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