Tim Tams!!!!!

[crazycanuck]

I can it now.. Many real packages of tim tams being sent by Aussies to friends n family in the US because they can't find the REAL deal...

*snort*

Sounds very similar to Expat Aussies in the US dying for Vegemite when the US banned it

[shootingstar]

Wish I could find some just to find out what the big deal is...


Strictly out of scientific curiosity, mind you.

Like you, I'm abit lost.
I just eat other decadent stuff. It's just not chocolate often.

[snapdragen]

I can it now.. Many real packages of tim tams being sent by Aussies to friends n family in the US because they can't find the REAL deal...

*snort*

Sounds very similar to Expat Aussies in the US dying for Vegemite when the US banned it

Tim Tam smuggling, a new cottage industry is born!

The US banned Vegemite? Why?

[Maxxxie]

WTF?! Why would the US ban vegemite? It's nectar of the gods!!!!

I know non-aussies (and actually, come to think of it, most aussies) will think me strange, but I love eating vegemite straight up. I just scoop it into a spoon and lick away until it's all gone. Does that make me wierd? Actually, don't answer that!

Tim Tams.. is there anything better? A close second is Mint Slices. Actually, Montes are pretty good too! Oh dear, I'm getting a chocolate craving.. gotta go!

Max

[pinkbikes]

WTF?! Why would the US ban vegemite? It's nectar of the gods!!!!

I know non-aussies (and actually, come to think of it, most aussies) will think me strange, but I love eating vegemite straight up. I just scoop it into a spoon and lick away until it's all gone. Does that make me wierd? Actually, don't answer that!

Tim Tams.. is there anything better? A close second is Mint Slices. Actually, Montes are pretty good too! Oh dear, I'm getting a chocolate craving.. gotta go!

Max

Well, I'm not actually sure they did ban vegemite. I think it was just a really good scare campaign/urban myth that went around just before the last time I went to the continental USA/Canada.

I was of course quite afraid that I would have to make the journey without vegemite (a fate worse than death) but a serious dig on the USA immigration and customs websites indicated that there was no drama with bringing vegemite. So I did, declared it, and didn't get dragged away in cuffs!

Which would seem silly anyways, really, since the previous time I was there I found vegemite in the Safeways on the highway just north of Edmonton! It just had all the details in French on the other side of the jar!

[crazycanuck]

It's all ok..twas an urban legend...I read somewhere they wanted to ban it due to it's high folate content....

Another sucker to an urban legend

[pinkbikes]

I know non-aussies (and actually, come to think of it, most aussies) will think me strange, but I love eating vegemite straight up. I just scoop it into a spoon and lick away until it's all gone. Does that make me wierd? Actually, don't answer that!

Hmmm...I don't think you're weird at all. I don't personally lick it off a spoon, but my Dad puts a spoon of it to dissolve in hot water and drinks it when he is sick. It's just natural for an Aussie kid to grow up loving the stuff! My personal fave is toast with vegemite and avocado. YUM!!!

[bmccasland]

There is a substitute for mint Tim Tams - Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies. Especially if you live in the right areas, where the cookie inside is chocolate. Or maybe I just haven't have enough cold Tim Tams in my life (thanks CC!).

[Catrin]

I am curious about Tim Tams - though do they really taste like Girl Scout Thin Mints? I love chocolate and mint - but do NOT like the Girl Scout version - they have changed their recipe over the years.

[Maxxxie]

My personal fave is toast with vegemite and avocado. YUM!!!

Oooooo - I'm going to have to try that!!

Max

[SadieKate]

I am curious about Tim Tams - though do they really taste like Girl Scout Thin Mints? I love chocolate and mint - but do NOT like the Girl Scout version - they have changed their recipe over the years.

NO! I love Thin Mints. Tim Tams, not so much.