Lamingtons Are Noms!

As the action continues here in the Crown Poker Room, we're pleased to inform you that as part of the Australia Day celelbrations, the staff are handing out free lamingtons to the players (and of course, the PokerNews Live Reporting team).

For our international friends, allow me, if you will, to tell you about this scrumptious Aussie treat.

A lamington is a dessert made up of a vanilla sponge cake filled with strawberry jam, which is cut into cubes before being dipped in chocolate and dusted in desiccated coconut. Some variations of the recipe call for whipped cream in the center as well, while in New Zealand, the strawberry jam is replaced with raspberry jam.

The result? Delicious. And naturally, it's tradition to serve up a plate of lamingtons after the Australia Day barbie. However, according to legend, it's believed that Lord Lamington (the Governor of the state of Queensland in the late 1800s) actually hated "those bloody poofy woolly biscuits" that were named in his honor.

All we can say is that a vast majority of our Live Reporting Team are big fans of the lamington - particularly our American contingent - but sadly, the same can't be said for Vegemite!