Aussie food pronunciations and slang words

Aussie food pronunciations and slang words

• aussie_meat_pie 15 years ago
  anzac biscuits - traditional biscuit/cookie dating back to World War I
  
  bangers - sausages
  bangers and mash - sausages and mashed potato
  billy tea - bush tea boiled in a tin container
  biscuits - cookies
  booze - alcohol
  bundy - Bundaberg rum, eg 'bundy and coke'
  
  champers - champagne
  chips - French fries
  chook - chicken
  cuppa - cup of tea or coffee
  
  damper - bush bread
  
  grog - alcohol
  
  lamington - traditional small sponge cake squares covered in chocolate
  icing and sprinkled with coconut
  lollies - candy
  
  middy - medium sized glass of beer
  
  pavlova - traditional meringue dessert
  
  sanga - sandwich
  schooner - large glass of beer
  snag - sausage
  stubby - small bottle of beer
  
  tinny - can of beer
  tomato sauce - ketchup
  tucker - food
  
  VB - Victoria Bitter, brand of beer
  Vegemite - spread for toast or sandwiches, made from yeast extract
  
  XXXX - 'four ex', Queensland brand of beer
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• quaziefly 15 years ago said:
  Just for kicks, I thought it would be a good idea to practice a few of these terms and use them on my son. It has been a blast. Wish you could have been there to see his face. Thank you for sharing. I have an expression that I use often. "If I can not have fun, I may as well go home". Oddly enough, it is my philosophy at work as well. It has taken me through the years.
  
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• karlyn255 15 years ago said:
  very interesting. now all I need to do is get there so I can practice. If I ever get there I won't go hungry. So how to you say soda or coke or pop, we say all depending on what part of the country. It's funny to see their faces if you order a soda in michigan or a pop in florida
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• mrstempest 14 years ago said:
  In Australia we call soda/pop/coke "softdrink".
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• aussie_meat_pie 13 years ago said:
  Coriander = Cilantro
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