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>...ANZAC biscuits appear to be the only uncontestably Australasian confection. Is this so?
Max, he posts guiltily, as yet another thread finds it way unerringly onto the regional cook-book highway (sorry Anna, but he made me do it!):
I have an idea that we lay claim to the lamington - a cube of sponge (as in sponge-cake) dipped in chocolate icing and then rolled in dessicated coconut. Used to be very popular as a fund-raiser, particularly by girl guides who would hold "lamington drives".
No doubt I'll now find that its invention is disputed.
P.S. A quick google reveals that there is in fact some dispute about both the invention and the etymology (thank goodness I can tie it back in to AWAD with some relevance). Perhaps a relocation over to Recipes and Other Non-language Topics would be in order if anyone wants to pursue this.
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Perhaps a relocation over to Recipes and Other Non-language Topics would be in order if anyone wants to pursue this.MMMM, lamingtons! Chocolate are my favourite, but strawberry are not bad. I did feel a little guilty posting the original query, but it was more about the etymology of the name for the biscuits - I don't want to know how they're made! I agree that to avoid even the hint of inappropriate digression, any further enquiries shall be posted in the "non-language" topics, even though my query was language-related. 
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All hugs gratefully received!!!True to my word: stales, here's a big hug for you; never mind that it's not your birthday yet! Your post was a grim reminder of the horrors of war. May we never have another one, anywhere.
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Lamingtons ... chocolate, smothered in coconut and with whipped cream! Ooooooooo, I'm dribbling on my keyboard. Don't give a damn who invented them. Yes, shift this somewhere else, off the board altogether. There are NO words to describe 'em ... 
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Did you know that there were a whole regiment of Newfoundlanders there too? At that time they were a British colony, not part of Canada. They take their military history very seriously here - that's why my university is called Memorial University. And I recently learned that Memorial Stadium was built by the people of St. John's as a memorial to those who died in the wars...each working person in St. John's contributed 1% of their wages for one year to build the stadium. There are a whole series of streets, just near my house, with these middle eastern sort of names - Suvla, Cairo, Suez - after researching the battles that Newfoundlanders fought at, I now know why.
I think the Newfoundlanders would want you to know that you have something in common - as horrible as it is - a little piece of shared history.
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Didn't know about the Newfounland connection - many thanks for bringing it to my attention. Will make sure the word is spread this coming Anzac Day.
Newfies hey - would seem therrr ain't no doat aboat it, by golly!!
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"Phascogale" it is.
Marsupial pygmy possums as I recall. Real cuties.
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Re: "...but an external threat still has us back to back."
Right on cuz!
"Dumping" on somebody or some thing (such as the whole K1w1 Nation) is the highest accolade an Ozzie can give. Praising somebody offends our (misguided) sense of manliness.
Watch your back if you aren't an Ozzie and one praises you!!
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Whaddya mean USED TO BE a fundraiser???
I look forward every year to the fundraisers by the little old ladies at my lapidary club AND a big local bakery (which, incidently, also has Anzac cookies in its catalogue. Being a purist, I can't come at the strawberry lamingtons though!!). It's the only time I get to eat a decent lamington!! Best thing is that they freeze well and can thus be enjoyed weeks/months after the event.
BTW, have never figured out why these fundraisers are referred to as a "Lamington Drive".
Anybody?
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It was a popular notion that Australia and New Zealand were virtually the only troops at Gallipoli and certainly little is said here about any other troops on the peninsula. Not true at all. The British landed in comfort some time after the Anzacs, had a leisurely time of it for a while and then left. The Newfies came and also had a fairly easy time of it at the beginning, but saw some fairly hot action (on Caribou Hill and at Suvla) before they were withdrawn and sent to the meat grinder on the Western Front where they distinguished themselves in a place where the remarkable was fairly commonplace.
The real point of the Australasian emphasis on Gallipoli is that the Anzac troops landed (in the wrong damned place) under fire and hung on in that state for several months in spite of the fact that it was obvious to everyone that there was absolutely no way they were going to "win". It was the "baptism of fire" effect for the Anzacs (a term often used cavalierly for mundane events, but rarely so well-deserved), that made it so "special". It's not a deliberate attempt to demean or diminish the contribution of troops from other places.
My grandfather was there. He wasn't in the first landings, and he came out of Gallipoli unscathed. He then managed to skate through the next three years on the Western Front without being wounded only to be "mildly" gassed a couple of months before the war ended. He died at 63 of complications from the gassing.
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