ARGUABLY the most delicious thing that you can have in Australia is a Golden Gaytime.
I know how your dirty minds work. I know you've gone straight to that water sports place. Get out of the gutter for five minutes and cool yourself down in the freezer. A Golden Gaytime is not something you need plastic sheets for, but rather one of the classic ice creams on a stick that you can buy in Oz. It's been around forever and, if I'm every going to have an honesty moment this is it... they're impossible to resist, but less messy than the name suggests. Where other staples of Australian cuisine have fallen by the wayside, Gaytimes continue to satisfy people. I mean, it's seriously delicious stuff that is so good that it resisted a push to rename it to something more politically correct. I don't know about you, but I don't need political correctness on a stick. But although this little ice cream on a stick has been impressing people since its inception in the late 1950s, you've never been able to buy it in a tub. Which really sucks you know because sometimes you just need more than what's something on a stick to get you through those hot, sweaty moments. So enter the Goldengaytimeicecreamtubproject on social media: spearheaded by Jesse James Mcelroy and Ellen Fraser. These Gaytime lovers (it's now called a Golden Gaytime but when I was growing up it was just one word thing: like Cher or Goopy) wanted to live in a world where they could go to a supermarket fridge and pick up a tub of the goodness, take it home and project all of their emotions onto something creamy and satisfying. You think that sounds selfish and self centred? Well, it could be, but it turns out a lot of other Australians wanted that opportunity too! So while other countries were being torn apart by debates about flags, Aussies were actually being brought together by a cultural icon. And the news? After months of social network hype and lobbying: 1.5 litre tubs are starting to hit supermarkets this week. So, Summer in Oz this year is just going to be that much better (and stickier). And as Summer is also the time of the year where Australia Day honours are passed down, all I can say is that Jesse and Ellen better be honoured, because they have seriously contributed more to Australian society than anyone else has this year, and it's only August. Unless someone finds a way of making all the sharks and crocodiles disappear from Australian waters in the next four months, I'm calling it: this year there's going to be a tie for Australian of the Year. More here.
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OMG there is nothing worse than having a cold in the summer! I'm devastated! I could be lounging at the beach, but instead I'm groggily floating around the apartment in a haze. All I will say is that ginger is a saviour and being a bit sick is a good excuse for me to catch up on my YouTube vortexes. I always seek out comedies and comedians when I'm under the weather, and strangely enough I also tend to seek out things like Judge Judy on these youtube spirals because even though I'm unfairly unwell, I want to know that justice is still being served. I'll be back to posting soon, but in the meantime enjoy this photo from the vaults, because you know, sometimes you just want a bit of chorizo even when you've got your own cornacopia. THIS year's Bandeasud festival which I've posted about before kicks off on August 6 in Trepuzzi (Lecce) with a street band festival. It's a crazy, banging start to the ten days of events. What basically happens is a selection of Italian and international street bands take off from various corners of the town and they then each descend into the central town piazza where all the different bands take a different corner of the piazza and duel it out. The whole town erupts with the sounds of drums and brass and there's a lot of excitement as the curious locals pour out onto their streets and onto their balconies. It's almost paganistic and as the town is usually decked out with street side stalls and vendors, the atmosphere is quite electric. So a reminder, if you're in Puglia next week, get onto Google maps and make your way to the first of the all free to the public events. Visit bandeasud.it for more information or pop a comment into the comment box and I'll try and be helpful. If you're on Facebook you can follow the events here. |
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Dave Di Vito is a writer, teacher and former curator.He's also the author of the Vinyl Tiger series and Replace The Sky.
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