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Australian Cuisine

Australian Cuisine.

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Australian Cuisine

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  1. 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)

  2. 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

  3. 2. Typical Australian Food -ranking first in the consumption of honey -large variety of honey products: Honey wine Leatherwood-Honey Medi-Honey

  4. 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

  5. Fruits and Vegetables Granny Smith Tropical Fruits: mangoes, paw paws and pineapples Vegemite

  6. Beverages Cider Victoria Bitter XXXX Billy Tea Bundy

  7. 3. Unique Australian Dishes  Damper Lamingtons 

  8.  Pavlova Anzac Biscuits (Australian and NZ Army Corps) 

  9. Meat Pie

  10. 4. Indigineous Australian Food (Bush Tucker)  Lemon Myrtle Mountain Pepper   Native Spinach

  11.  Macadamia Nuts Wattle Seeds 

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

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