Instead of what foods you miss from the UK, what have you gained a love for in OZ??
Jul 24th 2010, 1:42 pm
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Jul 24th 2010, 3:12 pm
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Jul 24th 2010, 3:14 pm
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Re: Instead of what foods you miss from the UK, what have you gained a love for in OZ
oh come on food here is CRAP! apart from the steak n chips at the buderim tavern.
Jul 24th 2010, 3:16 pm
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Jul 24th 2010, 3:22 pm
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Re: Instead of what foods you miss from the UK, what have you gained a love for in OZ
you should get out more!
Jul 24th 2010, 3:34 pm
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Jul 24th 2010, 5:52 pm
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Re: Instead of what foods you miss from the UK, what have you gained a love for in OZ
Red Rock Deli Chips
Zarraffas Coffee
Used to only really have Avocados at christmas for some reason. Have them all the time now, almost OD on them
Can't think of anything else. Probably eat more fish here.
Oh any food served in a beach side restaurant. Seems to taste nicer than in a place on a busy dirty cold street.
Zarraffas Coffee
Used to only really have Avocados at christmas for some reason. Have them all the time now, almost OD on them
Can't think of anything else. Probably eat more fish here.
Oh any food served in a beach side restaurant. Seems to taste nicer than in a place on a busy dirty cold street.
I love Zarraffas too - caramelised cappucino!
Jul 24th 2010, 5:56 pm
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Re: Instead of what foods you miss from the UK, what have you gained a love for in OZ
They should have them at your local Market Deli, you can buy Greek ones in tins for about 8 bucks, with 40 in them. Pretty sure they do them in Coles and Woolworths as well. They are a lot more expensive at the Supermarkets from memory. Wifes asleep so cant ask her yet. Once you start they are difficult to stop eating.
Jul 24th 2010, 6:15 pm
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Re: Instead of what foods you miss from the UK, what have you gained a love for in OZ
Lucky enough to have a local chip shop that does real chips and fish in proper batter 
Jul 24th 2010, 11:05 pm
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Jul 25th 2010, 12:17 am
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Re: Instead of what foods you miss from the UK, what have you gained a love for in OZ
The first time I encountered non-English food was when I was 16, on the Yorkshire Lille Exchange from school, when I stayed 3 weeks with a French wine merchant's family. I loved it all, including the wines which were new to me. I'd never had alcohol before. But the food - wonderful.
At 19 I went to live in Vienna as an au pair girl, and again, I loved the food. To this day I can make a Wiener Schnitzel like the Austrians do, though my husband draws the line at Kaiserschmarrn ( a sort of scrambled pancake). I daren't each much Austrian though - it is so very fattening. For instance, a favourite was curd pancakes: pancakes stuffed and rolled with a mixture of curds, egg yolk, raisins and sugar, then packed together in a dish and baked in cream. And who can forget Apfelstrudel?
Then at 34 I came to live here in Queensland, and from the beginning I loved the tropical fruits most of all. As for cooking: my husband does most of the dinners, and they are traditional English, but when I cook there isn't that much Australian influence. As I mentioned before, I rather like lammingtons, and also Pavlova, but the traditional BBQ leaves me cold. Burnt sausages and iceberg lettuce salad - no thanks.
So I guess I use Australian foods in a sort of European manner - best of all worlds really.
At 19 I went to live in Vienna as an au pair girl, and again, I loved the food. To this day I can make a Wiener Schnitzel like the Austrians do, though my husband draws the line at Kaiserschmarrn ( a sort of scrambled pancake). I daren't each much Austrian though - it is so very fattening. For instance, a favourite was curd pancakes: pancakes stuffed and rolled with a mixture of curds, egg yolk, raisins and sugar, then packed together in a dish and baked in cream. And who can forget Apfelstrudel?
Then at 34 I came to live here in Queensland, and from the beginning I loved the tropical fruits most of all. As for cooking: my husband does most of the dinners, and they are traditional English, but when I cook there isn't that much Australian influence. As I mentioned before, I rather like lammingtons, and also Pavlova, but the traditional BBQ leaves me cold. Burnt sausages and iceberg lettuce salad - no thanks.
So I guess I use Australian foods in a sort of European manner - best of all worlds really.
