FAIRY BREAD - A Cultural DELICACY??? OK, so here's the story..... Something that I, like may other Aussies have grown up with is the simple idea of taking buttered bread and sprinkling it with either multi-coloured Hundreds & Thousands, or multi-coloured Sprinkles.
So we move to the UK, are in temporary accommodation and Miss 5-almost-6 is about to have a birthday. Hmmm, we need something simple and easy for her classmates to share with her on this auspicious occasion that requires no cooking due to lack of cooking equipment, and won't cost a fortune, especially with the conversion rate. AH-HA! She cries, 'fairy bread will cover the situation nicely!"
But being a new school and culture will they allow treats to be brought in. So the teacher is approached with the simple request of bringing in fairy bread. "Fairy bread???", "Never heard of it!"
I, thinking as with so many other things, imagine that the brits must just have another name for it, just like how OMO is called Persil, Kleenex toilet paper is Andrex and set-top boxes are called digi-boxes, and begin to explain....... "I know what 100's & 1000's are......but as to the rest...? But it sounds yummy, so go right ahead!" > |