I am delighted to have started the whole cooking discussion ! I more than half expected to get flamed by you British guys.
I also keep money from every part of the world I have been able to put my hands on since I was a child, I have given my full collection to my kid now - the last coin that had me laughing was the Australian dollar given to him by Yorick : he keeps grumbling about people thinking that there are kangaroos hopping everywhere in Australia, but guess what is on the Australian dollar ?
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The world is my oyster !
And now I have the knives to open it ...