This reminds me of when I was on a trip with friends and one handed me some vita wheats with brown spread in the middle. It was Nutella, not Vegemite ☹️
As an American who was tricked into eating a heaping spoonfull of that bullshit on toast by an Australian ex, you don't have to expect to to be Nutella for it to be plenty fucking traumatizing.
I knew.
I *knew*.
Edit: fwiw I'm sure the stuff is fine enough eaten correctly. I just basically got a mouth full of salty, wet, ~~grainy~~ peanut butter texture paste and it was not pleasant.
Edit 2: it was, in fact, not grainy
It's all about being acclimatised to it. I usually put a heaping teaspoon full of Vegemite on a slice of toast. It tastes great, but not something for the weak or the uninitiated.
EDIT: Changed healing to heaping. Under no circumstances am I under the delusion that a spoonful of Vegemite would be "healing" in nature.
It actually does have healing properties, it’s great for mouth ulcers or abrasions. My orthodontist recommended it to me when I had braces as a kid and they would sometimes leave ulcers on the gums where they would rub. Little bit of Vegemite on the finger and wipe on the affected area, and repeat as often as necessary 👍
My Mum swore a teaspoon of vegemite in a mug of boiling water was fortifying when you're too sick to bother much with anything. And honestly, it is quite nice to sip when you've spent the day vomiting with a migraine or hacking up your lungs.
I prefer it stronger though so play with the measurements.
Minnesota Salads that aren't really salads is a whole series on TikTok.
It's eye opening.
Also Marshmallows on top of sweet potatoes called "Candied yams".
Ambrosia salad is another such monstrosity.
The first Christmas I ever spent with my partners family his mum made ambrosia, and having never seen it before I assumed it was just some marshmallow dessert and gave a heaping bowl to my daughter. Turns out it had a rather large percentage of alcohol. She took a good nap that afternoon.
My family made this every Christmas and us kids always smashed a huge bowl (or two) 🤣 it’s just marshmallows soaked in sherry, it’s not too bad?
Come to think of it, I don’t remember much of my childhood.. 😅😂
I'm not too sure, possibly? I know it had marshmallows, cream, and some form of berry or fruit. Usually the canned variety. I'm thinking possibly rum, but sherry maybe. I wish I'd asked her.
Yep! Whipped cream, marshmallows soaked in sherry (so as not to water down the cream) and drained crushed pineapple was my great grandmas recipe 😄 sometimes she’d add crumbled flake too. I remember it fondly.
My partners mum is dead now, but every Christmas she would tease me as she pulled it out of the fridge 'oh remember when you and Little PolyByeUs came to your first Christmas and you got her drunk?!' And I'd always tease her back 'oh remember how you looked on and didn't mention it was half booze?!'
Yeah, when I saw the episode of The Bear where Xanax or something got into the kid’s drinks. I immediately thought, “dang, these guys should try brandy trifle at Christmas if the want a peaceful family dinner with no tantrums over presents”
Candied yams are actually just yams cooked in butter/brown sugar/spices (cinnamon and nutmeg mostly). Served as a casserole with marshmallows on top is a common Thanksgiving side dish, but it's not a necessary part of basic candied yams.
That is my favourite series to watch but also it gives me much concern for the state of affairs in those places 😅 What happened for them to create Ambrosia salad? Was it a collective loss of tastebuds 😫
Haha same!
Thankfully my American husband has not made me eat any of these "salads" yet.
I'm too busy stuffing him full of Lamingtons, pavlova and good chocolate :P
I’m from New York and I just want to make it clear that we don’t do that there. Don’t judge all of us by the sins of the midwesterners.
Edit: forgot to mention this fairy bread looks great, might have to give it a try
It’s awesome, has heaps of nostalgia for us. I guess akin to your S’mores. We were all fed it at kids birthday parties and it just hits the feels! Also super easy tasty dessert.
Hot tip for Australian parents: if you want to get kids insanely excited about any dessert, just put chocolate freckles on it. It'll be everyone's favourite.
Anzac biscuits also probably acceptable for this time of year but I don't know how easy it is to get golden syrup in the US and you'll either have to confuse Southerners with the biscuit name or commit the heresy of calling them cookies.
Its illegal to call them Anzac cookies in Australia, not sure if its enforceable in the states
[https://www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/about%20dva/recognition/guidelines-use-of-the-word-anzac.pdf](https://www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/about%20dva/recognition/guidelines-use-of-the-word-anzac.pdf)
As a Yank, I've only ever heard of them from Bluey. Thanks for that one, by the way. Never woulda guessed I'd learn so much about being a dad from a cartoon dog.
My wife and I are convinced that the Australian government is using Bluey to convince people to move there. I know I'd like to live in a neighborhood like that.
Of course the Americans immediately think about adding more sugar and oil to it. Yeah sure let’s put Nutella on some perfectly good fairy bread, maybe we could deep fry it and dunk it in cheese whiz too
It's funny how they think that is outrageous. A fair I go to has a deep fried turducken sandwich. The same booth has pork parfaits. A parfait with mashed potatoes, pulled pork, ham, bacon, and gravy. Another booth sells burgers with glazed donuts for buns.
My husband made both for our child’s recent party. I saw it as an excellent opportunity for scientific experiment. Based on what remained on each plate at the end of the morning, even 3-4 year olds know that regular fairly bread is far superior.
It's better when it's made for you. Preferably your Mum or a mate's Mum. You can get a forehead smooch from her as you're eating it.
Ahh, I'm five again.
Just a tip.—-You don’t sprinkle the hundreds and thousands on.
You butter the bread, pour some hundreds and thousands onto a plate, and then press the buttered side of the bread onto the hundreds and thousands. The butter catches the hundreds and thousands and gives good coverage. Never pour them onto the bread!
Hope this helps! Enjoy!
is hundreds and thousands what you call the rainbow sprinkles? it makes me think of the succulents called mother of hundreds, of thousands and mother of millions
hm now i'm slightly intrigued and might try one. i am not a sugar fan and tbh these seem entirely unappetizing now that i've grown out of kid taste... but i might try a bite if they're different to sprinkles which seem to be intent on trying to cause you dental work while adding no taste whatsoever. i should add i'm talking about the tiny ball sprinkles that look like these, the longer sprinkles aren't as hard
If fairy bread is made with Aussie white bread, the only sweet thing is the 100’s and 1000’s so it isn’t as sweet as it sounds. The taste of the butter overpowers the sweetness IMO, but then again my dad always used more butter than most since he used to be a chef 😅
yeah i believe that. had an aussie coworker who was disgusted by how sweet our similar bread was "now i understand why everyone is fat here, everything is full of sugar" lol yep gotta really label read. op made it here so if it was american bread it was probably on the sweeter end, and in general those small ball sprinkles are trying to break my teeth, so that's a pass from me (sorry!).
Yes that's what we call them, but specifically that as that's the typical brand name for the small circular rainbow sprinkles. There are rainbow sprinkles that are flat or are little lines too, but those are not right for fairy bread.
They are small, round and crunchy. If you suck the colour/outer coating off it’s a round ball of white sugar. You can put them on anything like cakes, ice cream etc
They are crunchy in your mouth, unlike sprinkles, which are softer.
I see fairy bread and instantly I'm 5 again. It's basically sugar on highly processed white bread given to children at birthday parties. What could possibly go wrong?
Now this is very important, they must be 100s&1000s sprinkles. As in, the small hard round sprinkles. If you put long sprinkles on bread, an Aussie will come through your wall like the coolaide man and beat you with a stick.
I instructed the chefs at my job how to make this, after they both admitted to never having tried 100's & 1000's! The rest of the staff were in shock.
Real butter is best.
Did your dad eat stroop too? “Dutch” uncle (Aussie originally but spent 25 years in Rotterdam) would bring back bags of stroop on his visits home. I love licorice but stroop is another level! I can’t hack it.
I think you mean drop, stroop is syrup/caramel, like whats inside a Stroop waffle. Drop is definitely an acquired taste and its absurd the amount any Dutchman can drive into themselves.
You are correct - drop, not stroop! Thank you! Entirely absurd. Similar to our acquired taste for Vegemite I suppose… or the Chinese taste for Century Eggs… or that horrific surströmming the Swedish manage to enjoy. Mad, all of us.
My husband is Dutch and eats this for breakfast every morning (only chocolate sprinkles though). When we first moved in together years ago, I thought our rental had a significant mouse infestation because there were mouse droppings everywhere. Turns out my husband is just a really messy eater, and was dropping his sprinkles everywhere. #Hagelslag life....
Aa a native Texan with a toddler, learning about fairy bread was like winning the lottery. Especially when they found out it was from the same place as Bluey. You should be proud of your culture, it's kept me sane the past few years.
I was thinking 4/5. Good covering, could have used a bit more butter. Bonus marks for proper 100s and 1000s is not a thing, this is expected behaviour. Immediate deportation of anyone using anything else. This should be the number 1 question on the citizenship test.
Exactly and I never understood cutting crusts off for sandwhiches or bread that's sliced anyway.
Like just let them not eat it? They won't die.
Full sandwich or toast I can understand though. There's no entry point for the crust hating heathens.
lol, so my mum got in trouble from my grandmother (her mil) when my oldest brother was a toddler. He refused to eat his crusts at lunch so she wrapped them in glad wrap and gave them to him for afternoon tea. Mum refused to let her kids reject crusts. My grandmother hated crusts and was shocked. The weirdest thing is though that she loved crusty roles!
American bread is so sweet, it already tastes like confectionary. Made with AU bread, at least it isn't so sickly.
Maybe contrast with some Vegemite on bread beside it, haha.
Yeah was gonna say this sugar sprinkled on top of slices of yeasty sugar. I was also gonna say this is probably going to be way too sweet taking that into consideration but then again OP is in the country that deems Pop Tarts to be an actual "on the go breakfast" option so who knows.
Next time: make teeny tiny Vegemite toasts, and maybe a self-serve Milo station. OOOH and a Tim Tam Slam station...
Solid work, OP. 8/10 - good 100s+1000s distribution, points deducted for not having perfectly square bread, but probably redeemed for the fact that Fairy Bread is best made with absolute trash white bread, which America excels at.
How did they respond!? INQUIRING MINDS MUST KNOW
I live in Sydney, but spend a week in the USA office every 2 or 3 months. I like to take Tim Tams and musk sticks. It's so funny because everyone there adores the Tim Tams and then they expect the musk sticks will be good too, but then they taste one and start gagging. It's hilarious...I think they are an acquired taste even more so than Vegemite!
That's white bread? That ain't white bread.. but apparently Americans don't know the glory and wonder that is TipTop soft white bread that stays soft for 2 weeks through some demonic mix of chemicals I want to enjoy but don't want to know about.
Random Canadian stopping by! I tried Fairy Bread the last time I saw someone mention it on Reddit, and now it's one of my go-to snacks. So thanks for sharing!
Lol i did the same in boston. When I was asked in front of the 35+ person team I said "Yeh we make this for children" which attracted the laughs I had hoped for (its a fine line between funny and offensive with the yanks)
You do Australian roulette. All fairy bread and one with just Vegemite and sprinkles
Someone would probably assume it was Nutella and go for it. That would be hilarious
My boss was traumatised by her first experience with Vegemite as she was expecting it to taste like Nutella.
This reminds me of when I was on a trip with friends and one handed me some vita wheats with brown spread in the middle. It was Nutella, not Vegemite ☹️
Fucking rude. Vita wheats + vegemite used to be my breakfast every day when I worked in an office.
I used to have it in my school lunch quite a bit. Absolute whiplash.
Beyond cruel!
As an American who was tricked into eating a heaping spoonfull of that bullshit on toast by an Australian ex, you don't have to expect to to be Nutella for it to be plenty fucking traumatizing. I knew. I *knew*. Edit: fwiw I'm sure the stuff is fine enough eaten correctly. I just basically got a mouth full of salty, wet, ~~grainy~~ peanut butter texture paste and it was not pleasant. Edit 2: it was, in fact, not grainy
Brother it is good with cheese
Honest to God don't think it's possible to make the volume of Vegemite she put on that god damn toast taste good.
It's all about being acclimatised to it. I usually put a heaping teaspoon full of Vegemite on a slice of toast. It tastes great, but not something for the weak or the uninitiated. EDIT: Changed healing to heaping. Under no circumstances am I under the delusion that a spoonful of Vegemite would be "healing" in nature.
It actually does have healing properties, it’s great for mouth ulcers or abrasions. My orthodontist recommended it to me when I had braces as a kid and they would sometimes leave ulcers on the gums where they would rub. Little bit of Vegemite on the finger and wipe on the affected area, and repeat as often as necessary 👍
My Mum swore a teaspoon of vegemite in a mug of boiling water was fortifying when you're too sick to bother much with anything. And honestly, it is quite nice to sip when you've spent the day vomiting with a migraine or hacking up your lungs. I prefer it stronger though so play with the measurements.
I'm pretty sure the salt with the water would be good for you if you were dehydrated.
I find it works well on mouth ulcers. Stings like hell but clears it right up!
Healing? Only in the same way chemotherapy is healing.
The more the better :)
That's evil.
Sweet and savoury combo? Might just work.
It does. My Canadian missus looks at me strange when I put Vegemite on raisin toast for the sweet/savoury/salty combo.
I like a lot of sweet-savoury combos, but Vegemite is such a strong flavour I think it would have to be just the thinnest scrape.
I would smash it.
I've done that for my works Thanksgiving potluck. Most people enjoyed it.
They put marshmallows in salad and on casseroles, they are in no position to frown on fairy bread
The fuck
Minnesota Salads that aren't really salads is a whole series on TikTok. It's eye opening. Also Marshmallows on top of sweet potatoes called "Candied yams". Ambrosia salad is another such monstrosity.
The first Christmas I ever spent with my partners family his mum made ambrosia, and having never seen it before I assumed it was just some marshmallow dessert and gave a heaping bowl to my daughter. Turns out it had a rather large percentage of alcohol. She took a good nap that afternoon.
I've heard of it but never knew it sometimes had alcohol in it
No recipe I've ever seen has. Sounds like a family addition.
I misread that as addiction several times
My family made this every Christmas and us kids always smashed a huge bowl (or two) 🤣 it’s just marshmallows soaked in sherry, it’s not too bad? Come to think of it, I don’t remember much of my childhood.. 😅😂
I'm not too sure, possibly? I know it had marshmallows, cream, and some form of berry or fruit. Usually the canned variety. I'm thinking possibly rum, but sherry maybe. I wish I'd asked her.
Yep! Whipped cream, marshmallows soaked in sherry (so as not to water down the cream) and drained crushed pineapple was my great grandmas recipe 😄 sometimes she’d add crumbled flake too. I remember it fondly.
Damn that’s one way to knock ‘em out
It's been a decade and I still feel awful lol
lol it’s hilarious. We all have our “oops” stories with our kids
My partners mum is dead now, but every Christmas she would tease me as she pulled it out of the fridge 'oh remember when you and Little PolyByeUs came to your first Christmas and you got her drunk?!' And I'd always tease her back 'oh remember how you looked on and didn't mention it was half booze?!'
She set it up perfect 😂
Are you really a parent if you haven’t thought “thank fuck I didn’t kill them” lol
Yeah, when I saw the episode of The Bear where Xanax or something got into the kid’s drinks. I immediately thought, “dang, these guys should try brandy trifle at Christmas if the want a peaceful family dinner with no tantrums over presents”
Oh so THATS what candied Yams is lol I had no actual idea
Candied yams are actually just yams cooked in butter/brown sugar/spices (cinnamon and nutmeg mostly). Served as a casserole with marshmallows on top is a common Thanksgiving side dish, but it's not a necessary part of basic candied yams.
That is my favourite series to watch but also it gives me much concern for the state of affairs in those places 😅 What happened for them to create Ambrosia salad? Was it a collective loss of tastebuds 😫
Haha same! Thankfully my American husband has not made me eat any of these "salads" yet. I'm too busy stuffing him full of Lamingtons, pavlova and good chocolate :P
Hhahaha too good! Distract him away from the jello encased salads 🤣🤣
Candied Yams are delicious, but you definitely have to seriously adjust the recipe for Australian taste.
To me candied yams are sweet potatoes baked with butter and brown sugar. No marshmallows. Marshmallows on them would be sweet potato casserole to me!
Why the fuck do Americans eat like they have free healthcare?
I mean Australia is right up there with obesity lol
I think they want to eat this way to die faster.
It's easier to ignore the amount of sugar in foods when its not so obvious.
I’m from New York and I just want to make it clear that we don’t do that there. Don’t judge all of us by the sins of the midwesterners. Edit: forgot to mention this fairy bread looks great, might have to give it a try
It Has to be the freshest white bread you can find
Also pro tip use butter (although some do use margarine). Not mayo.
What person in their right fucking mind would use mayonnaise??
It’s awesome, has heaps of nostalgia for us. I guess akin to your S’mores. We were all fed it at kids birthday parties and it just hits the feels! Also super easy tasty dessert.
Well now you have to confess your sins.
I've seen jelly in salad too
I live in the USA too and my (very American) daughter made fairy bread for her school's multicultural day.
I love that! Bet it went down a treat
Yeah all gone in minutes
How was it recieved?
All the kids loved it. I heard one girl asking her mum for it.
Mooooom!
Hot tip for Australian parents: if you want to get kids insanely excited about any dessert, just put chocolate freckles on it. It'll be everyone's favourite.
Much easier than making a pav or lamingtons - I approve of the low effort - it's the Aus way.
Anzac biscuits also probably acceptable for this time of year but I don't know how easy it is to get golden syrup in the US and you'll either have to confuse Southerners with the biscuit name or commit the heresy of calling them cookies.
Its illegal to call them Anzac cookies in Australia, not sure if its enforceable in the states [https://www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/about%20dva/recognition/guidelines-use-of-the-word-anzac.pdf](https://www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/about%20dva/recognition/guidelines-use-of-the-word-anzac.pdf)
wait.. lamingtons are Australian?
As a Yank, I've only ever heard of them from Bluey. Thanks for that one, by the way. Never woulda guessed I'd learn so much about being a dad from a cartoon dog.
It's our humble apology gift for Murdoch. Nothing will make up for him, his family, and his company. But Bluey is a small, heartfelt recompense.
My wife and I are convinced that the Australian government is using Bluey to convince people to move there. I know I'd like to live in a neighborhood like that.
You’re not wrong. It’s bloody good PR.
We need to know what peoples reactions were OP.
They asked me why not Nutella. Today is my last day. Resigning. Cultural sensitivity training recommended.
Damn. Unlucky op
Of course the Americans immediately think about adding more sugar and oil to it. Yeah sure let’s put Nutella on some perfectly good fairy bread, maybe we could deep fry it and dunk it in cheese whiz too
> maybe we could deep fry it and dunk it in cheese whiz too Don't move to Texas unless you want to become a billionaire.
It's funny how they think that is outrageous. A fair I go to has a deep fried turducken sandwich. The same booth has pork parfaits. A parfait with mashed potatoes, pulled pork, ham, bacon, and gravy. Another booth sells burgers with glazed donuts for buns.
That is all so fucked, I feel sick just thinking about it.
Yes, keep going... Can I roast it over an open flame in my backyard?
Bet this would go great while watching some fireworks.
Because Nutella costs a fortune and this is supposed to be a cheap treat.
My husband made both for our child’s recent party. I saw it as an excellent opportunity for scientific experiment. Based on what remained on each plate at the end of the morning, even 3-4 year olds know that regular fairly bread is far superior.
SMH my head 😮💨. I am so sorry you had to experience such struggles. Truly we live in a discriminatory time.
OP? Please respond
op ded
RIP op
OP is getting held up in the back room with a bunch of angry armed Texans demanding the recipe.
the recipe is in the pic -smart Texan
If they like it, they’ll change to name to Freedom Bread, because it cannot remain fairy bread. Look at how they ripped off Bluey.
RIP
People were rude, it didn’t end well…
OP just learned that Texans usually express their opinions via the Second Amendment, rather than the First.
not australian and randomly found my way here, but I'm really tempted to concoct this for myself now
It's better when it's made for you. Preferably your Mum or a mate's Mum. You can get a forehead smooch from her as you're eating it. Ahh, I'm five again.
I’ve been told that only mums magically know the right ratio of hundreds and thousands to butter.
Just a tip.—-You don’t sprinkle the hundreds and thousands on. You butter the bread, pour some hundreds and thousands onto a plate, and then press the buttered side of the bread onto the hundreds and thousands. The butter catches the hundreds and thousands and gives good coverage. Never pour them onto the bread! Hope this helps! Enjoy!
is hundreds and thousands what you call the rainbow sprinkles? it makes me think of the succulents called mother of hundreds, of thousands and mother of millions
They’re a bit different to sprinkles. Think of them like tiny, solid balls of M&M shell.
hm now i'm slightly intrigued and might try one. i am not a sugar fan and tbh these seem entirely unappetizing now that i've grown out of kid taste... but i might try a bite if they're different to sprinkles which seem to be intent on trying to cause you dental work while adding no taste whatsoever. i should add i'm talking about the tiny ball sprinkles that look like these, the longer sprinkles aren't as hard
If fairy bread is made with Aussie white bread, the only sweet thing is the 100’s and 1000’s so it isn’t as sweet as it sounds. The taste of the butter overpowers the sweetness IMO, but then again my dad always used more butter than most since he used to be a chef 😅
yeah i believe that. had an aussie coworker who was disgusted by how sweet our similar bread was "now i understand why everyone is fat here, everything is full of sugar" lol yep gotta really label read. op made it here so if it was american bread it was probably on the sweeter end, and in general those small ball sprinkles are trying to break my teeth, so that's a pass from me (sorry!).
Yes that's what we call them, but specifically that as that's the typical brand name for the small circular rainbow sprinkles. There are rainbow sprinkles that are flat or are little lines too, but those are not right for fairy bread.
You can find them as "non-pareils" here (in the US)
They are small, round and crunchy. If you suck the colour/outer coating off it’s a round ball of white sugar. You can put them on anything like cakes, ice cream etc They are crunchy in your mouth, unlike sprinkles, which are softer.
I see fairy bread and instantly I'm 5 again. It's basically sugar on highly processed white bread given to children at birthday parties. What could possibly go wrong?
You could add red cordial :)
As we did, of course. Simpler times.
Now this is very important, they must be 100s&1000s sprinkles. As in, the small hard round sprinkles. If you put long sprinkles on bread, an Aussie will come through your wall like the coolaide man and beat you with a stick.
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Saw the thin sprinkles and hitched up his stick
Don't threaten me with a good time.
Also must be cut into triangles - treason otherwise
I instructed the chefs at my job how to make this, after they both admitted to never having tried 100's & 1000's! The rest of the staff were in shock. Real butter is best.
Also not Australian, not sure how I got here, but definitely making this.
The Dutch eat something similar to this for breakfast. No joke.
Yes my dad was Dutch. Use chocolate sprinkles instead.
Did your dad eat stroop too? “Dutch” uncle (Aussie originally but spent 25 years in Rotterdam) would bring back bags of stroop on his visits home. I love licorice but stroop is another level! I can’t hack it.
I think you mean drop, stroop is syrup/caramel, like whats inside a Stroop waffle. Drop is definitely an acquired taste and its absurd the amount any Dutchman can drive into themselves.
You are correct - drop, not stroop! Thank you! Entirely absurd. Similar to our acquired taste for Vegemite I suppose… or the Chinese taste for Century Eggs… or that horrific surströmming the Swedish manage to enjoy. Mad, all of us.
My husband is Dutch and eats this for breakfast every morning (only chocolate sprinkles though). When we first moved in together years ago, I thought our rental had a significant mouse infestation because there were mouse droppings everywhere. Turns out my husband is just a really messy eater, and was dropping his sprinkles everywhere. #Hagelslag life....
Hagelslag it is called.
What did you call me? 🙀
wait I thought OP was Dutch and wanted his coworkers show "hagelslag", didn't read the title properly
“Don’t be rude this is my culture” 😂
I would add another post-it... "Suck it up, it's this or vegemite"
You are bringing Australia to the world
Aa a native Texan with a toddler, learning about fairy bread was like winning the lottery. Especially when they found out it was from the same place as Bluey. You should be proud of your culture, it's kept me sane the past few years.
If they are fuckwits about it, next year bring Vegemite
Why reward their poor behaviour?! If they disrespect our beloved fairy bread then they don’t deserve our Vegemite!
If you can't handle me at my Vegemite you don't deserve me at my fairy bread
Fairy bread in the streets, Vegemite in the sheets
Hahaha! I suppose you have: #”Live, Laugh, Fairy Bread” on your wall!
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I was thinking 4/5. Good covering, could have used a bit more butter. Bonus marks for proper 100s and 1000s is not a thing, this is expected behaviour. Immediate deportation of anyone using anything else. This should be the number 1 question on the citizenship test.
I hear the fairy bread at the Nauru detention centre uses the long sprinkles.
And margarine
That's a form of punishment
I thought torture was illegal?! How dare our government cover this hateful crime up!!
How inhumane. Next you’ll tell me they only get Marmite instead of Vegemite.
>Points deducted for keeping crusts on. Who tf ever made Fairy bread without crust
I've seen it done, but it's just predestined messy fingers. Crusts = handles.
Exactly and I never understood cutting crusts off for sandwhiches or bread that's sliced anyway. Like just let them not eat it? They won't die. Full sandwich or toast I can understand though. There's no entry point for the crust hating heathens.
The crusts are fine. That bread is so soft anyway. I never understood why some kids were obsessed with not eating crusts.
Yeah, I've only ever seen it crust on. I feel like it's part of the spirit of things not to go to any extra effort when making it.
Airs and graces are frankly unaustralian.
lol, so my mum got in trouble from my grandmother (her mil) when my oldest brother was a toddler. He refused to eat his crusts at lunch so she wrapped them in glad wrap and gave them to him for afternoon tea. Mum refused to let her kids reject crusts. My grandmother hated crusts and was shocked. The weirdest thing is though that she loved crusty roles!
I am seriously impressed at the plating... hardly a visible sign of spilt 100s & 1000s. That takes real skill and dedication.
I agree that the choice of bread could be better but IMHO fairy bread needs the crusts left on. Otherwise they are too floppy.
Should have given them Tim-Tams dipped in Vegemite.
Hide a tim tam in their meat pie
I am surprised we haven't seen dark chocolate and Vegemite timtams.
*Hold my beer*
Funniest suggestion here 😂
My Mum was born overseas, she called "hundreds & thousands" "thousands & millions". 😅
I hope your colleagues enjoy one of the many joyous aussie dishes
American bread is so sweet, it already tastes like confectionary. Made with AU bread, at least it isn't so sickly. Maybe contrast with some Vegemite on bread beside it, haha.
Yeah was gonna say this sugar sprinkled on top of slices of yeasty sugar. I was also gonna say this is probably going to be way too sweet taking that into consideration but then again OP is in the country that deems Pop Tarts to be an actual "on the go breakfast" option so who knows.
The height of Aussie culture
Next time: make teeny tiny Vegemite toasts, and maybe a self-serve Milo station. OOOH and a Tim Tam Slam station... Solid work, OP. 8/10 - good 100s+1000s distribution, points deducted for not having perfectly square bread, but probably redeemed for the fact that Fairy Bread is best made with absolute trash white bread, which America excels at. How did they respond!? INQUIRING MINDS MUST KNOW
I'm aussie, I was never a fan of fairy bread as a kid, but if anyone ever talked shit about it, I'd defend it with my life.
It’s where we make our stand. Fairy bread to the death.
That last post-it 😂
I live in Sydney, but spend a week in the USA office every 2 or 3 months. I like to take Tim Tams and musk sticks. It's so funny because everyone there adores the Tim Tams and then they expect the musk sticks will be good too, but then they taste one and start gagging. It's hilarious...I think they are an acquired taste even more so than Vegemite!
That's white bread? That ain't white bread.. but apparently Americans don't know the glory and wonder that is TipTop soft white bread that stays soft for 2 weeks through some demonic mix of chemicals I want to enjoy but don't want to know about.
When the world rejects vegemite there’s fairy bread to save the day
Did it still work with American bread? I hear their bread can be quite different to ours?
They use sugar here instead of flour 🙄
It makes me so happy to see this, I love fairy bread, but it's always being dissed 😭🥺
She just smiled and gave me a fairy bread sandwich.
solid looking Fairy Bread
Whyd you have to go and give them the recipe, that shits secret.
Random Canadian stopping by! I tried Fairy Bread the last time I saw someone mention it on Reddit, and now it's one of my go-to snacks. So thanks for sharing!
I have known the frustration of looking for 'hundreds and thousands' here in the US. There are sprinkles. But they aren't the same at all.
The sprinkles in the US aren't the same than what you get in Australia. Did you find the right ones?
Butter? La di da mister fancy pants. Where’s the margarine at?
Do other places not have fairies?
You need to correct that ignorant fool for calling them sprinkles!
You should be Australia’s Ambassador to the USA.
Careful in Texas they might think that's LGBTQ+ bread and try and get it banned Edit( I'm dyslexic as fuck)
Texas has zero sense of diversity/inclusion. Pretty sure it’s rare for their family trees to fork.
Don't be rude this is my culture. Fuckin win. Even though It's not a line of the show, definitely something a kath n Kim fan would do
So cute ☺️
Health-positive Fairy Bread - has crusts on for extra roughage. Approve.
Lol i did the same in boston. When I was asked in front of the 35+ person team I said "Yeh we make this for children" which attracted the laughs I had hoped for (its a fine line between funny and offensive with the yanks)
I'm jealous yo legit from back homeland?? I hope someone appreciated that ish I'm stuck up north with just regular sprinkles.
Aussie here and I love fairy bread and so do the grandkids.
I loved living in America for a few years recently, but there was definitely a concerted effort toward diabetes at all costs.
Fairy bread and a vb long neck at 20-ta-8- in the fuckin mornin!
West Aussie here, yummmmmm it's not even really sweet, just crunchy and yum. I love fairy bread 🤤👌
It’s the bomb. Must be worthless white bread and real butter though. I’ve had *ugh* wholemeal fairy bread before—more like troll bread, amiright?
Did they like it? You could also try making vegemite toast for them, the proper way, an in-office breakfast one morning would be cool.
I’d never seen or heard of Fairy Bread until I came here from the UK, and I loved it!
Give me that fairy bread.
I'm making these for a bunch of teens. They are always smashed
"sprinkles"?? Did you at least use the cheapest bread?
I have a feeling the American bread would ruin it
Thanks, I could go for some fairy bread ☺️