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Australian Dishes and Everyday Food

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The BARBECUE, which is a social form more than a recipe. MEAT PIE with tomato sauce, and the pie floater in Adelaide. SAUSAGE SIZZLE — onions and a sausage in a folded slice of white bread, the fundraising institution at every hardware shop and polling station, and ⚠ the subject of a genuine national argument about whether the onion goes under or over. LAMINGTON. PAVLOVA — ⚠ DISPUTED WITH NEW ZEALAND, and this system assigns no origin: the scholarship, including the Oxford English Dictionary’s revision, gives the earliest located printed recipes to New Zealand, which is recorded as evidence and not as a verdict. ANZAC BISCUIT — ⚠ its name is protected in Australian law and may not be used commercially without approval, which is unusual for a biscuit and is a fact worth recording. VEGEMITE, the yeast extract, and the argument about how thinly to spread it. CHIKO ROLL. FAIRY BREAD. DAMPER, the campfire soda bread. Chicken parmigiana. Fish and chips with flake. A flat white or long black. And the SEAFOOD: Sydney rock oysters, Moreton Bay bugs, barramundi, mud crab, western rock lobster, and prawns on Christmas Day — because Christmas here is in high summer, which rearranges the whole festive calendar.

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What is recorded

  • Pavlova is recorded as disputed between Australia and New Zealand with no origin assigned. The earliest located printed recipes, including in the Oxford English Dictionary’s revised entry, are New Zealand, which is recorded as evidence rather than as a verdict. The name Anzac in connection with the biscuit is protected under Australian law and may not be used commercially without approval. The meat pie, lamington and Anzac biscuit are recorded as shared with New Zealand. documented

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

  • part of Australian Foodways documented
  • related to New Zealand Foodways disputed

    ⚠ PAVLOVA IS DISPUTED AND NO ORIGIN IS ASSIGNED. The located printed evidence, including the OED’s revision, favours New Zealand, which is recorded as evidence rather than as a verdict. The meat pie, lamington and Anzac biscuit are shared across the Tasman.

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