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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: davedel44 on June 22, 2016, 06:09:07 AM
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Just read a reference to a beach takeaway selling burgers and snass.
What is snass?
Quick Internet search turns up definition as American slang having nothing to do with food.
This is a legitimate inquiry, directed toward our New Zealand members.
Remember this is a gentleman's forum so play nice boys.
Dave
Galveston
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Dave , it is Burgers and SNAGS , snags are a type of sausage .
Dusty
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Checked passage again definitely snass printed. Sausages make sense though.
Thanks
Dave
Galveston
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Checked passage again definitely snass printed. Sausages make sense though.
Thanks
Dave
Galveston
Probably another case of us Northern hemisphere dwellers trying to borrow from Southern hemisphere culture , the Aussies don't eat 'BLOOMIN ONIONS" or act like Paul what's his name either .
Dusty
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The last snass I saw was when I was out hunting in the backblocks of the Boowhai. We all opened up; it sounded like WW111! The snass looked at us and spat the bullets straight back at us!!! Ya never want to mess with a snass. Sorry, no :gotpics: :wink:
Seriously, I really think they do mean snaggs, which are sausages. Staple fare on a BBQ along with onions and WATTIES tomato sauce.
Steak, lamb chops and the odd meat pattie are all staple fare.
The world famous MUZZABURGER is also prepared (with great love and tenderness) on a barby.
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Close Dusty,
A snag is a sausage - of any type. : )
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Watties sux. :violent1:
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Watties sux. :violent1:
Wash your mouth out!!!!! :grin:
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your choice of lamb or mutton.
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Lamb on the Barbie, mutton more slow roast.
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Watties used to be great until it was taken over by an Aussie/Yank outfit that fondly believed Kiwis want to eat just like them (No, not McDonalds). Newsflash!!! We don't.
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Watties used to be great until it was taken over by an Aussie/Yank outfit that fondly believed Kiwis want to eat just like them (No, not McDonalds). Newsflash!!! We don't.
Re acquainted myself with American food on a trip at the end of last year. Cheap food in the US is garbage, good food is expensive.
Fortunately they serve such large portions that my wife and I could split a meal and so eat good food without breaking the bank.
Oh, and the coffee is rubbish.
Ciao
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Re acquainted myself with American food on a trip at the end of last year. Cheap food in the US is garbage, good food is expensive.
Fortunately they serve such large portions that my wife and I could split a meal and so eat good food without breaking the bank.
Oh, and the coffee is rubbish.
Ciao
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Dean
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Yeah , like you Ozzies are famous for your food :rolleyes:
Dusty
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It's Aussies, Dusty! Get it right, mate.
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It's Aussies, Dusty! Get it right, mate.
You sure it's not Oddies.
Dean
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It's Aussies, Dusty! Get it right, mate.
Then why is the chant "Ozzie ozzie ozzie , oi oi oi" ? :laugh:
Dusty
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Oh fer fecks sake. (http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/18/91/78/64/image134.jpg)
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Oh fer fecks sake. (http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/18/91/78/64/image134.jpg)
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Dean
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Yeah , like you Ozzies are famous for your food :rolleyes:
Dusty
We are actually.Famous for accepting and adopting cuisines from all over the world and enjoying them. If you want a great variety of quality food that's affordable for the average person then visit Melbourne. Oh and we have arguably the best coffee in the world including Italy, and when you look at the menu prices then that's whet you pay on the bill, plus a tip if you feel the the service was exceptional, its totally optional. You can leave the calculator and the accountant behind along with all the one cent pieces.
We are truly spoilt here for great food and coffee.
Ciao
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We are actually, famous for accepting and adopting cuisines from all over the world and enjoying them. If you want a great variety of quality food that's affordable for the average person then visit Melbourne. Oh and we have arguably the best coffee in the world including Italy, and when you look at the menu prices then that's whet you pay on the bill, plus a tip if you feel the the service was exceptional. You can leave the calculator at home.
We are truly spoilt here for great food and coffee.
Ciao
Not sure where you have been in America , but we are pretty famous for that also . Thai , Vietnamese , Greek , Mexican , Japanese , Chinese , even Bhutanese food is available here . We have good coffee also , it is our beer that is awful :embarrassed:
Dusty
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It's Aussies, Dusty! Get it right, mate.
In NZ, it is Ozzie. Shortened to Oz when referring to the country.
In the Guzzi world, Pete is the Wizard of Oz. :wink:
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it is our beer that is awful :embarrassed:
I don't know about that. I've had some good beers from some of the micro breweries.
As for food, it depends what your talking about. Best Mexican food I've ever had was in the US (and I've not been to Mexico). Best BBQ - I'm talkin ribs and such - is definitely in the US.
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I don't know about that. I've had some good beers from some of the micro breweries.
As for food, it depends what your talking about. Best Mexican food I've ever had was in the US (and I've not been to Mexico). Best BBQ - I'm talkin ribs and such - is definitely in the US.
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When Pete and his better half were here last , I suggested a Mexican restaurant near their motel . Pete seemed resistant , and Jude explained that Pete doesn't like Mexican food . I prevailed , and afterwards Pete said , "well mate , guess I had never really had Mexican food before" :food: Jude's eyes did get very wide when the server brought her first Margarita in a glass that would float a small boat , and even larger when the server set 3 plates of food in front of her :laugh: Of course she had a second Marg , and became quite animated :boozing:
Dusty
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Not sure where you have been in America , but we are pretty famous for that also . Thai , Vietnamese , Greek , Mexican , Japanese , Chinese , even Bhutanese food is available here . We have good coffee also , it is our beer that is awful :embarrassed:
Dusty
The thing is all these different cuisines you have tend to get "Americanised", read added fat, sugar, and complexity. The Pizza is a classic example of a very simple thing that has been over enhanced to death. Australia has also followed suit pizza wise.
I must admit I had a very good Mexican meal in Mariposa. I'm so,so with Mexican but my wife is a fan. Which leads me back to the previous point about Americanisation of food.
A mate of mine recently visited Mexico where his brother lives and tells me that the "Taco" as we know it ( hard folded chip like thing) is not actually a traditional part of Mexican food but an American invention, anyone know if this is true?
Ciao
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Of course she had a second Marg , and became quite animated :boozing:
Tee hee!
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.... it is our beer that is awful :embarrassed:
Dusty
California pale ales are some of the best in the world, IMHO.
Oz beers, well that's another story (except those starting with "James").
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A mate of mine recently visited Mexico where his brother lives and tells me that the "Taco" as we know it ( hard folded chip like thing) is not actually a traditional part of Mexican food but an American invention, anyone know if this is true?
Ciao
Hard tacos are hard to find in Mexico, and appear to be largely a Tex-Mex invention. Soft tacos are the norm, usually two rather small tortillas with a dollop of filling that can be held in one hand. The word 'taco' is actually most equivalent to 'snack' in English, originally.
One of the problems with Mexican food in the US, even in places with good Mexican food (like San Antonio, where I lived), is that it is overwhelmingly dominated by food from the northern Mexican states like Jalisco. My favorite Mexican food is from the southern states like Oaxaca, Yucatan, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, and Tobasco. They are all different from each other, and all very different from northern Mexico. In the south, refried beans are a sauce made from kidney beans that is poured over rice, instead of the lard-heavy thick pinto bean mush found in the north!
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Hard tacos are hard to find in Mexico, and appear to be largely a Tex-Mex invention. Soft tacos are the norm, usually two rather small tortillas with a dollop of filling that can be held in one hand. The word 'taco' is actually most equivalent to 'snack' in English, originally.
One of the problems with Mexican food in the US, even in places with good Mexican food (like San Antonio, where I lived), is that it is overwhelmingly dominated by food from the northern Mexican states like Jalisco. My favorite Mexican food is from the southern states like Oaxaca, Yucatan, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, and Tobasco. They are all different from each other, and all very different from northern Mexico. In the south, refried beans are a sauce made from kidney beans that is poured over rice, instead of the lard-heavy thick pinto bean mush found in the north!
Yes that's pretty much what my friend was saying with regard to Taco origin and availability in Mexico.
I eat Mexican maybe 5 or 6 time a year but I'm not that convinced I'm getting the real thing, probably more the northern style further corrupted by us Aussies.
Thanks for the education.
Ciao
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Like anywhere , to get "authentic" , you don't go to a chain restaurant . In my locale there are numerous small eateries owned and operated by families that know what they are doing :food:
Dusty
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I am really not looking for an argument here, but I think it is a mistake to paint American food, coffee, beer, etc...with a broad brush. In almost any substantial urban area here you will find restaurants, coffee shops, and micro-breweries run independently by people who are educated, trained, worldly, and really care about the product. If you want them, they are there.
Chain restaurants may be american food, but they are not American food. My son, 14 yrs old, has never eaten at a MacDonalds, Burger King, Chili's, or any other restaurant that you can find in a parking lot of a mall. It is not mandatory.
Our micro brewers and craft brewers make fermented malt beverages that are as varied and delicious as any in the world. And there a lot of them.
Coffees not bad either. Down the hill from my house there is a cafe where I can get espresso, a cortado, or a cappuccino that is just fine, and as good as a casual coffee as I've had in southern Europe.
If you can't find good quality here, it is because you are not trying. Or you have't been here in the last 15 years.
And, by the way, with all due respect, if New Zealand was famous for it's food, you wouldn't have to tell us.
Come visit, I will give you a tour.
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I dont care, no matter where you are, never piss off the cook! :lipsrsealed:
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"What?! You want Ketchup with that?"
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Fuzzy , it wasn't a Kiwi making any claims regarding how famous their food is , rather one of their cousins across the ditch claiming Aussies are world renowned for food . Kiwis are more famous for understatement . So does Emu taste like wild chicken ?
Dusty
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Ahhhh...that explains everything. Thanks for setting me straight, Dusty. And my apologies to anyone I may have wronged. I made a mistake, I thought I was a little smart.
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Ahhhh...that explains everything. Thanks for setting me straight, Dusty. And my apologies to anyone I may have wronged. I made a mistake, I thought I was a little smart.
Not always easy to keep the Ozzie/Kiwi thing sorted out , both being upside down and all :laugh:
Dusty
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Your upside down!
Join the fight! Make South the top!
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I was at the BMW national rally in Spokane a few years back and was sitting in the beer garden with a rider from Germany. He was drinking a Rainier Beer with a look of distaste. I asked him what was wrong and he said: (in thick German accent) It says this beer has been made since 1885. You would think after that long they could do a better job.
I bought him a local micro brew and all was well with German-American relations.
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I am really not looking for an argument here, but I think it is a mistake to paint American food, coffee, beer, etc...with a broad brush. In almost any substantial urban area here you will find restaurants, coffee shops, and micro-breweries run independently by people who are educated, trained, worldly, and really care about the product. If you want them, they are there.
Chain restaurants may be american food, but they are not American food. My son, 14 yrs old, has never eaten at a MacDonalds, Burger King, Chili's, or any other restaurant that you can find in a parking lot of a mall. It is not mandatory.
Our micro brewers and craft brewers make fermented malt beverages that are as varied and delicious as any in the world. And there a lot of them.
Coffees not bad either. Down the hill from my house there is a cafe where I can get espresso, a cortado, or a cappuccino that is just fine, and as good as a casual coffee as I've had in southern Europe.
If you can't find good quality here, it is because you are not trying. Or you have't been here in the last 15 years.
And, by the way, with all due respect, if New Zealand was famous for it's food, you wouldn't have to tell us.
Come visit, I will give you a tour.
I was in the US for a month last year, west coast and east coast and not arguing at all just putting forward a point of view. I never frequent those big chains either with or without the kids and I guess you made my original point for me when you said if you cant find good food in the US then you're just not trying, the thing is here in Melbourne we don't have to try its all around no matter where you go and its very affordable. Great Coffee and Cafe's as well. I will admit that I'm spoilt as Melbourne is the cuisine capital of Australia.
If we need to work on anything here its service, its usually quite good but you get the occasional ordinary experience. I don't think "service" comes that naturally to Aussies, its something we have to concentrate on.
One thing I did start getting into over there is eating at the bar, started enjoying that towards the end of the trip in Washington. Relaxed and you get to meet people eating at the bar as well.
Ciao
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If it wasn't such a long flight, and I wasn't such a wimp...it sounds like a great place to eat and drink, two of my favorite activities, Unless your food keeps falling off your plate down there. Do you have to swirl your wine clockwise?
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Food is superglued to the plate, and we drink wine through straws.
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As I recall the ancient Egyptians regarded south as "up" and they were around long before the northern hemisphere rose to prominence. Therefore we Down-underites can claim historical precedence.
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I was at the BMW national rally in Spokane a few years back and was sitting in the beer garden with a rider from Germany. He was drinking a Rainier Beer with a look of distaste. I asked him what was wrong and he said: (in thick German accent) It says this beer has been made since 1885. You would think after that long they could do a better job.
I bought him a local micro brew and all was well with German-American relations.
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I was in the US for a month last year, west coast and east coast and not arguing at all just putting forward a point of view. I never frequent those big chains either with or without the kids and I guess you made my original point for me when you said if you cant find good food in the US then you're just not trying, the thing is here in Melbourne we don't have to try its all around no matter where you go and its very affordable. Great Coffee and Cafe's as well. I will admit that I'm spoilt as Melbourne is the cuisine capital of Australia.
If we need to work on anything here its service, its usually quite good but you get the occasional ordinary experience. I don't think "service" comes that naturally to Aussies, its something we have to concentrate on.
One thing I did start getting into over there is eating at the bar, started enjoying that towards the end of the trip in Washington. Relaxed and you get to meet people eating at the bar as well.
Ciao
I've heard so much about Aussie food. Well actually, not so much. But, this is what we know.
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Prawns, not shrimp. Prawns.
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Prawns, not shrimp. Prawns.
:grin: :grin: :grin: Perhaps Paul Hogan came from 'Merica? :evil:
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the thing is here in Melbourne we don't have to try its all around no matter where you go and its very affordable. Great Coffee and Cafe's as well. I will admit that I'm spoilt as Melbourne is the cuisine capital of Australia.
If we need to work on anything here its service, its usually quite good but you get the occasional ordinary experience. I don't think "service" comes that naturally to Aussies, its something we have to concentrate on.
I've been to Melbourne a few times, and will be there a few more. The food is amazing... Wander the Lane ways and you will find suburb eateries of all ethnicities, I have a couple I go to every time, and always try to hunt out more. Also I find it very hard to find a crap coffee in Melbourne. Even from chain stores!! However I have to disagree on your service comments, I've had nothing but stellar service from any place in Melbourne. I always return to NZ thinking our retail and hospo workers need a bit of a kick in the pants.
Also Muzz is correct re the snass and watties sauce! :thewife:
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:grin: :grin: :grin: Perhaps Paul Hogan came from 'Merica? :evil:
The knob lives there now. They can keep him.
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Also Muzz is correct re the snass and watties sauce! :thewife:
Yup. If can manage to shoot a wild organic snass they are superb with Watties sauce. :thumb:
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The knob lives there now. They can keep him.
But that ad was shot before he had his face lift and went to live in the Sates. I thought even he would know the difference between a shrimp and a prawn. :undecided: Or not...
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But that ad was shot before he had his face lift and went to live in the Sates. I thought even he would know the difference between a shrimp and a prawn. :undecided: Or not...
The ad was aimed straight at Yanks. But of course, you knew that.
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I must admit I was looking for the stirring emoji but there isn't one. :grin:
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I've heard so much about Aussie food. Well actually, not so much. But, this is what we know.
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That add must be over 30 years old, it was cringe worthy to us Australians even at the time. A lot has changed since then that's for sure.
Ciao
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I've been to Melbourne a few times, and will be there a few more. The food is amazing... Wander the Lane ways and you will find suburb eateries of all ethnicities, I have a couple I go to every time, and always try to hunt out more. Also I find it very hard to find a crap coffee in Melbourne. Even from chain stores!! However I have to disagree on your service comments, I've had nothing but stellar service from any place in Melbourne. I always return to NZ thinking our retail and hospo workers need a bit of a kick in the pants.
Also Muzz is correct re the snass and watties sauce! :thewife:
Yes Melbourne is famous for its little lane way bars and eateries. I'm not a native to Melbourne but when friends from Sydney come down they all want to go there and eat.
Sydney unashamedly tried to copy them over a decade ago and failed but due to people moving back into the Sydney CBD area to live they are trying again with more success this time I hear.
Well I'm off to have a meal with the wife now actually in North Carlton, 2 mains, a shared desert and 2 glasses of very good Australian red, $65au should about do it.
That's about $48US to all you Yanks.
Ciao
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OK, but still, the only Aussie food anyone knows about is "shrimp on the barbie". I have no doubt there are great restaurants there but I can't think of any type of food, good or bad, that's a signature Australian dish. They might have good coffee but they didn't invent it. For that matter I was BBQing shrimp before I saw Crocodile Dundee.
I know that NZ is famous for sheep. Aussies have lots of pasture land. I still can't think of a single Aussie dish.
(BTW- I'll take a PBR over a Foster's any day of the week)
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YES! Nectar of the gods! No reason to pay $7.00 or 8.00 a 6 Pak for those wussy beers, you only rent the stuff anyway!
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Oh...let us not forget Vegemite..for the sophisticated pallet.
Rumor has it that it was invented in Melbourne (or discovered)...yummy!
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YES! Nectar of the gods! No reason to pay $7.00 or 8.00 a 6 Pak for those wussy beers, you only rent the stuff anyway!
Depends on how much one drinks , for you case a weekend types sure , for us case a year types the good stuff is worth it :boozing:
Oh...let us not forget Vegemite..for the sophisticated pallet.
Rumor has it that it was invented in Melbourne (or discovered)...yummy!
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Sophisticated and Aussie , two words that don't belong together , kind of like Okie and opera :laugh:
Vegemite is good stuff :food:
Dusty
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Marmite over here. Made from left over yeast from brewing.
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OK, but still, the only Aussie food anyone knows about is "shrimp on the barbie". I have no doubt there are great restaurants there but I can't think :boxing: lots of pasture land. I still can't think of a single Aussie dish.
(BTW- I'll take a PBR over a Foster's any day of the week)
OK - using your logic - the only yank food we know
about is Macca's, KFC & Hungry J's; the only Coffee Gloria
Jeans .............. So what's YOUR big signature dish?
Hamburger? Gee thanks for that.
It was "shrimp" so you guys would know what he was talking
about.
Like everyone else our cuisine is a blend of the flavours
from every culture that moved here.
Emu tastes like Emu - very nice thankyou, as is Roo, though
Wallaby is 'milder' in flavour - and yes Witchity grubs are
good too, like 'em roasted in the ashes.
We don't drink Fosters either - we sell it to people who don't
Know any better.
Our Produce is among the best and so are the eateries.
Your ignorance isn't our fault.
Maurie.
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I've been to Melbourne a few times, and will be there a few more. The food is amazing... Wander the Lane ways and you will find suburb eateries of all ethnicities, I have a couple I go to every time, and always try to hunt out more. Also I find it very hard to find a crap coffee in Melbourne. Even from chain stores!! However I have to disagree on your service comments, I've had nothing but stellar service from any place in Melbourne. I always return to NZ thinking our retail and hospo workers need a bit of a kick in the pants.
Also Muzz is correct re the snass and watties sauce! :thewife:
Must admit, the first time we went to Oz I thought their coffee was 'orrible compared to what we had in NZ. The last time we were there we spent about 5 days in Melbourne and had a blast. Exploring the laneways was fun, and the coffee was great. Ended up frequenting on a regular basis a Lebanese place. Food was great, really tasty. :thumb:
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I still can't think of a single Aussie dish.
I give you the Lamington.
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(BTW- I'll take a PBR over a Foster's any day of the week)
As RANDM says, no one here drinks Fosters. I'd rather drink slops out of an ashtray.
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Maybe we should introduce you all to the quintessentially Aussie dish famously invented in Adelaide, SA, wait for it............the "pie floater".
I'm not sure you are all ready for it though.
Ciao
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Really? I thought that Pie floated all the over from Blighty?
Lamingtons? Yum - but so are Snot Blocks.
Foster's is our revenge on the World for the shit they send us.
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OK - using your logic - the only yank food we know
about is Macca's, KFC & Hungry J's; the only Coffee Gloria
Jeans .............. So what's YOUR big signature dish?
Hamburger? Gee thanks for that.
It was "shrimp" so you guys would know what he was talking
about.
Like everyone else our cuisine is a blend of the flavours
from every culture that moved here.
Emu tastes like Emu - very nice thankyou, as is Roo, though
Wallaby is 'milder' in flavour - and yes Witchity grubs are
good too, like 'em roasted in the ashes.
We don't drink Fosters either - we sell it to people who don't
Know any better.
Our Produce is among the best and so are the eateries.
Your ignorance isn't our fault.
Maurie.
Maurie,
all this So Pac food got to Bev and me. And it got our appetite going,
so I BBQ'd some (local) lamb chops, Bev did fried potatoes and onions, sauteed mushrooms, caesar salad and Aussie Shiraz. Man that was good.
I am not sure that was Okie food or Aussie food. But other than Meers, Theta and Onion Burgers (look them up), local BBQ and Okarche Fried Chicken (look it up) we aren't known for much either.
Damn there is good wine from down under.
Stay out of the snow friend, it was 98 here today.
there are few folks here that raised Emus a few years ago but I've never tried one. The floated pie? Hmmm ahhh? But I'll try it (maybe not if pureed peas are in it). But if you come by and for sure I'll treat you to a burger and a PBR.
I guess we can all agree on FOsters. I've always wanted to go down there but I am just a poor Okie. :sad:
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Bugger - thought I'd get at least a nibble with Snot Block : )
It's all good LR. Actually I think the Americans idea of a Barbie beat ours hands down - at least until recently.
Maurie.
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I was thinking about aussie cuisine recently and decided that we were lucky that we're not locked into the same style of food everyday as you might be if you lived in Italy or Thailand. Here in Byron Bay we have available choice steak, seafood and organic vegetables with very low food miles on it. We can then turn this into any nations dish that we feel like eating that night. We're lucky to have a rich history of multiculturalism that allows us to initially try these foods in the good restaurants that abound. The menu at my place for a week is likely to include Indian, Mexican, Italian, Irish and maybe a few schnitzels and something on the Weber.
New Zealand has the best bacon I've ever eaten and Pineapple Lumps were pretty good too. American food that I remember fondly from a stay in Rhode Island was clam chowder and stuffed quahogs that they served at the bar with my Moosehead (Canadian)beer.
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Best food Aussie stole from us is the Pavlova.
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I really miss the pies you could buy at any service station or corner store.
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Best food Aussie stole from us is the Pavlova.
Not that old chestnut. :rolleyes:
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Pav isn't even any good! They can have it! Gimme cheesecake any day!