Traditional grub?
 

Hello all,
In England it's Roast beef and yorkshire pud, (or curry now), in France its Frogs legs and snails, Spain Paella, BUT what is Oz traditional grub. It can't just be BBQ can it? I heard once of a floater which i think is just pie in gravy.
Tell me what i have to look forward to and try, that might be different but i don't mean a bush tucker trial.

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Don't actually live there, so I'm probally no expert, but visited the family a few times and gotta say they are hot on fresh seafood! I am not a sea food lover and was pretty disgusted with what turned up on some plates!:eek: There is this 'thing' called a 'bug'!!! Apparantly it comes from the sea, but just looks like a small insect on steroids!!!;) They thought it was lovely, I felt like vomiting!!!:confused:

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Moreton bay bugs mmmmmm :p yummy :p a bit like lobster :p

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Moreton Bay Bugs - gorgeous :)

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Yes!!!! That's what they were called!:D Moreton Bay Bugs!!:ohmy: We were at a RLS on the Gold Coast, there where about 12 of us, it was our farewell meal, the scenery was wonderful,:thumbsup: the company was fantastic, :thumbsup: the wine was scrumptious:thumbsup: And suddenly.... some overgrown bugs appeared on the plate :eek: I had to take a photo, I must find it and download it, watch this space!

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I know i said grub but i didn't literally mean grubs and bugs. lol
I've got to try some of them though as I'll try anything once and like lobster but Prefer crab. Are they a traditional Oz food though?

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Apparently they are only in Moreton Bay :thumbsup: (Queensland)

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Pies, snags, roast chicken, chicken parma (and a pot). Not sure whether fish and chips count as that's also traditional Brit grub.

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Oh Yeah! Chicken Parma! :thumbsup: I liked that :) No dead upside down bugs on my plate! :rofl:

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OK, i have to ask. What is chicken parma? Is it a type of curry?

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Not according to this link http://www.sea-ex.com/fishphotos/bug,1.htm

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:rofl: Noooo not chicken korma!!! It is a chicken breast ith a kind of tomato type sauce on it?? Not really sure, but liked it anyway :thumbsup:

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Chicken parmagiana (sp?) is a flattened chicken breast, breadcrumbed, deep fried and then topped with italian tomato sauce and melted cheese.

A recent tv ad here for a local hotel had huge parmgianas on offer - the size of a dinner plate for $5. Revolting. :thumbdown:

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THATS IT!!!! Thats the one that was dead on my sil's plate! Ugggg!!! I must find the photo of it!

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Good link :) wonder why they're called moreton bay bugs??? maybe they were discovered there :blink:

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Looking at that picture makes me wonder who was the first person to try and eat it. They must have seen all the pretty fish swimming and thought. The mother in laws coming. I'll serve her that.

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YUCK!!!! won't be ordering that

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Half Chook & Chips ...

:)

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A traditional Australian banquet could consist of:

Pluto pups
Chicko rolls
Dagwood dogs
Fairy bread
Beetroot dip
Lamingtons
Anzaz biscuits
Cheese kranskys
Cabanossi
Tasty cheese
Balmain bugs
Hard jubes
Fredos
A chook or two
And some pav for dessert

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lol - schooner or two of VB to wash it all down afterwards ? :D

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Maybe some passion pop for the ladies? ;)

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do people other than teenagers actually drink that kak. At least White Lightening in my day was a decent drink :lol:

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My niece drinks Baileys with milk & ice :confused:


Actually its quite nice :)


Nicky

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Since moving here i love oysters, the kilpatrick ones mmmmm not allowed to eat just now though with being preggers:(

kezx

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Before i came to oz my brother and his wife were on about chicken parma where they live which is Billingham, then when i came here noticed it was here too not too keen on it though!!

Kezx

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Crikey - I just looked up White Lightening and found that for some people, it means something completely different to what I remember...

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...hite+lightning

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mmm, most definately the cider variety I used to drink. Takes me back that does :D

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I've just done a search on the evil crap I used to drink - White Diamond! Never came across White Lightening - was the distribution limited to northern England?

Uggh, my stomach's churning at the memory - much like it used to do every week at the student union bar after 10 bottles of cat's piss :(

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That's nothing. My wife wanted to make a chicken mask for one of the kids who was appearing as a chicken (not surprisingly) in a play.

She put "Chicken Mask" into Google and hasn't recovered yet :ohmy:

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You could get it in London. It was a cheaper rougher version of White Diamond.

:)

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One of my sons loves the Aussie meat pie with the tomato sauce that as been put in the pie via the nozel being inserted into the middle of the pie and squirted in. He tells me this is great and with beer better. Ughhh!

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I think I'll remain ignorant about chicken masks...


Rougher? How?!

Thank goodness they invented bacardi breezers and smirnoff ices etc for Gen Y.

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Bugs are fantastic uuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I think bugs are called after whatever area they are from - Moreton Bay are obvious. I can't remember what they are called down in Sydney but I know it's something - if that makes sense:blink:

And totally beside the point, as far as I know, the France's national dish is not snails and frogs legs - probably a cassoulet but anyway like I said not important.

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God, that takes me back. Used to drink bottles of the stuff when I lived in England in my early twenties :ohmy: Remember one particular night when I found some keys in the toilet of the local pub, handed them in the bar man and realised much later (too late :o ) that they were my own bloody keys.... that's what Diamond White does to a girl..............:blink:

Getting back to the OP - best thing for dessert here is anything from The Cheesecake Shop.....:thumbsup:

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Balmain bugs

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traditional Aussie Tucker is burgers with pineapple, egg and beetroot with Tim Tams for afters.

I'll also go on record to say a Penguin would kick sand in the face of a Tim Tam!

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Don't know but they managed it.

:)

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I'm from Brum and we had White Lightening there - drank only when in my teens as it was v. v. cheeep. Other favourites were Thunderbirds and Mad dog/20 20 (or whatever it was called).

When I was around 20 I had a sense of nostalgia so thought I'd try a White lightening to remind myself - it was rank.

Sad to say, but years later whilst working for the youth service I still came across people drinking thunderbirds etc. - why? barcardi breezers are so much nicer!

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First time I tried Moreton Bay bugs i wasn't a big fan of seafood and wasn't really too impressed - I've started eating a lot more of it lately so will have to give it another go when I get there!

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surely witchety grubs are the traditional Oz food, that and Kangaroo!!:D