Oz: Oz Eats
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Caption: All about Oz food

Blurb: The kinds of grub that makes Aussies Aussies and stops them
from starving at the cricket.



Grub, a.k.a. tucker, a.k.a. food, is an intergral part of Oz. For one
thing, we'd be dead without it. Apart from that, Australians (like
most people) place a great emphasis on food throughout their lives.
Australia has fairly little common native foods. The Aborigines have
a wealth of different types of foods which they have hunted or
foraged for for centuries, although most of these foods are either
eaten raw or roasted without additives, in other words Aborigines
don't have much use for recipies as far as their traditional foods
are concerned.



Imported (non - Aboriginal) Aussies aren't, unfortunately, much
better. Most "traditional" Australian foods, while tasting good, are
simple to prepare. Due to Australia's youth, all "Aussie" foods have
traceable links to other countries, mainly England. Things like the
roast and three veg and the meat pie are originally English, as are
scones. There are a small minority of wholly Australian foods, such
as Vegemite (very salty spread), which the rest of the world detests,
and Pavlovas (meringue based cakes). Actually, Kiwis (New Zulunders)
invented Pavlovas first, but we like to claim them as our own. Oh
yes, there's lamingtons as well. These are two sponge cake squares
with some sort of jam or filling in between, with the whole lot
covered with chocolatey stuff and shredded coconut. Very messy to eat.



There are, however, a new series of uniquely Australian foods
emerging. Things like kangaroo kebabs and crocodile steak are gaining
popularity, and Aussies are also inventing more and more of their own
recipies. A large influence on Australian foods is the availability
and low price of meats - Australia is the world's largest beef
producer.



Overall, Australians eat a large variety of food, consisting of
Australian dishes and mainstream overseas dishes. Chinese and Italian
varieties are particularly popular, although all sorts of meals, from
Burmese to Ukranian, are available.





















Images on this page:
	Image:
		Filename:    Eats/Kangaroo.jpg
		Caption:     Native Steak
	Image:
		Filename:    Eats/Vegemite.gif
		Caption:     Vegemite
	Image:
		Filename:    Eats/Lamingtons.jpg
		Caption:     Lamingtons


Links on this page:
	Link:
		URL:         http://www.kangaroo-industry.asn.au/
		Name:        The Kangaroo Industry Association
		Description: Look up the recipie for Kangaroo Fillet
		Steaks
	Link:
		URL:         http://www.vegemite.com.au/
		Name:        www.vegemite.com.au
		Description: The Vegemitesite
	Link:
		URL:         http://www.anzfa.gov.au/
		Name:        Australian and NZ Food Authority
		Description: Lots of official type food related stuff
	Link:
		URL:        
		http://www.artistwd.com/joyzine/australia/recipes/
		Name:        Popular Australian Foods
		Description: Recipies for common Aussie meals
	Link:
		URL:         http://www.greataussiefood.com.au/
		Name:        Great Aussie Food
		Description: Website for purchasing Aussie eats over
		the net


Navigational links:
	Link:
		URL:         Drinks.txt
		Name:        Oz: Oz Drinks
		Description: Go to the previous page
	Link:
		URL:         Mainmenu.txt
		Name:        Oz: Oz Main Menu
		Description: Go home to the Main Menu
	Link:
		URL:         Educate.txt
		Name:        Oz: Oz Education
		Description: Go to the next page



Bibliographical information:
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  + Title	Oz: Oz Eats
  + Creator	Starweb Document Generator V2.6
  + Subject	Australian Eats
  + Description	A brief and broad description of things
		Australian
  + Publisher	Lukas Tan
  + Contributor
  + Date	2003-08-18
  + Type	Content
  + Format	text/plain
  + Identifier	C:\Documents and Settings\Lukas\My
		Documents\Homepage\Oz\Eats.txt
  + Source	Eats.swx
  + Language	en
  + Relation	txt.swt
  + Coverage	Australia
  + Rights	Under Australian law, copyright of this document
		falls with it's publisher (Lukas Tan). Permission is
		granted for the use of the content of these pages for
		non - commercial educational purposes, provided that
		appropriate acknowledgement is given.
  + URL		http://www.effect.net.au/lukastan/Oz/