Tim Tam Slam: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Fix capitalization |
←Redirected page to Tim Tam#Tim Tam Slam |
||
| (26 intermediate revisions by 18 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| ⚫ | |||
{{Notability|date=April 2010}} |
|||
[[Image:Tim Tam Slam.JPG|250px|thumb|right|A man performing a Tim Tam Slam]] |
|||
The '''Tim Tam Slam''' is the practice of drinking a hot [[beverage]] through a [[Tim Tam]] (a commercial [[biscuit]]). [[Penguin biscuit]]s available in the [[United Kingdom]] may also be used. |
|||
==Process== |
|||
Opposite corners of the Tim Tam are bitten off, one end is submerged in the drink, and the drink sucked through the biscuit. The crisp inside biscuit is softened and the outer chocolate coating begins to melt. |
|||
Ideally, the inside of the biscuit should collapse but the outside should remain intact long enough for the liquid to reach the mouth. Refrigerating them helps to preserve the outside coating while allowing the inside of the biscuit to melt. The thicker chocolate coating on the ''Double Coat Tim Tam'' offers a more stable structure to prevent a premature collapse. The caramel centre of the ''Chewy Caramel'' variety helps to hold the biscuit together for a slightly longer time. When the biscuit collapses it is pushed into the mouth. |
|||
The Arnott's company used the name ''Tim Tam Suck'' in a 2002 advertising campaign.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20020606210613/www.timtam.com.au/Facts/TimTamSuck.asp Arnott's Tim Tam Official Website (Internet Archive cache 6 Jun 2002)] Accessed 14 Jan 2008.</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200112/ai_n17786163 Australian Business Intelligence site search results] Accessed 14 Jan 2008. {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> |
|||
==Similar biscuit practices== |
|||
Equivalent practices are possible with other biscuits such as Penguin biscuit, [[Twix]], [[Breakaway (biscuit)|Breakaway]] available in the United Kingdom, and the Twix available in the [[United States]]. In an article in ''[[The Oberlin Review]]'', Cat Richert reports attempting the practice in the [[United States]] using [[Oreo]] cookies after returning from a trip to [[Tasmania]], but without success. Other chocolate coated biscuits can be used, with the MintSlice biscuit also being a firm favourite in Australia.<ref>{{cite news| |
|||
url=http://oberlin.edu./stupub/ocreview/archives/2002.04.19/news/article9.htm| |
|||
title=Adventures From a Land Under the Land Down Under| |
|||
author=Cat Richert| |
|||
date=2002-04-19| |
|||
publisher=Oberlin Review}}</ref> |
|||
==World record attempt== |
|||
On [[Australia Day]] in 2004, 200 people in a [[pub]] in [[Croydon]], [[England]], and reportedly 30,000 people throughout the United Kingdom as a whole, attempted to set a record for tea-sucking, using Tim Tams.<ref>{{cite news| |
|||
url=http://croydonguardian.co.uk/misc/print.php?artid=454762| |
|||
title=Tea-sucking record attempt| |
|||
author=| |
|||
date=2004-01-30| |
|||
publisher=Croydon Guardian}}</ref> |
|||
==See also== |
|||
* [[Dunking (biscuit)|Biscuit dunking]] |
|||
== References == |
|||
{{Reflist}} |
|||
[[Category:Biscuits (British style)]] |
|||
[[Category:Australian culture]] |
|||
[[Category:Coffee culture]] |
|||
[[Category:Tea]] |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
Latest revision as of 21:08, 9 August 2011
Redirect to: