Tim Tam Slam
iPod (320x240) [1:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (397) Bigger (640x480) [1:00m]: Download (291)If you live in the U.S.A., the hardest ingredient to get for a Tim Tam Slam is Tim Tams. Simple to find in an Australian convenience store, but hard to come by in the States. If you’re lucky, like me, you get your good buddy Alan to bring back a package of Tim Tams when he comes back from the Land Down Under.
Tim Tams in hand, you brew up your favorite tea or coffee. Take a Tim Tam and bite off two diagonally opposite corners. Seal your lips around one corner, dunk the other corner in your hot drink, and suck the liquid up through the Tim Tam. As soon as the liquid hits your tongue, slam the Tim Tam in your mouth and savor the melty chocolaty goodness.
Repeat as often as necessary.
This video was shot and edited entirely in my Xacti HD1A camera, my new favorite method for getting video up quickly. I have not been compensated by Arnott’s, but if they ever want to pay me in Tim Tams I’ll make all the ads they want. Yum!
December 25th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Thanks for the educational video, now I know the reason! Sorry I could not bring home the mega uber pack of Tim-Tams, but I may be going back in 2008!
Bite! Dunk! Sip!
December 26th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Seems you love a lot this Tim Tam! Why don’t you make a business from importing from Australia?
December 26th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
SWEET! you used my idea of shooting a post roll url/cc licence! I still need to shoot one to leave on the camera. Kick ass!
I’m never had a Tim Tam, nor have I ever heard of one. Looks good though.
December 26th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Yeah, Clint! It works great. It took me a couple tries to get the hang of trimming clips in the camera, but it worked pretty well. One odd drawback I haven’t looked into yet is that the iPod Touch cannot play the video back in its Safari web browser, though it plays fine when downloaded via iTunes. Odd.
I have some Tim Tams left. If I can save a few, I’ll bring you one on Jan. 12!!
December 27th, 2007 at 9:19 am
yum! we grew up on these. the Arnott’s factory is a couple of suburbs from Mum’s house. the English have a similar thing called the Penguin biscuit, but Tim Tam’s are better (of course!)
December 28th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Ha ha ha…Tim Tam thank you mam.
For me it was Penguin Biscuits. Gluttony was my name. Now you’ve started something…
January 4th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
I was going to say that TimTams look like Penguins. Honestly, Australians and Kiwis I have met (usually abroad) never shut up about these bloody biscuits.
I have started editing in Xacti until I get myself sorted out (when will that be, eh?). Are you compressing at all? What with? It’s easy enough I have found to edit in camera but then I have big files that I can’t put through MovieMaker. Any advice?
November 19th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
http://www.AussieFoodShop.com have them yummmy!!!!!!