Fairy bread
Fairy bread is sliced white bread spread with butter or margarine and covered with "Hundreds and Thousands",[1] served at children's parties in Australia and New Zealand.[2][3][4] It is typically cut into triangles.[5]
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| Type | White bread |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Australia |
| Main ingredients | White bread, butter, Hundreds and Thousands |
Fairy bread dates back to the 1920s in Australia, and is first recorded in The Hobart Mercury, which describes children consuming the food at a party.[5]
The origin of the term is not known, but it may come from the poem 'Fairy Bread' in Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses published in 1885,[5] and had been used for a number of different food items before the current usage.[6]
See also
- Hagelslag, chocolate sprinkles
- Muisjes, sugar coated anise seeds
- Vlokken, curved chocolate flakes
- List of bread dishes
References
- Stott Despoja, Shirley (29 March 2012). "Bread and butter and hundreds and thousands". Adelaide Review. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- "Christmas Dinner with the Toddlers". 15 December 1936. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- Jacky Adams (6 February 2009). "The War Against Fairy Bread". Sydney Morning Herald.
- Ursula Dubosarsky (2001). Fairy Bread. Mitch Vane (illus.). Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-131175-3.
- "Meanings and origins of Australian words and idioms", Australian National University. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- "Australian Food Timeline".
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