“Irish Cadbury’s chocolate bars (which, we insist, are better than the British version). “
My family emigrated from England to Australia when I was a kid and whenever relos came over my mum insisted they bring chocolate as she said it was so superior to the Aussie versions, she used to say it was because of some preservative that had to use here because of the heat but until this very moment I never realised that I’d never questioned whether this was actually true and now I’m thinking maybe it’s just nostalgia that made us think it was better
Really beautiful. This proudly plastic paddy totally empathises with this concept. I even returned to the 'homeland' and lived there for nearly a decade, although it was the bit that some say isn't Ireland.
Spot on, Padhraig! I left Dublin for Sydney in 1985 and totally get that dialling up or down Irishness you talk about. Plus the not being ‘pure’ Irish enough, being urban and all. Though of course that’s rubbish, when you think of Joyce, Behan etc. I force fed my two boys The Salmon of Knowledge and Cuchullan and the evils of colonialism, but what they really like now as adults is the humour and irreverence they encounter over there and recognize as passed into the culture in Australia too, in a modified form. Anyway, insightful piece, thanks - still reeling from the loss of Shane.
“Irish Cadbury’s chocolate bars (which, we insist, are better than the British version). “
My family emigrated from England to Australia when I was a kid and whenever relos came over my mum insisted they bring chocolate as she said it was so superior to the Aussie versions, she used to say it was because of some preservative that had to use here because of the heat but until this very moment I never realised that I’d never questioned whether this was actually true and now I’m thinking maybe it’s just nostalgia that made us think it was better
Really beautiful. This proudly plastic paddy totally empathises with this concept. I even returned to the 'homeland' and lived there for nearly a decade, although it was the bit that some say isn't Ireland.
Spot on, Padhraig! I left Dublin for Sydney in 1985 and totally get that dialling up or down Irishness you talk about. Plus the not being ‘pure’ Irish enough, being urban and all. Though of course that’s rubbish, when you think of Joyce, Behan etc. I force fed my two boys The Salmon of Knowledge and Cuchullan and the evils of colonialism, but what they really like now as adults is the humour and irreverence they encounter over there and recognize as passed into the culture in Australia too, in a modified form. Anyway, insightful piece, thanks - still reeling from the loss of Shane.