"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun 21 Aug 2005 05:48:51a, Hoges in WA wrote in rec.food.baking:
>
>>
>> "Roy" > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>>> >OP is definitely in AU - WA = Western Australia. Probably 37
>>> >squillion
>>>>miles from you, and probably on the other side of the planet depending
>>>>on where you are.
>>>
>>> G'dday mate!
>>>
>>> I already know that you are from Western Australia...either from the
>>> Perth, Fremantle, or possibly Broome? Western Ausralia is such a big
>>> area that was used by the British in the 1950s to test their nuclear
>>> bomb prototyples during the cold war such as the infamous Maralinga
>>> blast. The WA is too obvious to confuse with Washington besides youa
>>> are using SRF not cake flourw which should be the norm of household
>>> bakers in the Amercian continent .
>>> Regading Hershey replacement use any natural dark cocoa you can find
>>> in Western Australian market; maybe Coles and Safeway have it.
>>>
>>
>> Hi Roy
>>
>> Maralinga is a couple of thousand miles to the east in South Australia.
>> Our cold war tests were on the Monte Bello Islands a thousand or so
>> north of me.
>>
>> I live in the south west corner near the hook you can see on the map.
>>
>> The reason for the tag is that in an Australian Football Newsgroup I am
>> in there was already a Hogan, from South Australia and we agreed to
>> differentiate.
>>
>> Re the cocoa, I can get Cadbury's Bourneville Cocoa (very British) - I
>> just needed to know if the Hershey's one had any unusual
>> characteristics.
>
> No, Hershey's is just a very plain cocoa powder, nothing special. Your
> Cadbury's is probably of better quality and flavor.
>
I'm a Brit living in Canada who also lived for a while in Perth, WA. I've
used Hershey's, Cadbury's and Fry's and there's little difference. I was
once offered a job in Albany but I think Margaret River would have been
preferable;-)
Graham