Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
![]() |
|
General Cooking (rec.food.cooking) For general food and cooking discussion. Foods of all kinds, food procurement, cooking methods and techniques, eating, etc. |
Reply |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
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? -- The eyes are the mirrors.... But the ears...Ah the ears. The ears keep the hat up. |
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
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. -- Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Call For Votes (CFV): aus.food | Wine | |||
aus.food: some background and a call for support .... | General Cooking | |||
Last Call for research Survey on Food and Health | General Cooking | |||
Last Call for research Survey on Food and Health | Baking | |||
Last Call for research Survey on Food and Health | Restaurants |