WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.151 --> 00:00:02.171 - Most of us call this our "Cookie Zone." 00:00:02.171 --> 00:00:05.352 (light holiday music) 00:00:05.352 --> 00:00:06.989 - International sweets are interesting. 00:00:06.989 --> 00:00:10.216 Some of them are gooey, and drippy, and flaky. 00:00:10.216 --> 00:00:13.467 - I happen to have a particular fondness for marzipan. 00:00:13.467 --> 00:00:15.678 - I personally like fruit. 00:00:15.870 --> 00:00:19.410 - So here we have a jeera biscuit from India. 00:00:19.410 --> 00:00:21.514 - It looks almost like a ginger snap. 00:00:22.298 --> 00:00:22.859 - Hmm. 00:00:22.859 --> 00:00:24.599 - Tastes like there's beans in it. 00:00:24.599 --> 00:00:26.295 - Kind of reminds you of those shortbread cookies 00:00:26.295 --> 00:00:27.235 a little bit. 00:00:27.235 --> 00:00:29.579 - Doesn't have a whole lot of sugar, which is good. 00:00:29.579 --> 00:00:31.518 - Tastes like corn meal. 00:00:31.518 --> 00:00:34.234 - There might be a little baking soda or something in there. 00:00:34.234 --> 00:00:35.211 - It's flaky. 00:00:35.211 --> 00:00:37.717 - If you like that crumbly, 00:00:37.717 --> 00:00:40.133 crumb sensation in your mouth, 00:00:40.133 --> 00:00:43.830 I guess someone might like that. 00:00:45.194 --> 00:00:47.214 - Looks like a nice little maple leaf. 00:00:47.214 --> 00:00:49.199 - Let's see what it tastes like. 00:00:49.199 --> 00:00:50.511 - Tastes like maple. 00:00:50.511 --> 00:00:52.554 - Reminds me of little animal crackers 00:00:52.554 --> 00:00:54.179 that you might have had when you were a kid. 00:00:54.179 --> 00:00:56.478 Not the frosted ones, just the plain brown ones. 00:00:56.478 --> 00:00:58.553 - Crunchy, crumbly. 00:00:59.058 --> 00:01:03.055 It has a dramatic graham cracker aftertaste. 00:01:03.055 --> 00:01:04.436 - Reminds me of when I was a kid 00:01:04.436 --> 00:01:07.883 and my mom used to mix up peanut butter and honey 00:01:07.883 --> 00:01:09.733 and put it on bread for us. 00:01:09.733 --> 00:01:13.134 - We're going to take just a little bit of it 00:01:13.134 --> 00:01:14.597 off like this. 00:01:14.597 --> 00:01:17.520 We're gong to place it on the tip of my tongue. 00:01:18.372 --> 00:01:21.333 Almost a marzipan-y quality to it. 00:01:21.333 --> 00:01:22.604 - It's a dandy. 00:01:23.515 --> 00:01:25.930 - The old Australian Tim Tam. 00:01:25.930 --> 00:01:26.776 - G'day mate. 00:01:26.776 --> 00:01:28.252 - G'day mates. 00:01:28.252 --> 00:01:29.830 This is Santa from down under. 00:01:29.830 --> 00:01:31.462 - Chocolate. 00:01:33.336 --> 00:01:35.089 It reminds me of making chocolate cake 00:01:35.089 --> 00:01:36.354 with my grandmother. 00:01:36.354 --> 00:01:37.330 - Nice crunch. 00:01:37.330 --> 00:01:40.070 - The chocolate taste doesn't just jump out at you. 00:01:40.070 --> 00:01:43.354 It lies there in the mouth saying, "Savor me." 00:01:43.354 --> 00:01:45.281 - You know, kind of sensual. 00:01:45.807 --> 00:01:47.247 - Superb aftertaste. 00:01:47.247 --> 00:01:49.494 - I'm going to have to go to Australia again. 00:01:51.264 --> 00:01:52.250 - A bicho. 00:01:52.250 --> 00:01:55.463 - It has a density kind of feel of a doughnut. 00:01:59.415 --> 00:02:02.405 It has a lot more chew than I was expecting. 00:02:03.015 --> 00:02:04.755 - Mmm mmm mmm. 00:02:04.755 --> 00:02:06.276 - Big overgrown Twinky. 00:02:06.276 --> 00:02:08.656 Maybe it's Twinky's uncle. 00:02:08.656 --> 00:02:11.953 - It does have a real eggy kind of a feel to it. 00:02:11.953 --> 00:02:13.775 - You know that you're going to enjoy it 00:02:13.775 --> 00:02:15.558 down to the last bite. 00:02:16.713 --> 00:02:18.048 - Well they were all delicious. 00:02:18.048 --> 00:02:20.776 - This Santa says, Bravo, 00:02:20.776 --> 00:02:23.586 and a big two thumbs up. 00:02:23.586 --> 00:02:26.325 - You've hit some unusual ones here today, I'll tell you. 00:02:26.325 --> 00:02:27.927 - That's the beauty of the world, 00:02:27.927 --> 00:02:29.309 we all have our different cultures 00:02:29.309 --> 00:02:30.852 and we all have our different tastes. 00:02:30.852 --> 00:02:33.680 - But I love the graham cracker outside. 00:02:36.885 --> 00:02:39.221 - Santa said graham crapper. (laughs)