I'm just gonna say it Mormons must be the sweetest people , They must face rejection at almost every door but still they seem to like us(Aussies). Amazing
I moved to Australia in the 70's with my family and the sea food is awesome, the fresh exotic fruits are exceptional and the fish and chips on the beach is a must do. Sargent's meat pies, sausage rolls, pavlova, bubble & squeak. Great ice cream, loved having a leg of lamb for Sunday tea. Never had lamb that good in the States. You ask them for a leg of lamb here and there is no bone in. And lamb loin chops at the BBQ are sublime. Prawns to die for. Fresh milk delivered to your door in a recycled bottle with cream on the top. Fresh bread that is still warm delivered to your doorstep....OMG. I know it has changed and I would love to go back and stay for a year maybe permanently. Those were great times. And you have the best beaches and transportation. An amazing country. My mom was born there and married a yank. So I am half Aussie.
I feel bad that Americans dont even have chocolate as good as Cadburys, which is the most common chocolate here. Fun fact; they tried to change the receipt and there was such a public backlash they changed it back.
i know lol it’s honestly quite sad that they’re amazed by a super common chocolate we have which is basically better than anything they can get in america
The thing I miss the most from Australia when I'm in the US is a proper take away hamburger. From a fish n chip shop. Theres a million awesome burgers in the US thered no doubt. But my childhood comfort food is Aussie take away "hamburger with the lot and barbie sauce" and potato "scallops". I can relate to these guys only in reverse haha.
Pumpkin and Butternut Squash are two different types of Pumpkin. Not the same thing as the USA. One is sweeter tastying than the other one. There are many types of Pumpkin and all have different flavours, tecture but all orange in colour. One thing people forget to do with Ginger Beer is turn the bottle or can upside down and let the settlments on the bottom work its way back up to the top. Or you get a bottom full of the settlement in one hit and its awful.
Cordial is common throughout rural USA where people still know how to make things. Can't believe it's not commercially available. Possibly banned by their church though.
Okay so I gather we Australians made a hit with Tim Tams, pavlova, and Cadbury chocolate.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 But seriously our food here is so good, because we are multicultural, we are so fortunate. Go 🇦🇺 Can’t please everyone, but on the whole I don’t think there is anywhere in the world with such a diverse range of cuisine.
Cadbury's is a cheap not very good chocolate in Australia. The problem with almost all American food is bad processing, substitutions and way too much sugar, salt and fat (badly cooked) with something like cinnamon, cilantro or other strong flavor added to hide how bad it all is. I was curious about Macdonalds in the States, why it is so bad. Turns out it is 50% fat which is half saturated fat and some transfat. Australia has half the fat and no transfat, also a LOT less salt and sugar.
Cadbury's may be the generic brand in Oz, but that doesn't mean it's not very good. Seems like almost all tourists are surprised how good our 'standard' chocolate is. And you don't have to be a tourist to judge the quality for yourself. No cultural cringe here - Cadbury is damn good chocolate. It can stand up all by itself without need for excuse or qualification.
Sad to think that there are places that don't have Pavlova, it truly is the food of the gods. Could it also be possible that they don't have Chocolate Ripple Cake?
It is interesting that some of the speakers couldn’t describe pavlova as a meringue based dessert. I assumed meringue was common everywhere in the English speaking world, but clearly not. I was also interested that the speakers spoke about eating lamb, rather than beef. Lamb is really, really expensive these days (it wasn’t when Iwas growing up) so people who can afford red meat usually eat beef not lamb. My guess is if you went to someone’s house and were given lamb,you were being given s very special meal. One thing to note soda in Australia is just plain sparkling water, flavoured sugared water is called soft drink.
Pumpkin in Australia is not just butternut squash. There are several varieties that are eaten - Kent, Jarrahdale, Queensland Blue, Butternut, Kabocha, Dumpling. They're all great.
4:36 You are a darling, pavlova is something I have always taken for granted but I must say that I associate it with the seventies (probably when Mum was well into pav's). Its amazing, this must be the third or forth video I've watched concerning Americans in AUS and you're all blown away by the pav. I never even knew it was an Aussie thing until now. The kabab, lamb with garlic sauce, bloody beautiful.
I have just eaten my dinner and now after watching this video I am hungry again. LOL. I live in Melbourne Australia and I used to live up in Sydney until 1981. Thanks for sharing a great video.
I'm 62 and when I was younger I remember Kangaroo meat being dog food. I have never eaten it and I never will. I don't recall anyone eating it when I was a child. Maybe some did but I never heard about it. It's disgusting to me.
vegemite once u get used to it, " i can eat it by the spoonful" , you girl are now an honoury australian, even some of us cant do that and we have had it since it was smeared on our dummies when we were infants to keep us quiet
We feed kangaroo to our pets. They are shot, out in the paddocks, so not under hygenic conditions. The shooter has to have refrigerated truck to store the shot kangaroos for the meat to be sold in shops. My cats really like kangaroo.
Our first 2 cats died of cancer. After the 2nd one was put down, vet asked if we fed them kangaroo. I did, shot them myself. Told me never to do it again if we got another cat. It has too much protein and their organs can't handle it in bulk. 3rd cat lived to over 18 years of age. 7 & 9 for the others. Kangaroo in processed cat food bought in supermarkets is okay usually as they have added vitamins to counter the excess.
Pavlova is meringue which is whipped egg whites with sugar in it and baked in a slow oven. Once it’s cooked it’s cooled down and filled with whipped cream and fruits. It is an Australian dessert which was made to represent Anna pavlova who was a famous ballerina.
Cheryle Maybury Pavlova is a New Zealand invention that appeared in New Zealand recipe books before 1930.....the year it was claimed to have been invented in Australia.
Except that Miss Pavlova came and performed in Sydney, where the Pav was already being made......oh, and NZ was originally part of NSW, so I guess we own everything you did before 1901
For the asian guy, you can buy Angostura bitters at liquor stores, you only need 1-2 drops. Added to a lemon and lime soda, boom lemon lime bitters. It's a common non-alcoholic beverage you can order at almost any bar. ( Bitters is alcohol but its so diluted you can even give it to a kid ). And go to any greek or turkish place in the states and you will find gyro ( which is kebab) but your mileage may vary ( kebab in Oz is a way of life so its got a super high bar).
pumpkin soup is great, but we have 3 main types, the butternut you mentioned, the japanese pumpkin and the queensland blue. they each taste so different you can make soups of each and they're so different.
Vegimite is very salty so I switched to Promite, spread thin. We're into salt, whereas Americans are into sugar. Pavlova is the sugary exception. There are many varieties of all kinds of food in Australia. There's around 200 cultures in Oz. The vast majority of Aussies don't eat kangaroo or crocodile. Cadbury is a low grade chocolate. However, Aussies eat more chocolate per head than any nation. Ginger beer is great. Bundaberg has massive ginger plantations. Aussies are into Kebabs, roasts, great salads, fresh fruits, fish n chips, lamb, chicken, beef, meat pies, the best coffee virtually everywhere, awesome pizzas, great Asian especially Thai, Korean & Japanese, Italian, Greek, Pacific Island foods, Turkish, Lebanese cuisines, etc., etc. To quote Bugs Bunny, "Food, my favorite dish!" P.S. Some nice comments guys.
Hands down we have such good quality food and produce here in Australia. You only realise how lucky we are when you travel to other countries...dont forget the quality of our coffee...
Mav F Proper Kiwi Pavlova only shares shell with meringue .Centre is more like marshmallow.This makes the treat lethal and very hard to resist another slice.Don’t count the calories.
Pavlova is half-cooked meringue. It is supposed to have a soft and marshmallowey inside, with a crisp shell. Served with whipped cream and fresh, soft fruit salad, like peach, mango, strawberries, kiwi fruit, banana. A quarter cup of castor sugar per large egg white, with vanilla added at the end.
In country WA we eat Kangaroo all the time. (it's free so why not) that and pig are the only meats we hunt then eat. Some people go camel shooting but that's like 200km away from where I live. One native food that tops the rest by 1 million and makes Kangaroo tail look like a joke is turtle. Imagine KFC mixed with squid rings and marinated lamb/beef and that's turtle. No wonder white people aren't allowed to hunt them because if we could... they'd all be gone in a heartbeat. So yeah, if you're ever offered turtle, actually try it because it is the best meat you'll ever taste.
How good are cotties cordial drink syrups !!! That is seriously enough the most Aussie based identity choice... Thanks this is so much fun.. triffle is the custard or cream layer cake with sponge , fruit, custard,repeat till tall bowl filled up strawberry, Peach slices , grapes and Kiwi Fruit slices all work together.
Vegemite is definitely an "acquired taste". Most Australians acquire the taste for Vegemite (or Marmite, Our Mate, Mighty Mite,Promite - brand names) as children. Adults from other countries may not have the patience to acquire the taste, but then there are likely thing I, as an Australian, have no patience to acquire the taste for, either. Pavlova is a great thing, it's super-sweet meringue with mild and rich in the cream, and tart-sweet of fruit. It's a great combo, which I can't have that much due to stomach sensitivity, but I still think it's great. I believe I once read pavlova came from France via Germany via America. Kangaroo - at least the Eastern Grey breed - is not endangered in any way. In fact they can sometimes be a bit of a pest to crop farms. There's an anecdote that Australians eat the whole Coat of Arms. If you consider the edible parts are the kangaroo, emu and wattle, then yes, we eat them. Emus are farmed, though they are not as ubiquitous on the meat market as kangaroo. A small range of kangaroo products are available at the major supermarkets. Wattle seeds are an edible, though I have never had them. Australia has a huge variety of ethnic communities, and the first major thing any migrant starts doing when they come to a new country is establish businesses, and opening a takeaway shop is a very easy business to open. I love the variety. The type of pumpkin I am used to is Kent pumpkin, because it is Mum's favoured type. I think it is a tad sweeter than butternut. I would recommend if you are making pumpkin pie, consider working with fresh pumpkin and baking it. Pumpkin can caramelise when baked and that can be a great effect on pumpkin pie. I like fish and chips, but it's very oily, so I don't have it often. My favoured type of takeaway is sushi, though a great feast of generic American-Asian is a great thing to have. The best I find is to go to a shopping centre in the mid-afternoon, around 3-4 PM, and the Asian place is having their afternoon sell-off of food packed into plastic boxes. I think doner kebab is a close cousin to shawarma. For Americans wanting to find something similar to kebabs, check out shawarma if you can find a place near-by that sells it. Ginger beer is, in my experience, sweeter and stronger than ginger ale. Maybe the sweet part is because I grew up with dry ginger ale, so not so sweet. Bundaberg is a town in Queensland that is right in the best of sugarcane growing country. I suspect they are different companies based in the same town, but there is also the Bundaberg Rum company, and if catalogues I look through are any indication (given that I don't drink alcohol), it is the most ubiquitous brand of rum in Australia.
Actually originated in China and known throughout SE Asia. So, 2nd, 3rd, 4th generation Filipino-Australians who eat these eggs are not 'Aussie'?! Is chicken parmigiana an 'Aussie thing'? Is trifle (originally from UK) at Christmas an 'Aussie thing'? Is fish and chips (also from UK) an 'Aussie thing'? Is lamb gyro/kebab (Greece / Middle East) an 'Aussie thing'? I'm old enough to remember 'Aussies' swearing that they would NEVER eat pizza, mousaka, etc - that 'wog muck'. If several million people happily eat something it can't be too bad (sauerkraut anyone?) Btw - given that everyone who is not Aborigine originated in some other country / culture, what is 'Aussie'? White Anglo-Saxon (ie pom)? Is Gattenhof an 'Aussie' name?
I'm an Aussie. The second girl was exactly correct with everything she said with a great understanding (except we're not making fun of Americans when we say "put another shrimp on the barbie". We're making fun of our advertising campaign.) Cadbury chocolate is the best and it's inexpensive. If only I could buy a large block and only eat part of it. 😛
Pavlova is a giant Meringue base topped with whipped fresh cream and your favourite fruit. Or shaved chocolate etc. Needs to be experienced at least once.
@@HeathWP spoken like a true paranoid Sydney-sider who thinks any comparison between Sydney and Melbourne is saying something bad about Sydney. Lea just said Melbourne and Sydney are DIFFERENT
Thanks for saying kind things about Australia. I only listened to the first lady and in reply; Pavlovas could be described as a meringue cake with a light marshmallow filling usually topped with fruit and cream (passionfruit pulp and Kiwi fruit or canned peaches are best). The most popular fish used in "Fish and Chips" is actually SHARK!! (we call it flake) Is Shark usually on the menu in the USA? 😃
Pavlova is only traditional & authentic when taken as a slice from a large pavlova. It's not a traditional method if made individual small size which makes meringue crispy & wrong. He's trying to describe Trifle, the custard desert. Lol
I love IHOP, we don't have good pancake or waffle place in Australia. I love In and out and chick-fil-a which we don't also have in Australia. I love American fruits (amazing big juicy sweet grapes, grapefruits and pomelos).
The reason we don't call prawns "shrimp" is because shrimp are a different animal. Shrimp are like mini lobsters with clawed arms. Our "lobsters" are not lobsters either, they are crayfish or "crays"
Pavlova takes its name from Anna Pavlova, the great ballerina at the beginning of the last century. It's meant to look like a ballerina's skirt, thinnish but spread out.
