National dish

[3catcircus]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

Now it isn't a national dish. I just remember as a kid it being served too often for my tastes. My dad usually made them, stuffed cabbage rolls. I couldn't stand the things. Now Graveyard Stew, that was a favorite.

We'd do stuffed peppers, never stuff cabbages. Ground beef and rice with spices. Steamed. Served with stewed tomatoes as a kind of sauce.

Then there was the "Tuesday Night Surprise."

Usually ground beef with corn and cream of mushroom soup or a tomato based version with shredded carrots - either in a casserole or just a saute pan. Served over rice or egg noodles.

Lots of middle-class trash food growing up. Ground beef was usually cheaper than chicken or pork.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

"You Brits are weird, eating fish and chips out of a newspaper" and I replied with a grin "At least we cook the fish first"

Tell me more about your English roast dinner, in you family, how is that prepared? We have a pot roast here, with a pork shoulder, carrots, onions, potatoes, and celery slow cooked. Is that similar?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Tell me more about your English roast dinner, in you family, how is that prepared? We have a pot roast here, with a pork shoulder, carrots, onions, potatoes, and celery slow cooked. Is that similar?

The roast dinners are usually made for a Sunday meal but not always, any day is fine depending on what you fancy.

The meat which can be chicken, beef, pork or lamb etc. is cooked slowly in the oven (don't know for how long because Ann does that).

Next you have your mashed potato (boiled in a pan of water prior to draining then adding milk and butter before mashing) accompanied by roast potatoes which are boiled prior to being coated in vegetable oil then baked in an oven until the outer is nice and crispy.

Next the veg usually consisting of tinned marrowfat peas, mashed turnip, cauliflower, broccli, cabbage and carrots.

Ann makes her own yorkshire puddings and the gravy is made from the juices from the roast meat and some gravy granules.

Hope that is understandable because my forte is making Indian and Chinese curries.

Oh, forgot to mention if we have chicken, we usually have stuffing with it but that comes out of a packet, Ann adding the sausage meat and onions herself.

[les green01]

reginal here be bbq but honest i can't turn any food down growing up in the winter time dad couldnt work cause of the weather so me and him hunted a lot
foods i liked
Texas chilli
Pecan pie which i can't have anymore
Southern fry chicken
crawdads
frog legs

[Rhodes]

Portuguese "Stew" is the translation, but every thing is boiled.

Grilled Sardines

and of course, Cod! One of my favourites, grilled cod with punch potatoes (funny translation of the dish name)

[Eisenwurst]

A Mixed Grill.

Lamb Chop, Pork Chop, Sausage, Steak, Bacon, Liver ( missing in this example replaced with I think Black Pudding - Yuck ), Fried Eggs, Chips, Grilled Tomato, and Fried Onions.

Used to be a Staple menu item just about everywhere, here in Australia. Not anymore due to "Gentrification" of the population.

We're still a young country, so if you discount Vegemite, Lamingtons, Fairy Bread , Meat pies, Chico Rolls.....I don't think we have a national dish, a Mixed Grill would probably come close.

[mapuc]

I may have misunderstod your comment, If this should be the case I apologize.

This thread is about national dishes. A dish which characteristic your country.

Let me give some examples.

Kidney pie -
If someone said to me:

If I say Kidney pie, what would you say ?
I would say Britain/England

If I said Haggis, what would you say ?
I would say Scotland.

In other words

Kidney pie is Britain/England
Haggis is Scotland.

Hope you understand.

Markus

[Eisenwurst]

@ Markus. No problem. That's the name of the dish "Mixed Grill", it's not a generic fry up, it's got set ingredients, if you ask for one in a cafe/pub the photo shows what you'll get. A "national dish" we aussies all know and love.

It's just not known overseas, we keep the good stuff for ourselves and secret from the rest of the world.

As for cuisine instantly recognisable as Australian...we don't have anything yet.

[Jimbuna]

^ What about the Pie Floater?

[Eisenwurst]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

^ What about the Pie Floater?

Of course, silly me, "Harry's de Wheels" is just down the road...



Yummy

Also just down the road....

[3catcircus]

Originally Posted by Eisenwurst

Of course, silly me, "Harry's de Wheels" is just down the road...



Yummy

Also just down the road....

I gotta admit that they know how to do McDonald's right in Australia. Self-order kiosks, the ability to swap things out to make your own creation, etc.

Although, whether it's McD's, Nordburger, or the local hotel, you can keep the beetroot.