Aussie Christmas traditions
Nov 11th 2013, 5:41 pm
#31
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Re: Aussie Christmas traditions
Well after cooking Christmas for all the family every year for the past 40 years.we are going on a cruise, will be so nice to have Christmas dinner cooked for me for a change.. and can't wait for New Year Eve, just hope hubby does not get sea sick 
Nov 11th 2013, 6:36 pm
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Re: Aussie Christmas traditions
I'm happy with the Aussie Christmas traditions though I wish if I could have a proper wood/charcoal barbecue instead of the gas-fueled kind.
Nov 11th 2013, 6:47 pm
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Re: Aussie Christmas traditions
I have, and they are selling Kamodo grills at Bunnings now..... Lots of Charcoal for sale in the shops around here as the Middle Easterns wont cook any other way.
Nov 11th 2013, 11:42 pm
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Re: Aussie Christmas traditions
Apart from the season it's pretty much the same for me here down under.
I prefer it - though - not quite as rushed - despite a tendency for people say it's exactly the same - (generally the people who miss the UK). I put this down to the fact that it's more of a time of year for annual vacation (summer) than a stop for a few days and a ski trip. Here Christmas is a sort of curtain raiser for summer hols - in the UK it's a time to breathe in a long winter.
As long as I have a big box of pies and lollies I am happy.
I prefer it - though - not quite as rushed - despite a tendency for people say it's exactly the same - (generally the people who miss the UK). I put this down to the fact that it's more of a time of year for annual vacation (summer) than a stop for a few days and a ski trip. Here Christmas is a sort of curtain raiser for summer hols - in the UK it's a time to breathe in a long winter.
As long as I have a big box of pies and lollies I am happy.
I am, fundamentally, not a people person (hence I am in IT) so I suffer through the family-based rituals of "The Festive Season".
I hear you about it being more of an opportunity to wind down in Oz and recharge though, I have always worked through the period ... maybe I should just go with flow and totally shut down for a few weeks ...
Nov 12th 2013, 2:41 am
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Re: Aussie Christmas traditions
Your ME pals have got it right - I also won't grill any other way
Poms and Aussies haven't got a clue
Nov 12th 2013, 6:16 am
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Re: Aussie Christmas traditions
Both here and in the UK I've tended to take off the extra couple of days needed to make it a two week break. It's hard to find many differences between the ways that we celebrate Christmas in the two countries other than the obvious summer/winter aspects which lead to the obvious differences.
Probably more of a Canberra thing where many of the pollies and public servants and their families leave town, making it easier to get away from the madding crowd here.
Oh and the post Christmas sales are a bit non-event which is good since already have all that we need.
Probably more of a Canberra thing where many of the pollies and public servants and their families leave town, making it easier to get away from the madding crowd here.
Oh and the post Christmas sales are a bit non-event which is good since already have all that we need.
Nov 12th 2013, 7:08 am
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Re: Aussie Christmas traditions
Agree, although people are slowly catching on... mostly due to weber q's and finding out what you can do on a proper grill, then exploring that avenue.
Those Kamodos are good for smoking as well as they can stay lit for 24 hours.... I'm going to try and smoke some salmon eventually..... They do Pizza properly as well as they can maintain temps of 350c plus.
Those Kamodos are good for smoking as well as they can stay lit for 24 hours.... I'm going to try and smoke some salmon eventually..... They do Pizza properly as well as they can maintain temps of 350c plus.
Boerewors in a Portugese roll
Nov 13th 2013, 12:13 am
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Re: Aussie Christmas traditions
In other news: in recent months I've noticed Coles has begun selling boerewors. So that is now both the main supermarkets selling their version of the product. The Coles version is more like the real thing - spices-wise though is was a bit salty. Both seem to contain good quality meat - unlike in SA where they can be a bit variable.
Sorry, back to topic
Sorry, back to topic
Nov 13th 2013, 5:53 am
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Re: Aussie Christmas traditions
In other news: in recent months I've noticed Coles has begun selling boerewors. So that is now both the main supermarkets selling their version of the product. The Coles version is more like the real thing - spices-wise though is was a bit salty. Both seem to contain good quality meat - unlike in SA where they can be a bit variable.
Sorry, back to topic
Sorry, back to topic
Anyway it will become my new Aussie Christmas tradition.
Nov 13th 2013, 7:26 am
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Re: Aussie Christmas traditions
Speaking of proper Aussie barbecues- my friend is over from the UK and wants a barbie. I've got skippy burgers, prawns and sausages, and will get the stubbies in, but what makes it a "proper" one? Being from the UK, obviously I have no idea.
Nov 13th 2013, 7:55 am
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Re: Aussie Christmas traditions
Sliced up potato and onion cooked on the barbie hotplate is a must. You'll be chopping for hours though. A huge can of sliced beetroot in a green tuppaware container, curried eggs (the yolks taken out, curried, and then piped back into the halved eggs and the reminder piped into sticks of celery). A salad selection to rival sizzler.
