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Historically Australian cuisine was based on traditional British cooking brought to the country by the first settlers. This generally consisted of pies, roasted cuts of meat, grilled steak and chops, chicken and other forms of meat generally accompanied by vegetables (the combination known colloquially as "meat and three veg") such as potatoes, beans, peas, and carrots (often served soggy or overcooked). Asian cuisine is a term for the various cuisines of South, East and Southeast Asia and for fusion dishes based on combining them. ... ÊÂòàÈ€ū¹ ² ³ ÁHello ... Caribbean cuisine is a fusion of Spanish, French, African, Amerindian and Indian cuisine. ... South Asian cuisine includes the cuisines of the South Asia. ... See the individual entries for: Argentine cuisine Brazilian cuisine Mexican cuisine South American cuisine . ... The term Middle Eastern cuisine refers to the cuisines of the Middle East. ... North American cuisine is a term used for foods native to or popular in countries of North America. ... Cuisine of Africa reflects indigenous traditions, as well as influences from Arabs, Europeans, and Asians. ... This is a list of famous and notable chefs. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... For the coarsely ground flour, see flour. ... British cuisine is shaped by the countrys temperate climate, its island geography and its history. ...

These origins have been mostly overtaken by the growing multicultural emphasis of Australian culture over the last forty to fifty years, with Australian cuisine now influenced by a variety of Mediterranean and Asian immigrant foods. British traditions still persist to varying degrees but moreso in takeaway food with pies, fish and chips as popular as American burgers in this market sector ^{[citation needed]}. The modern culture of Australia draws from many sources, including indigenous Australians, the United Kingdom, and the immigration of a diverse range of people with the Australian gold rushes of the 1850s, and post-World War II refugees from Britain and Europe. ...

A native Australian cuisine movement has also emerged, evolving out of the Australian themed restaurants of the mid-1980s. The discovery of the spice-like qualities of many native Australian plant ingredients formed the basis of a gourmet cuisine. This contrasted with the Bush tucker or foraged food unfamiliar to gourmands and foodies. Bush Tucker is a colloquial Australian term for any food native to Australia and eaten before European colonisation. ...

Background

Australian cuisine is some of the most diverse available anywhere, due to the many cultural influences. Modern Australian cuisine has been heavily influenced by the country's South East Asian neighbours, and by the many waves of immigrants from there, and all parts of the world. Similarly, Greek, Lebanese and Italian influences are very common with many of these influences arriving in Australia during the 1950s and 1960s. Fresh produce is readily available and thus used extensively, and the trend (urged by long-term government health initiatives) is towards low-salt, low-fat healthy cookery incorporating lean meat and lightly cooked, colourful, steamed or stir-fried vegetables.

Australia's wide variety of seafood is also popular and barbecues are common at weekend family gatherings. Barbecues are also common in fundraising for schools and local communities, where sausages and onion are served on white bread with tomato sauce. A barbecue on a trailer at a block party in Kansas City. ... pasta served with tomato sauce Tomato sauce is a condiment made with tomatoes, and sometimes also Meat, onions, basil, salt, oil, garlic, vodka and various spices. ...

Some English trends are still evident in domestic cuisine, among them a widespread tradition of having a hot roast turkey, chicken and/or ham with all the trimmings for Christmas dinner, followed by a heavy Christmas pudding.

Breakfast

The typical breakfast of Australians strongly resembles breakfast in many Western countries. Owing to the warm weather in some parts of Australia, generally breakfast is light but in the colder regions can be more like a full English breakfast. The light breakfast consists of cereals, toast, fruit, and fruit juices rather than cooked items. Australians also enjoy a heavy breakfast with fried bacon, egg, mushroom, sausage, tomatoes and toast, with tea or coffee and juice (similar to the full English breakfast). The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view. ... This page is about the food toast, for other meanings, see Toast (disambiguation). ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... Juice is a fluid naturally contained in animal or plant tissue. ... Tea leaves in a Chinese gaiwan. ... A cup of coffee // Coffee is a popular beverage prepared from the roasted seeds – commonly referred to as beans – of the coffee plant. ... Juice is a fluid naturally contained in animal or plant tissue. ...

Takeaway food in Australia

Despite the best intentions of government health schemes and cultural marketing initiatives, the traditional Australian palate is amply serviced by an extensive takeaway food industry. Two of the most traditional takeaway dishes are the meat pie and sausage roll. These come in varying grades, ranging from the mass-produced factory outputs of Four-and-Twenty and Big Ben, sold on every street corner in milk bars, through to gourmet pies sold by specialist pie shops. There is an annual competition to find the 'Great Australian Meat Pie', and the winners are greatly removed from their fat-laden antecedents. A typical Australian Meat pie with Tomato Sauce The meat pie, hand-sized pot pies containing largely minced meat and gravy and consumed as a takeaway food snack, is considered iconic in Australian culture and has been described by former New South Wales Premier Bob Carr as Australias national... Two sausage rolls on a plate A sausage roll is a type of convenience food commonly served at parties and available from bakeries and milk bars as a takeaway food item. ... Milk bars are the term used in most parts of Australia for suburban local shops or general stores (although they are known as delicatessens or delis in South Australia and Western Australia). ...

American-style chain stores are common including Subway, Pizza Hut, KFC, Burger King (known as Hungry Jacks due to a trademark issue), Domino's Pizza, and of course McDonalds (commonly called Maccas by locals). An alternative to the US imports is offered by the Australian chicken fastfood chain Red Rooster, pizza chains Eagle Boys and Pizza Haven, The Portuguese chicken franchises Nando's and Oporto, and by the corner Pizza shops, charcoal chicken stores, stores selling items such as kebabs and gyros (referred to as 'yiros' or 'yeeros' in some regions), and fish and chip shops. Many of these sell high-quality food for reasonable prices. Exterior of a typical Subway restaurant Locations of Subway stores Subway is the name of a multinational restaurant franchise that sells sandwiches and salads. ... Pizza Hut is a restaurant chain and international franchise based in Dallas, Texas, USA, specializing in American-style pizza along with side dishes including buffalo wings, breadsticks, and garlic bread. ... KFC (also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken) is a division of Yum! Brands, Inc. ... Burger King, Seoul, South Korea Burger King is a large international chain of fast food restaurants, predominantly selling burgers, french fries, soft drinks, desserts, and various sandwiches. ... World locations Dominos Pizza (NYSE: DPZ ASX: DMP) is an international pizza delivery franchise headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. ... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants[1]. Although McDonalds did not invent the hamburger or fast food, its name has become nearly synonymous with both. ... For other uses, see Red Rooster (disambiguation). ... Eagle Boys is an Australian fast food chain specialising in pizza. ... The Pizza Haven is a restaurant operator specializing in pizza. ... The Nandos logo. ... Oporto Logo Oporto is an Australian-based fast-food franchise known for its Portuguese style chicken (properly known as Galinha à Africana) and burgers as well as its spicy chilli sauce. ... Kebab (kebap in Turkish, kabab in Iran and India/Pakistan, also spelled kebob, kabob) means grilled (or broiled) meat in Persian and Turkish. ... Look up gyros in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Although widely available, fish and chips have become particularly popular in seaside towns, for example here in Hunstanton, UK. Fish and chips or fish n chips (also in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland: a fish supper), a popular take-away food, consists of deep-fried fish in batter or...

A very wide variety of Chinese, Indian and various Asian restaurants provide eat-in and take-away services, and are very popular in the cities. With the high levels of immigration from the Middle East, South and South East Asia, Korea, China and other countries from all over the world to Australia, many authentic and high-quality restaurants are run by first and second generation immigrants from these areas. Chinese cuisine, however, ranges from a long established very Australian-Chinese style based on the cooking of the Chinese community established during the gold rushes of the late 1800's, to quite different cuisine only very recently imported from different regions of China.

Unique and Iconic Australian foods

Vegemite on toast.

"Research has shown that 85% of the products in the average Australian supermarket trolley are imported or made by foreign-owned companies with $100 million of profits a day going out of the country." (Dick Smith - a notable and passionately chauvinistic Australian businessman quoted in Foodweek) Larger version of Vegemite on toast. ... Larger version of Vegemite on toast. ...

Probably the best-known Australian food is Vegemite™ (although is now owned by a foreign company Kraft). Similar to the British product Marmite™ it is a strong tasting, yeast extract spread, common in sandwiches or on toast. It is considered an iconic Australian foodstuff but seems to be only liked by people brought up on it. Vegemite on toast showing recommended serving thickness. ... A jar of Marmite Marmite is a British savoury spread made from yeast extract, a by-product of beer brewing. ...

Other unique or iconic national foods are:- Chiko Roll, Violet Crumble, Jaffas, Tim Tams, Weet-Bix and new to the scene are Wattleseed and lemon myrtle sprinkle. Australians also enjoy their own meat pie, which are pies made with beef and gravy. Damper is a traditional type of bread but is not commonly eaten. Example of a Chiko Roll still in its bag. ... Violet Crumble Violet Crumble is an Australian chocolate bar that is manufactured in Sydney, Australia by Nestlé. It is one of the best selling chocolate bars in Australia. ... Jaffas is the registered trademark for a small round sweet consisting of a soft chocolate centre with a hard covering of orange flavoured and coloured candy. ... Tim Tams are a chocolate biscuit made by Arnotts, Australia. ... Weet-Bix is the name of high-fibre breakfast cereal biscuits manufactured in Australia and New Zealand by the Sanitarium Health Food Company. ... Acacia seeds (often known in Australia as wattle seeds) are the seeds of the acacia, a genus of shrubs and trees. ... Scientific name: Backhousia Citriodora. ... A typical Australian Meat pie with Tomato Sauce The meat pie, hand-sized pot pies containing largely minced meat and gravy and consumed as a takeaway food snack, is considered iconic in Australian culture and has been described by former New South Wales Premier Bob Carr as Australias national... For dampers in the sense of automotive suspension parts, see shock absorbers. ...

Australian Native Food

Native meats and plants have long been traditional in Aboriginal diets, and in rural white Australia. They can be seen on the menus of some of Australia's top restaurants.

Meats and fish that are genuinely Australian include:

• Kangaroo
• Emu
• Barramundi
• Trevalla
• Moreton Bay bug
• Yabby

Native food and spice plants include: Species Macropus rufus Macropus giganteus Macropus fuliginosus A kangaroo is any of several large macropods (the marsupial family that also includes the wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons and the Quokka: 63 species in all). ... Binomial name Dromaius novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) Synonyms Dromiceius novaehollandiae The Emu (IPA pronunciation: ), Dromaius novaehollandiae, is the largest bird native to Australia and the only extant member of the genus Dromaius. ... Binomial name Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790) The barramundi (Lates calcarifer) is a species of diadromous fish in family Centropomidae of order Perciformes. ... The Blue eye trevalla (Hyperoglyphe antarctica), also known as Bluenose or Deep Sea Trevalla, is a fish found in temperate locations of the Southern Hemisphere (South Africa and Australia). ... Binomial name Thenus orientalis (Lund, 1793) Moreton Bay bug (Thenus orientalis), also known as Bay lobster, is a species of slipper lobster found throughout the waters of Australias north coast. ... Cherax destructor (common yabby) Yabby is a name given in Australia to two different kinds of crustacean. ...

• Akudjira
• Davidson's Plum
• Desert Lime
• Finger Lime
• Illawarra Plum
• Lemon Aspen
• Lemon Myrtle
• Mountain Pepper
• Macadamia
• Muntries
• Quandong
• Riberry
• Wattleseed

Davidsonia is a genus containing three rainforest tree species, that are commonly known as the Davidson or Davidsons Plum. ... Binomial name Citrus glauca (Lindl. ... Binomial name Citrus australasica F. Muell. ... Binomial name Acronychia acidula F. Muell. ... Scientific name: Backhousia Citriodora. ... Species Macadamia integrifolia Macadamia tetraphylla The macadamia nut is the fruit of a tree native to the east coast of Australia. ... Binomial name Kunzea pomifera // Background Muntries (Kunzea pomifera) are also known as emu apples, native cranberries, munthari, muntaberry or monterry [1] . Muntries are groundcovers found along the southern coast of Australia. ... Binomial name Santalum acuminatum A.DC. Quandong (alternative spelling Quongdong, also called wild peach or desert peach) is the name given to three kinds of Australian wild bush plants, of which two belong to the sandalwood genus (Santalum): Desert quandong, sweet quandong, or native peach (Santalum acuminatum). ... Binomial name Syzygium luehmannii (F.Muell. ... Acacia seeds (often known in Australia as wattle seeds) are the seeds of the acacia, a genus of shrubs and trees. ...

Sweets

A Pavlova.

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 2709 KB) Summary A store-bought New Zealand pavlova decorated with wine gums, strawberries and cream, photographed by DONeil. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 2709 KB) Summary A store-bought New Zealand pavlova decorated with wine gums, strawberries and cream, photographed by DONeil. ... Pavlova is a light and fluffy meringue dessert named after the ballet dancer, Anna Pavlova. ...

Desserts

There are a small number of desserts and sweet dishes that are popularly thought of as being peculiarly Australian:

• Pavlova
• Anzac biscuits
• Lamingtons
• Vanilla slice

A pavlova bought from a Foodtown in New Zealand. ... ANZAC biscuits were (re)invented in New Zealand during the food rationing of World War II. The biscuits were first thought to have been made by Australian and New Zealand women for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) soldiers of World War I and were first called Soldiers... Lamingtons are a type of sponge cake (or more traditionally, butter cake) squares, coated in a layer of flavoured gelatin (or traditionally chocolate icing or strawberry jam), then desiccated coconut. ... ...

References

• Bruneteau, Jean-Paul, Tukka, Real Australian Food, ISBN 0207189668.
• Cherikoff, Vic, The Bushfood Handbook, ISBN 0731669045.
• Kersh, Jennice and Raymond, Edna's Table, ISBN 0733605397.

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