Being slightly homesick, have spent half an hour on YouTube watching Americans eating vegemite.

GUYS. IT'S NO WONDER YOU HATE IT. YOU'RE EATING IT WRONG.

Everyone keeps grabbing a spoon, scooping up a big glob of vegemite, and sticking it straight in their mouth. Then gagging and saying they hate it. I'm not surprised. I'd hate it too ( Read more... )

Seriously, Northern Hemispherites, you guys are missing out on all the good fast food. And the sad thing is, you don't even realise it.

KFC, for example. Their chips here are the same as the Maccas chips - ie, thin and kinda dry. Real KFC chips should be fat, moist, and yummily salty. They're awesomeAnd Subway! How is it that none of the European ( Read more... )

Taking a short break from my very fascinating life to educate you all about a great Aussie food: the Hamburger With The Lot ( Read more... )

I've been reading through Etiquette Hell recently, and came across this entry in the "Guests from Hell" section:
I have recently moved to California and was invited to a barbecue by some people who I considered to be well-mannered and good friends. The invitation, which arrived by mail stated that one should bring whatever one wished to put on the ( Read more... )

So, the question is, having bought a new kind of tea that I despise, do I ( Read more... )

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You guys don't have fairy bread?!

YOU DON'T HAVE FAIRY BREAD?!!

How do you survive?!!!

*~*~*Behold.*~*~*

This bready, sprinkly goodness is the most wonderful party food in the whole world, and you guys are missing out. Go make yourselves some immediately.

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Went to the Grand Shop Of Tea Snobbery (not its real name) today to buy tea for my sister.

I usually love going there - a whole shop devoted to cool tea supplies! what's not to love? - but in this case, I was on a mission for... stuff I wouldn't usually buy. Stuff that would be better bought at a shop that wasn't so snobby about tea ( Read more... )

1) Meat pies are wonderful, but sometimes hard to eat without dripping meat all over your desk ( Read more... )

My thoughts exactly.

In other news, I've decided that the recipes I'm going to make this year have to include:
- trifle
- pie floaters
- custard
- self-saucing chocolate pudding
- apple pie

Pie floaters will be fun - if somewhat random. They're meat pies in bowls of mushy pea soup. Actually yummier than it sounds.

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