TAM Finding from Heleen de Vaan - Netherlands

TAM - SAM - SOM

Tam seats

TAM - Airplaines

The new logo for TAM Airlines.....

TAMOIL - 3

Found in Etten-Leur, Netherlands (Vosdonk)

TAMOIL - 2

TAMOIL

TAM findings by Heleen de Vaan

Beste Ruud,

Van de week viel mijn oog op de TamTam (het blad van het WNF voor kinderen, in ons geval voor/van onze zoon). Tot dan toe stond ik nooit stil bij de naam van het blad, maar nu ik, wat rondsurfend, op http://tamruud.blogspot.com je vraag naar Tams en Ruuds zie, vroeg ik me af: heb je deze TamTam al in je Tam-collectie?

Op je blog vind ik het zo gauw niet terug, vandaar dat ik je 'm bij deze mail (zie bijlage). Hopelijk heb je er iets aan.

Omdat ik van zoeken (en vinden) hou, heb ik nog even rondgekeken op internet, en kwam nog andere Tam's tegen. O.a. een dvd/video-hoes, en museum(reclame)kaartjes (denk ik?) voor het Braziliaanse vliegtuigmuseum Museu Tam (wat volgens o.a. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4GcxZkP8dw eind juni 2010 heropend is) (het vliegtuig van de luchtvaartmaatschappij zag ik wel terug op je tam/ruud website).

Je vind deze (en nog enkele meer) ook in de bijlage.

Verder nog een aantal links, met TAM in beeld:

Een leuk filmpje (vind ik tenminste) over hoe een TAM vliegtuig geverfd wordt, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNmxMeH7jI8 (via de plaatser - tam / TAM - zijn nog vele films méér te vinden van deze luchtvaartmaatschappij, Táxi Aéreo Marília)

Een plattegrond met routebeschrijving naar het Taipei Astronomical Museum (en tussen de Taiwanese/Chinese karakters ineens TAM herkenbaar):

http://english.tam.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1209496&ctNode=10162&mp=104052

Een routebeschrijving naar eveneens TAM, in dit geval het Torrande Art Museum:

www.torranceartmuseum.com/images/tam_map.png

Nog een kaart: Villa le Tam Tam, in Luang Prabang, Laos, http://villaletamtam.com/#/where-we-are/4535221305

Tacoma Art Museum (geen afkorting TAM, helaas, maar wel een foto met het museum, met onderschrift 'TAM's lovely building'), www.portlandart.net/archives/2009/02/tacoma_art_muse_1.html

tam staat ook in het logo van het Apple Museum, http://theapplemuseum.org/html/main/home.html

Het logo Tam&Sam, van twee Canadese creatievelingen, http://www.tam-sam.com/2009_02_01_archive.html

Logo Tam, als afkorting van Total Asset Management (nooit van gehoord, maar goed), o.a. hier: http://www.gamc.nsw.gov.au/tam/ (zie ook bijlage)

Tam-Awan Village, Filippijnen: http://tam-awanvillage.com/index.php en - zie borden op bovenste foto - www.moleonmysole.com/2009/03/tam-awan-village.html

Verder is er in Beijing het Today Art Museum ( www.todayartmuseum.com ). Helaas vind ik geen plaatjes met een leesbare afkorting TAM erop (ik weet ook niet of ze in het Chinees zo afkorten), maar 't lijkt me wel een heel interessant museum, als ik op http://images.google.nl met ''today art museum' zoek. (ze hebben er zelfs iets met 'snail mail' gedaan, en dat vind ík nou weer leuk - www.realsnailmail.net/ ).

Goed, 't is een heel rijtje geworden, dus ik stop er maar mee.

En misschien ken je e.e.a. al lang. Zo niet, bij deze. Hopelijk heb je er iets aan!?

Met vriendelijke groet,

Heleen de Vaan

ps Mocht je 't op prijs stellen als ik ook 'Ruud' zoek (da's wat lastiger te vinden maar ik zag wel enkele logo's), dan hoor ik 't wel.

http://heleendevaan.blogspot.com

TAM-Publications Coin

Tam Tam Cartoon

Jules & Ollie Tam Tam in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Magazine.

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HP's Vivienne Tam Edition netbook gets real, coming this December

No clue if HP will be sticking with the Digital Clutch moniker (wouldn't be a bad choice, actually), but one's thing for certain: it's teaming up with Vivienne Tam for a highly decorated netbook. The shot you're looking at above is just about all we have to go on, but obviously this one won't appeal to those who aren't into vivaciousness, vividness and, um, flora.

We are told that it'll be available this December with an Intel Atom processor within (which is pretty noteworthy given HP's current relationship with VIA), but everything else is being closely concealed for now -- even though Atom typically equals 1GB of RAM, a 1.6GHz clock speed and an 80GB HDD. But hey, a woman has to have her secrets, right?

[Thanks, Ronald]

Tim Tam cookies are coming to America

Arnott’s is sharing their famous Tim Tam recipe with their US sister-company Pepperidge Farm in hopes of getting Americans to love the chocolate cookie that Australians have been all over for the past 40 years. The Tim Tam packs in regular chocolate and caramel are to be sold exclusively at Target beginning November 2008 until March 2009.

I’m assuming that after March 2009, Campbell Soup Co., which owns Arnott’s and Pepperidge Farm, will take a look at how well the Tim Tam sales did and decide from there whether to make Tim Tam cookies a staple of American diets!

I cannot wait to go to my local Target to see if they’ve already got these in stock! The suggested retail price of each cookie pack is $3.39.

the TAM KP 48-52A

6 kilo's of Mail-Interviews

Today my order of books from LuLu arrived. 6 kilo's of Mail-Interviews. As you can see the books are quite thick. Some are 360+ pages thick. If you are interested, you can order one or all of them yourself at: http://stores.lulu.com/iuoma The copies that arrived in Breda now are for the TAM-Archive itself. The selling of the books goes quite well. About 50 are already sold and are now in some Mail-Art collections for sure. I am working on a new book as well. Details will follow when the time is right.

TAM-Films

TAM 3835 to Rio de Janeiro

The TAM TAM collection

Tim TAMS

WHAT IS A TIM TAM?
Tim Tams are Australia’s favourite chocolate biscuit (chocolate coated Cookie with a creamy center).


HOW POPULAR ARE TIM TAMS IN AUSTRALIA?
Arnott's reports that "Around 30 million packs are sold each year - that’s nearly 300 million biscuits, or two packs for every Australian." That's a lot of Tim Tams! Yes, they're pretty popular with those Aussies!


HISTORY
Tim Tams were first launched in 1963. They were named after a horse that ran in the Kentucky Derby in 1958. A member of the Arnott family, Ross Arnott, attended the race day and decided ‘Tim Tam’ was the perfect name for the new biscuit he was about to launch. Since the launch of the Original Tim Tam biscuit Arnott's have now made eight different flavoured Tim Tams: Original, Chewy Caramel, Mocha, Double Coat and Classic Dark Chocolate, Special Edition Tim Tam Hazelnut, Limited Edition White Chocolate and new Special Edition Chewy Choc Fudge.

(Source: www.arnotts.com)


WHAT DO TIM TAMS TASTE LIKE?
Tim Tams were developed so that the chocolate has a slight hint of caramel in it. Where as the cream in the center is more a vanilla, butter and chocolate flavor. Whatever the combination, it works well and tastes great.


INGREDIENTS (Tim Tam Original)
Milk chocolate (38%)(sugar, milk solids, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifiers (e322: soy, e476), flavouring), wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil, golden syrup, colours (e102, e110, e129, e133, e150), milk solids, cocoa, salt, raising agent(e500), emulsifier (e322: soy) and flavouring. May contain traces of peanut, other nut, egg or seed.


NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION PER BISCUIT (Tim Tam Original)
Energy 393kJ, Protein 1.0g, Fat 4.9g (Saturated 2.4g), Carbohydrate 11.3g (Sugars 8.2g), Sodium 31mg.


SERVING SUGGESTIONS
Australian Desserts: Try these yummy Tim Tam recipes...

NAKED
Eat an icy-cold Tim Tam all on its lonesome.

TIM TAM HEAVEN
Crush 3 Tim Tams up into a dessert bowl, pour 1 shot glass of Port or Muskat over them, top with sweetened cream and chocolate sprinkles.

TIM TAMS WITH BERRIES & ICECREAM
Tim Tams served with strawberry and vanilla icecream sprinkled with some fresh berries.

TIM TAM CHEESECAKE
Make your favourite cheese cake however use crushed Tim Tam biscuits and butter to make the crust.

TIM TAM SLAM
Also known as the TIM TAM Suck or TIM TAM Bomb. Grab a Tim Tam and a warm drink (coffee, milo or tea). Nibble both ends off the biscuit and use it as a straw for your drink. When its saturated, quickly SLAM it in your gob before it falls apart. It can get kinda messy, but who cares when it tastes that GOOD!

TIM TAM CHOCOLATE SUNDAE
Twiggy at www.geocities.com recommends the "Tim Tam Sundae". Get 4 Tim Tam Chocolate Biscuits (roughly chopped), add extra creamy Ice Cream, then 2 tablespoons Hot Fudge Chocolate and sprinkle on some Toppings to taste. Look at their photo of the final product (www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/2436/timtams/recipies.html):


TIM TAM CHEWY CARAMEL EXPLOSION
At Arnotts (www.arnotts.com) they suggest the Chewy Tim Tam Caramel Explosion. Get 1 pack Chewy Caramel Tim Tams roughly chopped, 8 generous scoops Vanilla Ice-cream & 8 tbs Caramel Topping with Chocolate sprinkles to garnish. Here's what they created:


TIM TAM THICKSHAKE
The Editors at www.coffeebreak.com.au recommend the "Tim Tam Thickshake". Mix a packet of Tim Tams, 8 scoops of vanilla icecream & 400ml milk in a blender. Rich, thick and full of chocolate. Hmmm. They even photographed their yummy creation (see their picture below).


TIM TAM CHOCOLATE MOUSSE
At www.coffeebreak.com.au they also have this awesome recipe for "Tim Tam Chocolate Mousse". Get 2 packets Instant Chocolate Mousse (Mocha flavour works well), 1 packet Arnott's Tim Tam biscuits and 2 tbs Baileys. Method: Make up Chocolate Mousse according to packet details. Place the Tim Tams into a food processor and process into fine crumbs. Stir into mousse mix, and add Baileys. Stir gently. Allow to chill (as per mousse packet details). Then serve!

TIM TAM FONDUE
I haven't been able to find a Tim Tam Fondue recipe yet, but I'm sure it must exist. Hmmm, just imagine dipping fresh strawberries, pineapple pieces, berries, banana and mango into a warm thick Tim Tam sauce. If anyone finds or creates this recipe please email it to me with a picture so I can load it here.

TIM TAM MARTINI
Make the Tim Tam Thickshake (above) but add nip of Baileys (Irish Cream Liquor), Frangelico (Hazelnut Liquor), Kahlua (Coffee Liquor) or Creme de Menth (Mint Liquor) to it.


Do you have any other good Tim Tam Recipes? Let us know.


RELATED AUSSIE SLANG
Bikkie - Short for Biscuit (Cookie)
Tucker - Food
Munchies - Hungry for snack
Nibbles - The food you eat for a snack

TAM in Maine