Okay, vital book launch nibbly question for my lovely Kiwi and Aussie people:
When making fairy bread, white bread is of course mandatory but do you traditionally do margarine or butter?
(I was raised with marg on mine, but I love butter... I'm not sure what other people prefer though!)
For the non Kiwi, Aussie people, fairy bread is a traditional kid's party treat. Fluffy white sandwich bread, butter/margarine and sprinkles.
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in reply to George Penney • • •monotonehell 🏳️🌈🇦🇺 (Andrew)
in reply to George Penney • • •Please refer to this 1970's wisdom from my foremothers.
Butter for private parties, marg for the fete at the local kindy because a large quantity was required.
Robin Frost
in reply to George Penney • • •Daniel Durrans
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in reply to George Penney • • •Jupiter Sigh
in reply to George Penney • • •Fraser
in reply to George Penney • • •1) White bread
2) Hundreds and Thousands (in Oz Dollar Sweets brand)
3) Butter
4) Cut in to 4 triangles
ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘
in reply to George Penney • • •George Penney
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in reply to George Penney • • •thefathippy
in reply to George Penney • • •Margarine was horrible, weird, newfangled rubbish when I was a kid. Has to be butter. My mother refused to have margarine in the house until it was marketed as healthy.
Spreadable margarine is no longer newfangled, and was dominant before I was married. My kids probably copped marg based fairy bread. I can't remember what we used, but do remember it wasn't as good as I remembered. Sorry kids.
I use a Kiwi spreadable these days (Mainland). It's real butter.
Kristie
in reply to George Penney • • •I only buy margarine once a year - to make fairy bread for my kids party. I am not a fan of it myself but it’s traditional/compulsory.
I cut it into triangles or with a cookie cutter for fun shapes.
I once tried making it with butter on whole grain Vogels (my preferred bread and spread) but it was sadly, not well received.
🇳🇿 Shayne Parkinson
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