當我正八卦的想著，莫非老闆家族今年聖誕趴踢的主題是火腿？就聽到同事宣布，老闆買了火腿讓大家帶回去慶聖誕（不是火雞嗎？），人人有份永不落空！咱們喜滋滋前去領取火腿的當兒，這才嚇了一跳，竟然是這麼巨大的一隻豬腿啊！（警告：下圖連皮帶脂肪，既寫實又噁心，請慎入）
特地用AA電池當作比例尺，瞧瞧這腿是多麼的巨大啊～為了容易保存必須先切片，在開片註的時候，還在手上順便開了兩道口子哪！
註：開片在廣東黑話中是開扁的意思，被我借來這裡當雙關語了
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為了平復看倌受驚嚇的小心肝，附上澳洲傳統甜點蛋糕Lamington的相片～說來慚愧，來到澳洲已近兩年，雖老早久仰澳洲傳統糕點Lamington的大名，卻始終無緣嘗試，正好週五經過超市旁的麵包店，心血來潮的買了一塊拎回家，看起來黑不隆咚的，好像賣相並不佳
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原本以為是朱古力口味的蛋糕，咬掉一口後發現，原來是原味海綿蛋糕沾上朱古力醬啊～還裹上了椰子粉，yummy！
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同場加映中英文版Lamington 的由來（英文版比較齊全）
Lamington 的由來：原來林明頓蛋糕是著名澳洲糕點，相傳是昆士蘭州總督Baron Lamington的家傭，有一次不小心將蛋糕塊掉入巧克力漿中，因時間緊迫，將錯就錯拿給總督，總督一嚐覺得好吃又特別，還要沾上椰絲，免得沾得滿手巧克力，這種蛋糕也命名為林明頓。 在廿世紀初，沒有冰箱保存食物，蛋糕不能久放，很快會變得乾硬，沾上巧克力糖漿，是將它加強吸引力，令隔夜蛋糕變得好吃。
維基百科:Lamingtons are most likely named after Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, who served as Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901. However, the precise reasoning behind this is not known, and stories vary. According to one account, the dessert resembled the homburg hats favoured by Lord Lamington. Another tells of a banquet in Cloncurry during which the governor accidentally dropped a block of sponge cake into a dish of gravy, and then threw it over his shoulder, causing it to land in a bowl of desiccated coconut or peanut butter. A diner thought of replacing the gravy with chocolate and thusly created the lamington known today.
A 1981 report in the Brisbane Courier Mail states the following: A colleague ... swears this really is how the lamington came about. At one stage when Baron Lamington was Queensland Governor, there was a large amount of stale cake in the Government House kitchen. In an attempt to make it palatable, the cake was dipped in chocolate and then tossed in desiccated coconut. The parliamentarians liked this 'gateau' and ordered their cooks to obtain the recipe from the Government House cook.
Ironically, Lord Lamington was known to have hated the dessert that had been named in his honour, once referring to them as "those bloody poofy woolly biscuits".
Most of these reports amount to hearsay, and some border on the absurd. The most probable version of events surrounds the visit of Lord Lamington and his entourage to Toowoomba's Harlaxton House. An industrious cook, lacking some ingredients, came up with the "lamington". Tea and lamingtons are part of the festivities that follow Australian Citizenship ceremonies.
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