I heard today from an American who has just come back from Australia that Australians do Easter a little differently than we do in the U.S. Since they don't like rabbits that much (see the history of Australia and the importation of rabbits in 1859 - that's the second importation, not the first) they don't want to see chocolate bunnies at Easter. Instead, they make chocolate wombats. What you see above is NOT a chocolate wombat, but a plastic wombat from our online gift shop. It may not taste as good (and we recommend that you don't eat it anyway), but it's non-sticky, non-fattening, won't cause dental cavities, and you can keep it around for years to come. Also, plastic wombats do not breed. I'm not sure about chocolate ones.Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Chocolate wombats?
I heard today from an American who has just come back from Australia that Australians do Easter a little differently than we do in the U.S. Since they don't like rabbits that much (see the history of Australia and the importation of rabbits in 1859 - that's the second importation, not the first) they don't want to see chocolate bunnies at Easter. Instead, they make chocolate wombats. What you see above is NOT a chocolate wombat, but a plastic wombat from our online gift shop. It may not taste as good (and we recommend that you don't eat it anyway), but it's non-sticky, non-fattening, won't cause dental cavities, and you can keep it around for years to come. Also, plastic wombats do not breed. I'm not sure about chocolate ones.
I've never seen a chocolate wombat before - it's usually chocolate bilbies.
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Anthony.
Anthony, thanks! Since you're from Australia, you should know! I don't know what part of your countrie Jeannie visited. Maybe it's regional? I've been meaning to link to your wonderful blog from the TPF blog. Will do so today. Yeah. Talk to you soon and hey everyone, Anthony has some amazing photos on the blog!
ReplyDelete"Countrie"? Sorry, I do know better than that :( Thinking ahead to Jeannie, or perhaps it's my 1/4 or so Scottish heritag coming out.
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