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Forgive my ignorance, but how exactly is Australian food distinctive? Outside of vegemite and barbecued shrimp, I'm not aware of any food that really can be called Australian. Unless you're looking for a place that sells something wild like grilled wallaby... Also, I regularly see emu steaks at the local higher end grocery stores here in Houston.
I don't know much about either and hadn't heard of it as distinctive. However seeing different parts of the US have distinctive cuisine it doesn't seem implausible English-speaking nations would have differences with both us and Britain.
Besides vegemite Wikipedia mentions "Chiko Roll", "Damper", a drink called "Milo", and the aforementioned "Meat pie." However many of the distinctive things it mentions are specific brand-name candies, beers, or wines.
^ Yeah, there aren't a lot of authentic Australian food (besides Aborigine food which includes nuts and bugs), but there are some. I think BBQing is their main staple. They make awesome BBQs. Australians also eat a lot of camel. (Which I learned isn't the meat for me when I ate it in Sydney. It's too chewy. >D But, I enjoyed kangaroo.)
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Party pies? I think they are fairly close to the Pasties, very common in Upper Michigan. Pasties, though, are not pie-tin formed, but just laid out flat and baked on a sheet.
Interesting. Never heard of 'party pies" until your post. Didn't think there were other names to call "meat pies".
My immigration policy would be to only let people into this country who plan to open restaurants from their native land. You know, if you're a scientist or a doctor or an IT guy or a lawnmower repairman, well then somebody in your family coming with you has to open a restaurant or you don't get to work/live here. Doesn't have to be a fancy one. That's my immigration policy and I'm sticking with it.
Maybe then you'd have some authentic Australian food.
I'm from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but I previously lived in Perth, Western Australia and my wife is from there as well. There is a style of Australian cooking called Mod-Oz (for Modern Australian), which uses European cooking techniques to cook native Australian ingredients (much the way that Creole cooking uses French techniques to cook native ingredients from Louisiana). Asian techniques and ingredients have also influenced a lot of contemporary Australian cooking, which is understandable since Australia is located in the Asian region. Much of Australia's traditional food, however, is similar to items you'll find in England (sausage rolls, meat pies, Cornish pasties, etc). One poster asked about a party pie. A party pie simply refers to a miniature meat pie, served as a hors d’oeuvre at a party. There are several decent Australian bakeries and/or meat pie shops sprinkled throughout the U.S. They ship all over the nation. My personal favorite is the Australian Bakery in Atlanta, GA. Some cities have Mod-Oz restaurants / bars too, but they're more difficult to find. Eight Mile Creek in New York City comes to mind (they have a fine dining menu featuring Mod-Oz cuisine as well as a bar menu featuring things like meat pies and sausage rolls), as well as Bondi in San Diego, and Matilda's Restaurant in Newark, Delaware, about an hour outside of Philadelphia. There are also several websites that provide Australian brands, including packaged groceries. The most popular of these is probably Simply Australian (Simply Australian: Home of Quality Australian Products). Hope this helps.
There is now an online Australian grocery store called The Australian Food Shop, they post Aussie food world wide. You can get pretty much anything you would find in an Australian grocery store from them. You can find them at [url]https://www.theaustralianfoodshop.com/[/url]
Forgive my ignorance, but how exactly is Australian food distinctive? Outside of vegemite and barbecued shrimp, I'm not aware of any food that really can be called Australian. Unless you're looking for a place that sells something wild like grilled wallaby... Also, I regularly see emu steaks at the local higher end grocery stores here in Houston.
I was thinking the same thing. Then I thought a blooming onion, then I though The Outback Steakhouse might not be authentic.
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You can get it straight from Australia now
