with turkish delight in the centre.
Enough with the waxing lyrical - here's what a tim tam slam is:
1.Make one hot drink (coffee, milo, hot chocolate, some even like it with tea). I prefer coffee for this.
2.Take one Tim Tam, and nibble off two diagonal corners until you can see the filling
3.Dip one end of the bikkie in your drink, and suck from the other corner like a straw. The drink rises through it, melting the filling and saturating the bikkies as it goes.
4.Once you taste the drink, quickly stuff the whole tim tam in your mouth - the inside of the bikkie is all soggy from the drink, and the entire thing will melt in your mouth in an orgasmic choc overload - the texture is silky and the flavour is intense!
You have to be quick though, or the whole thing disintegrates and either makes an awful mess on you and your surrounds, or it plops into your drink. Or both. If you plan on doing this, it's best to put the tim tams in the fridge until they're chilled - that way you get a bit of leeway before the outer choc melts (it's all that's holding it together).
So there you have it - the Tim Tam Slam!
I only do it occasionally, as I'm not a great sweettooth - but I enjoy it immensely when I do!
If you're still not sure of how to do it, look on youtube - there are quite a few vids showing you how to worship at the altar of choccy goodness that are Tim Tams.
I don't know about the UK, but they have them in Canada now, and in the US they're made under licence by Pepperidge Farm, I think it is.
Now go! try them!
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