The food of choice for hyperactive '90s children in Australia was fairy bread. It didn't get any more perfect than a slice of white bread, slathered in Meadow Lea margarine and sprinkled with Hundreds & Thousands (probably known as just sprinkles in the rest of the world.)
This party favourite was rolled out at every child's birthday in town -- it was affordable, tasty and destroyed kitchen floors across the country with rainbow, saliva-covered balls. On Thursday, America was finally introduced to this piece of legendary Australian history.
Thank you, Jimmy Fallon, for making Australians feel normal.
Fallon helped Russell Crowe -- who depending who you ask is definitely not from New Zealand and definitely is from Australia -- celebrate his 52nd birthday the only way a grown man should: with a face full of fairy bread. The depressing birthday affair, complete with paper party hats, should no doubt propel this snack to mainstream American culture.
No birthday party will ever be the same.
