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 wineLeatherwood-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 XXXX 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