Outback Etiquette No. 7 - "A Jaffle is not a 'Breville' !"

Cleaning up the journals and found this little entry from a trip in 2005. Obviously I'd gotten fed up with the better half making this mistake on her first outback trip. A late Friday, totally camping related funny.


Outback etiquette: Lesson 7. “A Jaffle is not a Breville”.


The outback culinary marvel known as “the jaffle” should never be referred to as “A Breville“. Brevilles are electrical appliances used by chardonnay swilling, latte sipping city dwellers to produce a toasted bread sandwich containing non-bush tucker such as turkey breast, cranberry and camembert. A jaffle on the other hand is a bush treat conjured from nothing by a masterful bush chef. It’s a lusty little hard shelled treat made using a red hot jaffle iron, specially crafted en masse by the drop-forgers of mainland China. The breaded envelope should be dark brown to black across its surface and charred beyond recognition at its edges. The contents of this delicacy often remain a mystery, even to those creating the masterpiece, but usually include anything that comes to hand. Left-overs from last nights spag-bol, crusty cheese, camp pie or road-kill (fresh of course), it matters not as all contents become unrecognisable once blessed by the magic wand of excessive heat.



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Actually, this is a "Fail to supervise" accident and is what happens when you give Canadians the responsibility of preparing an outback breakfast for themselves! We live and learn.

Cheers

Mick