On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 02:09:46 GMT, Phred wrote:

> G'day Nance,
>
> In article >, "Nancy Young"
> > wrote:
> [...]
> >Besides, also, I really don't see how a group could be sustained when all
> >the food you have there is vegemite along with shrimp on the barbie and
> >Foster's beer. (laughing)
>
> "Shrimp" was a translation in the ads for you northern hemisphere
> ferals; we ferals down here always throw a *prawn* on the barbie.
> Also, the issue of Fosters was being discussed at a local "social
> gathering" (drinking session %-) just last week. The question was
> raised as to why no one down here actually drinks the stuff but the
> rest of the world clearly associates it with Australia -- another
> triumph of marketing over reality!
>
> Cheers, Phred.

What is foster's down there? It's chicken in my area.

sf wrote on 20 Sep 2005 in rec.food.cooking

> What is foster's down there? It's chicken in my area.
>

Didn't foster invent flaming Bananas?

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sf wrote:

> What is foster's down there? It's chicken in my area.

It's beer.

http://www.fosters.com.au/enjoy/beer/fosters_lager.htm

I've heard Aussie friends of mine say exactly what Phred is saying.
Americans seem to think Foster's is big in Australia, and they swear
it's anything but. Brilliant marketing there.

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