"Has Australia Abandoned the Salad Sandwich?" Topic

"Some foods are so ordinary and ubiquitous that we fail to even notice them. This seems especially true in Australia when it comes to our more plebeian offerings. Some, admittedly, become iconic, like the meat pie or Vegemite. But while American food writing celebrates the tater tot, ranch dressing and Hot Pockets, Australia lets many edible components of its collective childhood slip by, unsung and unexamined.

Nostalgia is only heightened when you're homesick, which might explain my preoccupation with the minutia of Australian life of the 1970s and '80s. I left the country in the early '90s, and spent the last two decades in a state of constant yearning. I was surprised, upon my return, to find many of the staples of my childhood gone, and was shocked that some have slipped away or languished without mention. America's taste for Froot Loops has diminished significantly, but their waning popularity and influence and import has not gone undocumented…."
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Armand

I will buy one for lunch on the weekend.

Abandoned?

Where did they abandon it? In the hot sun*? If so, then I hope they didn't use mayo. :)

Dan
* Or in a gas station restroom?

(smile)

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Armand