>Cheers,
>Reuben
>
>PS. An Iced Vovo is a rectangular shaped biscuit (cookie) topped with three
>equal width stripes - two of pink icing sugar (frosting)split by one of
>thick strawberry jam (jelly) - and all topped with coconut shavings. This
>pure sugar rush was a staple of the Arnotts line in Australia throughout the
>50s, 60s and 70s (where my childhood just creeps in). There was a sad gap in
>the 80s and 90s where this beloved little thermonuclear glucose device
>disappeared, much to the chagrin of then undiagnosed AD/HD children and the
>relief of parents everywhere. It's back on the shelves now, but in (how
>typical...) a sadly diluted form. Or is nostalgia simply colouring my
>perceptions like a dog-eared mono print ...
Thanks for your much better description - I was deficient because I don't
actually eat the little devils but - I need to know that they're still out
there with the lamingtons and pavs and fairy bread and vegemite sarnies....
Andrew - who can remember when Mars Bars were threepence and MUCH bigger.
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