this could be the very minute I'm aware I'm alive
Forget the Pope, let's talk about more serious matters:
I had my first 'Tim Tam Slam' yesterday.... oh my God.... my world has changed immeasurably for the better.
Let me explain.
The Tim Tam is Australia's favourite biscuit - they sell about 30 million packs per year - two for every Australian. I suppose you could say that it's sort of like a Penguin, only a bit smaller and a bit lighter... here's a comparative review from "A Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down". They come in a variety of flavours, and they're delicious. I was introduced to them by an Australian colleague of mine, who insisted that I brought a whole load back for her when I was over there last January. Naturally I was curious enough to try them, and I was soon hooked. I pretty much left all of my belongings in Australia and filled my bag with Tim Tams. I have subsequently discovered that you can buy them in some places in the UK as well, most notably in Tesco.
I first read about the 'Tim Tam Slam' after Statue John & The Pollstar's Xmas party in the "nice cup of tea and a sit down" book. Here's how you do it:
1) Grab a cup of tea (or similar beverage)
2) Grab a Tim Tam
3) Nibble off opposite corners of the Tim Tam
4) dunk one end of the Tim Tam into your Tea, and suck through the other end
5) as soon as you feel tea coming through the biscuit and hitting your lips, quickly shovel the whole thing into your mouth before it disintegrates...
6) enjoy an explosion of deliciousness
It is.... amazing.
Thanks to John for telling me that Natalie Imbruglia demonstrated this on the Graham Norton show a couple of years ago, and that you can find pictures and the video clip here. She looks positively orgasmic when she's finished, and once you've tried it, you will too....
Who says nothing good ever came out of Australia? There's two good things in one video clip!
I had my first 'Tim Tam Slam' yesterday.... oh my God.... my world has changed immeasurably for the better.
Let me explain.
The Tim Tam is Australia's favourite biscuit - they sell about 30 million packs per year - two for every Australian. I suppose you could say that it's sort of like a Penguin, only a bit smaller and a bit lighter... here's a comparative review from "A Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down". They come in a variety of flavours, and they're delicious. I was introduced to them by an Australian colleague of mine, who insisted that I brought a whole load back for her when I was over there last January. Naturally I was curious enough to try them, and I was soon hooked. I pretty much left all of my belongings in Australia and filled my bag with Tim Tams. I have subsequently discovered that you can buy them in some places in the UK as well, most notably in Tesco.
I first read about the 'Tim Tam Slam' after Statue John & The Pollstar's Xmas party in the "nice cup of tea and a sit down" book. Here's how you do it:
1) Grab a cup of tea (or similar beverage)
2) Grab a Tim Tam
3) Nibble off opposite corners of the Tim Tam
4) dunk one end of the Tim Tam into your Tea, and suck through the other end
5) as soon as you feel tea coming through the biscuit and hitting your lips, quickly shovel the whole thing into your mouth before it disintegrates...
6) enjoy an explosion of deliciousness
It is.... amazing.
Thanks to John for telling me that Natalie Imbruglia demonstrated this on the Graham Norton show a couple of years ago, and that you can find pictures and the video clip here. She looks positively orgasmic when she's finished, and once you've tried it, you will too....
Who says nothing good ever came out of Australia? There's two good things in one video clip!
posted by swisslet @ 12:33
6 Comments:
At 1:19 pm,
Mike Davis said…
Name a time when Natalie didn't look orgasmic? I wish America would let her get beyond L'Oreal girl. I miss her!
At 3:05 pm,
LB said…
at the risk of labouring the point that lots have been making, I love Natalie Imbruglia. A lot. Biscuit or no biscuit.
Although in my teenage years I liked Rachel Friend (Bronwyn off of "Neighbours") much better.
At 10:16 pm,
The Num Num said…
Urm, how can you suck tea through a penguin like biscuit? I don't get it.
But, my dear fellow, I shall procure some and try...for I do like to try things that seem stupid and obscure.
But here's one I made earlier -- Marshmallow Slam.
Buy cheap marshmellow bombs from Asda, those big coconut flake covered pink and white delicacies, grab a bottle of diet coke, shove a full one into your mouth and gulp down a swig of coke. Your mouth and teeth will fizz away like a monkeys bottom through the trees.
At 10:43 pm,
swisslet said…
B1rd1e - try it and see... apparently a penguin works, but not quite as well. Get yourself some Tim Tams from Tesco (caramel ones work well), and let us know how you get on!
it is ace! sadly I tried it with the last one I had, and now I desperately want some more. NOW!
ST
At 11:44 pm,
Anonymous said…
Ah yes, the Tim Tam slam... even I like them and I'm not a fan of chocolate. FYI - they're also referred to as Mit Mats, and are best with milky coffee.
Whenever you sent "care packages" to any Aussies overseas, the two things they always ask for are Vegemite and Tim Tams.
B1RDIE Num Num - they work because the biscuit part is very light and porous, while the chololate coating and the chocolate/caramel part in the middle are very solid. The biscuit part fills with the hot beverage, so the chocolate/caramel part in the middle melts, but chocolate outside doesn't for the few seconds it takes to get the whole thing in your mouth. Mmmm...
I think maybe I've thought about this too much... ;o)
- OLS
At 5:26 am,
Di Gallagher said…
Someone actually said that nothing good ever came out of Australia? Who? Why?
I'm good.
I have a passport now.
Any second I will come out of Austrlia, Tim Tams at the ready.
Actually, Anyone who doesn't love Australia is mad. Mad I tell you. The results of The Colony is the biggest joke anyone ever played on an invading country.
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