January 26th we celebrated Australia Day!! Abbie Rose tried to convince me she should get a day off school because it is a holiday for our family. I don't think we can go that far, but it has become a tradition! We had a good time, Mom made some great Aussie nibbles: shrimp and avocado, egg salad and crackers, and meat pies with tomato sauce. We had lamb chops, lamb 'pops', snags (sausages) on the grill, some damper bread, green salad, and cheese and vegemite scrolls for dinner.
A magic egg pavlova for dessert, we also got to try some Aussie chocolates and new varieties of tim-tams from our goodie box. If you can find tim-tams from Peperidge farm here in the states you should give them a try, they are so good if you slurp your hot coffee through them and then eat it in one munch!
Also some AC/DC rock band to cap off our night! Too much fun and great authentic decorations, even some extra tough tattoos:
Looks like a fun time guys! The different foods sound interesting and the berries all over your dessert look amazing and mouthwatering.
ReplyDeleteYep, it's the pavlova I want to taste. Where did you find magic eggs?
ReplyDeleteLovely to see a new entry on the blog!! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteAlas, the magic pavloa egg came from our goodie box. I have made the meringue part from scratch before, but this was much easier and just as good. I will highly recommend pavlova as a dessert, this time we had traditional style softer meringue, whipped cream (cool whip too), and fruit, but I have done pastry cream or lemon curd. More info on pavlova and bunches of other Aussie recipes can be found here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.taste.com.au/