Australian Cuisine
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Australian Cuisine
„Aussies refer to their home as the "Lucky Country," which is apt when it comes to
Australia's abundance and variety of food. They are blessed with many exotic fruits, a huge variety of fish, some of the best lamb and
beef in the world, and, thanks to the immigration rules that were changed after WWII, almost every sort of cuisine.“ (Gordon Springer)
1. General Facts
- Tucker: colloquial term for food
- one of the most diverse cuisines, due to the many cultural influences
- all immigrants brought along their own, typical recipes: mixture of continental and asian cuisine
2. Typical Australian Food
-ranking first in the consumption of honey
-large variety of honey products:
Honey wine Leatherwood-Honey Medi-Honey
Fish and Seafood
- large variety of fish: e.g Snapper,garfish, leatherjacket, jewfish, flathead,gemfish, John Dory and Barramundi
- Australians are quite partial to shellfish
Fruits and Vegetables
Granny Smith
Tropical Fruits: mangoes, paw paws and pineapples
Vegemite
Beverages
Victoria Bitter
Bundy
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Cider
Billy Tea
3. Unique Australian Dishes
Damper
Lamingtons
Pavlova
Anzac Biscuits (Australian and NZ Army Corps)
Meat Pie
4. Indigineous Australian Food
(Bush Tucker)
Lemon Myrtle
Mountain Pepper
Native Spinach
Macadamia Nuts
Wattle Seeds
5. Australian Food Colloquialisms
-Australian English marked by:
- short forms: words are cut down to size and are finished with –ie, -y, or –o
- nicknaming
a) Examples of colloquialisms regarding beverages:
Adam's ale:
Amber fluid :
Billy :
bottle shop:
water
beer
teapot; container for boiling water
Liquor store
Cuppa -
Grog -
Middy -
Moo-juice -
Tinnie -
a cup of tea or a tea-break
general name for alcohol
medium-size glass of beer
Milk
a can of beer
b) Examples of colloquialisms regarding food:
Barbie :
Bikkie :
Brekkie :
Bum-nuts:
Chokkie :
Chewie :
Chook :
Cut lunch :
Dead horse :
Dog's eye :
barbecue
biscuit
breakfast
Eggs
chocolate
chewing gum
chicken
sandwiches
Tomato sauce
meat pie
Flake :
Frankfurt :
Greasies :
Milk bar :
Murphy :
Sanger :
Snag :
Tucker box :
Vedgies :
shark's flesh
Hot dog
Fried food
corner shop that sells takeaway food
Potato
sandwich
a sausage
Refrigerator or other container for food
vegetables