Down Under Dining

[deird_lj]

You know, as much as I love the culture, and the gum trees, and the footy, and the wallabies, if I were ever to leave the country permanently, I think the thing I'd miss most would be the food.

Like Minties, for instance. No other nation on earth has yet realised that mint lollies should be chewable, and capable of breaking your jaw at the same time.

And meat pies. What would be the point of going to a sports match if you couldn't eat a pie covered in sauce? I love apple pie as much as the next person, but the idea of pies only ever being fruit just makes me cry.

Some dishes are transportable, of course. As long as you have access to eggs, a decent pavlova can be made across the globe. And the UK has Freddos. Not flavoured Freddos, though. Which is disappointing, because road-kill Freddos are definitely my favourite kind. (For non-Aussies: Freddos are chocolate frogs. And when you have a strawberry Freddo, and you mush it in the middle so that all the flavoured stuff is seeping through, it looks like road-kill. Which is... yummy, strange as that sounds.)

But I don't know how I'd survive without the occasional lamington. And vegemite. And barbeque sausages in bread, rather than on a plate. And cordial. (And I don't even like cordial, most of the time. But it's a comfort food thing.) And hamburgers with egg. And rissoles. And teddy bear biscuits. And musk lifesavers. And roast pumpkin.

For the record: this was brought on by me buying a packet of Minties. I'm not normally this excited by food.

Comments

[padawanspider.livejournal.com]

I don't know what all of those are, but I would certainly like to try them. I might even try Vegemite again. ..didn't much care for it the first time around, I must admit.

[deird1]

The trick with vegemite is to remember that it is going to be salty - very salty. And to spread it really thinly on the toast.

Rissoles are sorta like meatballs. Lamingtons are basically stale cake covered in coconut.
And cordial in this instance is really strong flavoured sweet stuff that is supposed to be watered down. REALLY watered down. And lots of Americans try drinking it straight and then wonder how Aussies can possibly enjoy something that is so sickly sweet. It's the standard drink for kids' birthday parties.
I think most of the other food I've mentioned is reasonably self explanatory...

(love your icon, by the way)

[roccondilrinon.livejournal.com]

Barbecue is spelt with a C. Not a Q. If it were spelt with a Q, the pronunciation would probably be something like "bar-beck".

[/grammar nazi]

[deird1]

It is too! Don't know how I got that wrong...
I'll leave it there for posterity - just so your comment makes sense.

(Just to be equally picky: you were correcting my spelling, not my grammar...

[padawanspider.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks for the descriptions. I don't think we ended up spreading the vegemite as thinly as we should'a. We used a more peanut-buttery technique, as I recall...

And thanks for the compliment :) You may yoink the icon for your own use, if you wish.

[deird1]

Ewww! That would taste so gross!

Imagine that you're on a desert island, and this vegemite is going to need to last you for the rest of your life...

[mdu-ntr.livejournal.com]

I must admit, that was very amusing. I had never thought that other countries didn't know what cordial is. It doesn't even come from Aussyland.

Aah, the good ol' BBQ. Forget going to church, the BBQ is our national ritual.