* boggles *

They took it off the menu a few years ago, but they know it when I order it by name.

God, I LOVE that. It's appointment breakfast in a city that loves its breakfast.

Uhhh .... Montreal.

Oh, God, oh Montréal.

Is there a whole range of milk flavors in Oz?

Oh yeah baby! We have the old favourites of: chocolate; strawberry; banana; mocha; egg nog and coffee. The coffee milk is properly referred to as "Iced Coffee". Although I've never tried yours, the flavour we call "egg nog" probably bears little resemblance to the home-made concoction you call "egg nog".

Over the last few years there has been a real boom in the flavoured milk market. On top of the old standards, we now have a range of milks based on favourite chocolate bars. For example, there is now "Crunchie" millk (choc/honeycomb flavour) and "Caramello" milk (choc/caramel flavour). You can also buy pre-made "Milo", which seems kinda pointless to me, since the big attraction of Milo to me is heaping the powder on top of the milk and eating most of it before it dissolves. :)

re Maple Syrup: all the syrups in my local supermarkets are imported from the US or Canada. They are either pre-bottled, or bottled in Australia but the contents is always imported syrup.

re soup and crackers: Angus ... some of us fancy pants also like croutons in our soup

re Pie Floaters: I suddenly recalled that the floater has been talked about by a couple of visiting celebrities. I'm pretty sure Billy Connolly tried one, on camera, while in Adelaide filming and performing his "World Tour of Australia" show. :)

Edit to fix typos and add: 5 1/2 hours to new Buffy!

Is the ketchup intrinsic to the pie floater? It's the only bit that turns me off.

I've been lurking (hello again Trudy!) before I go to bed, could someone explain the actual innards of a pie floater? I've read bits here (that somewhat turn my stomach) but I'm not sure I've got it layered properly in my brain... or something like that.

Is the ketchup intrinsic to the pie floater? It's the only bit that turns me off.

Over here "ketchup" is referred to as, "Tomato sauce" or just "sauce" (i.e., if you ask for a "pie with sauce" it is automatically assumed you mean "a pie with tomato sauce", so if you mean something different you better be specific) and yes, it is intrinsic to a pie floater.

Deena ... when you say "innards" I'm assuming you mean the guts of a meat pie. The pie floater itself is simply an Aussie meat pie, on a bed of mushy, soupy peas, with a liberal smothering of tomato sauce over it all. The aussie meat pie varies from delicious to disgusting, depending on the manufacturer. However, the definition also depends on the individual. I know some people who swear by one brand of pie but which I find inedible and vice versa.

The guts of a meat pie is essentially mince beef and gravy. The worst pies are the ones that have a lot of gristle but over the last few years that problem has become increasingly rare. It now gets down to the amount of meat vs gravy, plus the type of beef. The better pies use a good amount of meat and thicker gravy, plus the better cuts of beef, while the yuckier pies have a thin gravy and less meat and use the cheaper portions of the cow.

Currently, the best meat pie in the world is made by Vili's and the second best is made by Balfour's. Both just happen to be made in Adelaide but that has no bearing on my opinion.

and I don't believe I just wrote so much about a fucking meat pie! :)

Oooh! You can fuck them too?

t Super Porny Pants beams

Oh yeah! We're much more manly than certain other men. We fuck meat pies, they fuck apple pies. t /Insane pride

Just found out, The Office starts on the ABC tonight. At first I thought it was going to clash with Buffy but it's on at 10PM. w00t!