Venture to Australia

Oh the things you find at the grocery store.

Since this is a blog about Australia I've decided to create a new blog about New Zealand just to keep things separate. You can visit it at Venture to New Zealand. Unfortunately it's going to be a while before I can do any sort of decent updating on that particular trip but hang in there I'll get it done.

Now, moving on to today's topic...
First of all, one interesting place to go when you're in a new country is the grocery store. The point being to see what kind of stuff the locals have, what do they buy? What's popular to eat? And of course, do they have anything that sounds a big funny.

Today while on a trip to the grocery store I bought my very own...

Yep, won't Torontonians everywhere be so proud! And look! There's 20% more! So what is it? It's sarsparilla, or in this case, double sarsparailla which is a version of root beer so far as I understand it. The root part coming from the sassafras root for those of you wondering. Though sassafras is no longer being used in most countries due to it's possible carcinogenic properties.

So there you have it. A few gems picked up and shown to you as the spoils of a typical day at the grocery store here in Brisbane, Australia.

posted by Compmouse @ 5/18/2006 01:41:00 PM