ANZAC Biscuits
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So what does ANZAC mean anyway?
code-frog wrote:
So what does ANZAC mean anyway?
Australian New Zealand Army Corps. ANZAC Day commerates 25-04-1915 when the Australian and New Zealand armed forces landed in Gallipoli Turkey for a major push to open up and win the war. We got massacred (landed in the wrong area that was contolled by Turks who were in the superior position) but held our ground and helped turn the war anyway. ANZAC Day now incorporates all Armed Services personel who have served in any war, quite sacred over here. This[^] site gives a bit of a run down, just found it myself and will have to have a good look at it a bit later.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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So what does ANZAC mean anyway?
The army biscuit, also known as an ANZAC Wafer or an ANZAC Tile, is essentially a hardtack biscuit, a long shelf-life biscuit substitute for bread. Unlike bread though, the biscuits are very, very hard. Some soldiers preferred to grind them up and use them as porridge. (Add water and sugar, cook, serve with generous dollop of jam.) It is famous in Australia.
Regards, Satips.
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Christian Graus wrote:
My kids say sweets and cookies. And zed. It's a constant war that I seem to be losing.
Candy gets slapped out of them, lollies is good. Cookies never used they know it's biscuits. My son flairs up if he hears some moron say zee, so I safe there. Heard my Turkish neighbour say diaper the other day, I walked away so I didn't slap her, she was born here in Australia and should know better.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
My friends in the US love when I talk about my ute. Or chooks, they love that, too.
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Spent last evening making ANZAC biscuits with the kids. I gave them a mixing bowl and an oven tray each so they could make their own batch. I let them do everything except pour out 2 tablespoons of boiling water. That included melting ingredients on the stove and letting my 10 year old son light the oven. All in all a great night, my sons were thicker and therefore a bit chewy while my 7 year old daughters where thinner and crunchy. We're planning on making some more this afternoon as someone (not mentioning any names) ate heaps with his beer before passing out on the lounge. P.S. They are not cookies, I don't care what part of the world you come from they are biscuits.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
yummo - if you want to be real bad, you sandwich 2 together with vanilla or vanilla & wattleseed icecream 'g'
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Spent last evening making ANZAC biscuits with the kids. I gave them a mixing bowl and an oven tray each so they could make their own batch. I let them do everything except pour out 2 tablespoons of boiling water. That included melting ingredients on the stove and letting my 10 year old son light the oven. All in all a great night, my sons were thicker and therefore a bit chewy while my 7 year old daughters where thinner and crunchy. We're planning on making some more this afternoon as someone (not mentioning any names) ate heaps with his beer before passing out on the lounge. P.S. They are not cookies, I don't care what part of the world you come from they are biscuits.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
All in all a great night, my sons were thicker and therefore a bit chewy while my 7 year old daughters where thinner and crunchy.
You ate your children? :wtf:
Cheers, Vikram.
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Spent last evening making ANZAC biscuits with the kids. I gave them a mixing bowl and an oven tray each so they could make their own batch. I let them do everything except pour out 2 tablespoons of boiling water. That included melting ingredients on the stove and letting my 10 year old son light the oven. All in all a great night, my sons were thicker and therefore a bit chewy while my 7 year old daughters where thinner and crunchy. We're planning on making some more this afternoon as someone (not mentioning any names) ate heaps with his beer before passing out on the lounge. P.S. They are not cookies, I don't care what part of the world you come from they are biscuits.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Happy Anzac Day to all of you in Australia and New Zealand and have a good 'gunfire breakfast' (Coffee and rum):)
With friendly greetings,:) Eric Goedhart Interbritt
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code-frog wrote:
So what does ANZAC mean anyway?
Australian New Zealand Army Corps. ANZAC Day commerates 25-04-1915 when the Australian and New Zealand armed forces landed in Gallipoli Turkey for a major push to open up and win the war. We got massacred (landed in the wrong area that was contolled by Turks who were in the superior position) but held our ground and helped turn the war anyway. ANZAC Day now incorporates all Armed Services personel who have served in any war, quite sacred over here. This[^] site gives a bit of a run down, just found it myself and will have to have a good look at it a bit later.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
We got massacred (landed in the wrong area that was contolled by Turks who were in the superior position) but held our ground and helped turn the war anyway.
I'd have to strongly disagree with you there. The ANZACs withdrew from their position and quietly left the peninsula, and the Turks never really lost much of their own territory. Constantinople (Istanbul) was never threatened, and the British never got control of the Dardenelles. It definitely did not turn the war around. It was a complete and utter dismal military failure, and wasted the lives of thousands of young men, both British, Australian, New Zealand and Turkish. General Attaturk became a Turkish national hero for resisting the invasion and Winston Churchill (who was the naval commander behind the landings) was ridiculed and lost his position over the debacle, and it effectively ruined his career until WW2. Still, I feel that it is far better for Australians to remember our war dead on the occasion of a huge military failure, as it ensures that generations to come remember war for being a huge waste of life and resources, rather than something which is benefical for anyone involved. It is deep in the Australian psyche that you don't just give up because things get too hard, you tough it out and get on with it. The story of Gallipolli is definitely an embodiment of that spirit - despite overwhelming odds and impossible terrain, the troops did manage to fight their way off the beach and maintain their position. April 25th 1915 was also the first day Australian troops fought under the Australian flag as Australian troops (rather than under the union jack), and as such is seen as a 'coming of age' for the country. If you want to know when Australian troops turned the tide of war, you have to look to the Rats of Tobruk, who successfully repelled Rommel's North African advance, and was the beginning of the end for German troops in North Africa during WW2. Or when Australian troops fighting on the Kokoda trail in PNG repelled the Japanese, who never got as far south again. Gallipolli : in the grand scheme of things changed nothing in WW1, except thousands of young ANZACS died in a folly of planning and execution. Lest we forget.
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Michael Martin wrote:
All in all a great night, my sons were thicker and therefore a bit chewy while my 7 year old daughters where thinner and crunchy.
You ate your children? :wtf:
Cheers, Vikram.
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byalmightybobthats what I love about being part of a global community - someone sees something slightly differently or puts their own spin on it and it turns out downright funny :-) humour transcends race (of course, it can go wrong, too)
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thats what I love about being part of a global community - someone sees something slightly differently or puts their own spin on it and it turns out downright funny :-) humour transcends race (of course, it can go wrong, too)
Garth J Lancaster wrote:
someone sees something slightly differently or puts their own spin on it and it turns out downright funny
Or in this case, missing a couple of apostrophes. :-D Did I say love word plays? I think I'm guilty of making most of the play-on-words jokes, but Roger isn't far behind.
Cheers, Vikram.
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Happy Anzac Day to all of you in Australia and New Zealand and have a good 'gunfire breakfast' (Coffee and rum):)
With friendly greetings,:) Eric Goedhart Interbritt
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Michael Martin wrote:
We got massacred (landed in the wrong area that was contolled by Turks who were in the superior position) but held our ground and helped turn the war anyway.
I'd have to strongly disagree with you there. The ANZACs withdrew from their position and quietly left the peninsula, and the Turks never really lost much of their own territory. Constantinople (Istanbul) was never threatened, and the British never got control of the Dardenelles. It definitely did not turn the war around. It was a complete and utter dismal military failure, and wasted the lives of thousands of young men, both British, Australian, New Zealand and Turkish. General Attaturk became a Turkish national hero for resisting the invasion and Winston Churchill (who was the naval commander behind the landings) was ridiculed and lost his position over the debacle, and it effectively ruined his career until WW2. Still, I feel that it is far better for Australians to remember our war dead on the occasion of a huge military failure, as it ensures that generations to come remember war for being a huge waste of life and resources, rather than something which is benefical for anyone involved. It is deep in the Australian psyche that you don't just give up because things get too hard, you tough it out and get on with it. The story of Gallipolli is definitely an embodiment of that spirit - despite overwhelming odds and impossible terrain, the troops did manage to fight their way off the beach and maintain their position. April 25th 1915 was also the first day Australian troops fought under the Australian flag as Australian troops (rather than under the union jack), and as such is seen as a 'coming of age' for the country. If you want to know when Australian troops turned the tide of war, you have to look to the Rats of Tobruk, who successfully repelled Rommel's North African advance, and was the beginning of the end for German troops in North Africa during WW2. Or when Australian troops fighting on the Kokoda trail in PNG repelled the Japanese, who never got as far south again. Gallipolli : in the grand scheme of things changed nothing in WW1, except thousands of young ANZACS died in a folly of planning and execution. Lest we forget.
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brucerchapman wrote:
April 25th 1915 was also the first day Australian troops fought under the Australian flag as Australian troops
I thought that was why we celebrate. The fact we lost that battle is niether here nor there.
brucerchapman wrote:
Rats of Tobruk
The movie was on this arvo
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Michael Martin wrote:
We got massacred (landed in the wrong area that was contolled by Turks who were in the superior position) but held our ground and helped turn the war anyway.
I'd have to strongly disagree with you there. The ANZACs withdrew from their position and quietly left the peninsula, and the Turks never really lost much of their own territory. Constantinople (Istanbul) was never threatened, and the British never got control of the Dardenelles. It definitely did not turn the war around. It was a complete and utter dismal military failure, and wasted the lives of thousands of young men, both British, Australian, New Zealand and Turkish. General Attaturk became a Turkish national hero for resisting the invasion and Winston Churchill (who was the naval commander behind the landings) was ridiculed and lost his position over the debacle, and it effectively ruined his career until WW2. Still, I feel that it is far better for Australians to remember our war dead on the occasion of a huge military failure, as it ensures that generations to come remember war for being a huge waste of life and resources, rather than something which is benefical for anyone involved. It is deep in the Australian psyche that you don't just give up because things get too hard, you tough it out and get on with it. The story of Gallipolli is definitely an embodiment of that spirit - despite overwhelming odds and impossible terrain, the troops did manage to fight their way off the beach and maintain their position. April 25th 1915 was also the first day Australian troops fought under the Australian flag as Australian troops (rather than under the union jack), and as such is seen as a 'coming of age' for the country. If you want to know when Australian troops turned the tide of war, you have to look to the Rats of Tobruk, who successfully repelled Rommel's North African advance, and was the beginning of the end for German troops in North Africa during WW2. Or when Australian troops fighting on the Kokoda trail in PNG repelled the Japanese, who never got as far south again. Gallipolli : in the grand scheme of things changed nothing in WW1, except thousands of young ANZACS died in a folly of planning and execution. Lest we forget.
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brucerchapman wrote:
Still, I feel that it is far better for Australians to remember our war dead on the occasion of a huge military failure, as it ensures that generations to come remember war for being a huge waste of life and resources, rather than something which is benefical for anyone involved.
While that is certainly true if the ENTIRE war can be avoided, certainly the Allied powers had no choice but to engage the Axis powers. No?
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Spent last evening making ANZAC biscuits with the kids. I gave them a mixing bowl and an oven tray each so they could make their own batch. I let them do everything except pour out 2 tablespoons of boiling water. That included melting ingredients on the stove and letting my 10 year old son light the oven. All in all a great night, my sons were thicker and therefore a bit chewy while my 7 year old daughters where thinner and crunchy. We're planning on making some more this afternoon as someone (not mentioning any names) ate heaps with his beer before passing out on the lounge. P.S. They are not cookies, I don't care what part of the world you come from they are biscuits.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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brucerchapman wrote:
Still, I feel that it is far better for Australians to remember our war dead on the occasion of a huge military failure, as it ensures that generations to come remember war for being a huge waste of life and resources, rather than something which is benefical for anyone involved.
While that is certainly true if the ENTIRE war can be avoided, certainly the Allied powers had no choice but to engage the Axis powers. No?
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson
Mike Mullikin wrote:
While that is certainly true if the ENTIRE war can be avoided, certainly the Allied powers had no choice but to engage the Axis powers. No?
Absolutely - I'm talking all war, it should be avoided at all costs. It's lunacy to send your country's future generations off to slaughter each other to settle your differences. Obviously once your sovereingty is threatened by military force going to war to fight becomes a necessary evil. My point was (and is) that I like the fact that Australia's day of military rememberance also commemorates a complete military failure, in that the story of Gallipoli should serve as a sober reminder of the costs of war, rather than some celebration on the 'glory' of victory. Hopefully it may stop a future Australian generation from starting wars. It certainly hasn't worked so far, but I live in hope.
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