Slammin Tams....

I feel that I should preface this post

with a warning that it may offend some of you

not that there is racy language or radical political views

but I do understand that biscuit preferences 

are a very personal thing

and for the sake of clarity 

biscuits are cookies

not those weird things we were served when we lived in Florida

which were like a hybrid scone / rock cake

they confused the heck out of us

but as the subject of today's post is particularly Australian biscuits

then biscuits it is

So the deal is that the whole country is Tim Tam mad

as winter descends all over our fair country

people become totally obsessed with their chocolatey goodness

they outsell every other bickie

like 5 billion to one and

 people are doing an unspeakable practice

called a Tim Tam slam

A Tim Tam slam involves biting corners off

and using the bickie like a straw

sucking a hot drink through the chocolate cream filling 

then quickly stuffing the whole thing 

in your mouth where it basically collapses in a mess of chocolate

in what can only be described as biscuit nirvana

which you would think would make them

almost my perfect food group

but the thing is I have to come clean and say

I am a Mint Slice girl

Please don't think poorly of me

and I know there are people sadly shaking their heads

at my admission

its just that they are the perfect balance of 

crunchy biscuit, minty filling, and thick chocolate coating

and while there is no there is no cool dunking slam practice involved

if the two packets are in the fridge

then the mint slice is going to disappear like no body's business

in fact they somehow disappeared so quickly

that I couldn't include them properly in the painting

and they just make a guest appearance at the bottom

and the big news is that I have heard from a friend that Tim Tams

are available in the USA

and are made by Pepperidge Farm

and I have been assured that while they aren't quite the same

they are indeed slammable

which is a relief because all I remember about Pepperidge Farm 

is those goldfishy things

which Phantom loved when we lived there

 so you may want to hunt them down and give a slam a go

but me I will be sitting back with my packet of mint slice

cruising the Paint Party Friday blogs

safe in the knowledge that they are for our fair shores alone...xx

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