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    Default Save the Iced Vo-Vo

    It's smoko time in the office, and I've just made a cup of steaming Italian Latte, and had (not for the first time) one of those "what ever happened to" moments regarding the Iced Vo-Vo.

    I can't say I've ever been a fan, in fact if I had ever bought a pack in the past (which is not admitted) it was only out of concern that the name would be lost forever.

    I think we should band together and petition Dick Smith to save the Iced Vo-Vo while he's at it, or is there something else that could have the name adapted to it?

    For me, I'm content to refer to any packaged biscuit product as an Iced Vo-Vo, with the exception of the Orange Slice, which deserves a spot of it's own.

    P (In a deep and meaningful mood)


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    Must confess that I haven't even seen an Iced Vo-Vo for a while, much less eaten one.

    What have the seppo's done to them?

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    Cliff.
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    They're still around, our ankle biters luv them.Unfortunately either my memory is getting worse or they have suffered a cutback in marshmallow allowance.

    BTW how many others have called them "iced volvo" on purpose
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    Quote Originally Posted by E. maculata
    BTW how many others have called them "iced volvo" on purpose
    I wouldn't insult the biscuit.

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    We really do get into the important stuff here, don't we?

    "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."

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    Quote Originally Posted by silentC
    We really do get into the important stuff here, don't we?

    Absolutely.

    The crux of the biscuit, always

    (thankyou Mr Zappa)

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    Hey Mr Spotted Gum,

    When was there ever marshmallow on an iced Vo-Vo ? :confused:

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    Quote Originally Posted by craigb
    When was there ever marshmallow on an iced Vo-Vo ?
    I might stand corrected, but there may have been different versions in different states. I know that that was the case with Gingernuts and Thin Captains and probably some others.

    I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

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    Ok you have got me WHAT IS A ICED VO VO:confused:

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    Well I can't speak for what happens in other states, but the Iced Vo-Vo that I grew up with is a rectangular biscuit (sort of shortbreadish, but not shortbread) with a sort of rasberry jam spread covered in dessicated coconut.

    I am aware of the marshmallow biccies but these are NOT the classic Arnott's (now owned by Campbells) Iced Vo-Vo.



    Craig

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thommo
    Ok you have got me WHAT IS A ICED VO VO:confused:
    Oh we have led a sheltered life haven't we, but then from memory Arnotts were overshadowed in Victoria by some other company.

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    You might be right Craig. The classic Iced VoVo had a strip of raspberry jam down the centre with outer strips of pink icing or fondant. The whole thing was sprinkled with dessicated coconut.

    I think there was a wannabe that had the same format but replaced the pink icing with pink marshmallow.

    What about Honey Jumbles - are they still around?
    Last edited by doublejay; 17th February 2005 at 02:49 PM. Reason: spelling!!

    I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Termite
    Arnotts were overshadowed in Victoria by some other company.
    Arnotts was actually a conglomerate (if that's the right word) and included Arnott Morrow in Qld, Arnott Brockhoff Guest in Vic (plus Sunshine Swallows and Aerial ?sp), Arnott Motteram Menz in SA and Arnott Mills & Ware in WA. To top it all off they also ran Peak Freans at Ashfield.

    As I understand it, the various families got together to fight Nabisco and blew them out of the water....only to be swallowed by another American firm.

    I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thommo
    Ok you have got me WHAT IS A ICED VO VO:confused:

    You must be kidding!!!!
    There was a young boy called Wyatt
    Who was awfully quiet
    And then one day
    He faded away
    Because he overused White


    Floorsanding in Canberra and Albury.....

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