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Would you like to
try Australian
Food?
Presentation made by the students of the 9TH form
People say every nation has its own traditional dishes
We decide to find out how much
Australian food differs from
European cuisine
First we found information about:
•Australian food traditions
•Unique & Iconic Australian food
•Typical Breakfast, Dinner and Desserts
•Restaurants & Take-away food
•Seafood & Barbecues
Then we made a conclusion
Australian food traditions have been influenced
by those who have settled in Australia.Australian
cuisine was based on traditional British food
and was brought to the country by the first
modern settlers: rum, tea, pies, steaks, chops,
duck, kangaroo, emu, used with vegetables.
Food was then influenced by a hybrid
of Mediterranean and Asian
foods, introduced by more
immigrants who arrived during the
19th and 20th century.
Breakfast
The typical breakfast of Australians
strongly resembles breakfast in many
Western countries. Owing to the warm
weather in some parts of Australia,
Breakfast is light. It is consists of cereals,
toasts with a spread and fruit.
In colder regions porridge or meals similar to the full
English breakfast may be consumed. A heavier breakfast
frequently include fried bacon, egg, mushrooms, baked
beans, sausages, tomatoes, toast with spread.
Drinks taken at breakfast include tea,
coffee, flavoured milk or juice.
A popular breakfast food is Vegemite,
a black salty spread similar to Marmite,
applied to toast or bread.
Dinner
The evening meal is the main meal of the
day for most Australians. At home they eat
dishes according to the tastes and background
of the family. Usually it is roast meat and
vegetables, pasta, pizza, casseroles, barbecue
meat, vegetables and salad soup, stir-fries.
Unique and Iconic
Australian foods
A plate of fairy bread at a children’s party. One food regularly
associated with Australia is Vegemite.
Other national foods are Milo, Macadamia nuts, Chiko Roll- a deep-fried
savoury roll akin to a spring roll, Violet Crumble-a honeycomb
chocolate bar, Cherry Ripe, Jaffas-an orange flavoured candy-coated
chocolate, Tim Tams-a chocolate biscuit, the breakfast cereal Weet-Bix.
A native Australian cuisine has emerged since
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 gourmets.
Restaurants
Australia is a multicultural country and there are various cafes,
restaurants and pubs everywhere such as Chinese, Spanish, Thai, Greek
Indian and typical Aussie-style houses. Sushi bars are common-place there.
The seafood restaurants are great too. The quality of the food is superb
with its fresh prawns, lobster, trout and barramundi. At restaurants you
may see a sign saying «BYO». This is short for «Bring your Own», it is
telling you to get your wine or beer before going out to eat. If you want
you can even cook your own food in some pubs. There are also lots of
outdoor barbies in parks and at the beaches where people like to cook
there own lunch or dinner.
Seafood and barbecues
Australia’s wide variety of seafood is also popular
and barbecues are common at weekend family
gatherings. Barbecues are also common in fund
raising for schools and local communities where
sausages and onion are served on white bread with
tomato sauce. It is often called «Sausage Sizzles»
Take-away food
Similar to any other Western
nation, in Australia there is a wide
range of takeaway food available
from other cultures. The meat pie
and sausage rolls are examples of
traditional takeaway foods. Small
hand sized meat pies generally
made with meat and gravy are wellknown a takeaway snack. In South
Australia they are served upside
down on a bed of pea soup with
tomato sauce and called a Pie
floater.In many takeaway shops you
can buy «Australian Hamburger»lettuce, tomato, cheese, beetroot,
grilled onion, a fried egg and
pineapple.
Mass-produced factories:
•Four-and-Twenty
• Maccas (McDonalds)
•Balfours
•Villis
•Big Ben
•Pizza Hut
•Hungry Jack’s
Australian wine
Australia has some of the best wines on
the market, and more and more wine bars
are springing up to show that Australians
have a diverse range of drinking habits.
The most popular among Aussies are
Tooheys New and Victoria Bitter.
Desserts and confections
There are a small number of desserts
and confectionery items popularly
thought
of as being unique to
Australia: Lamingtons, Musk stick and
Vanilla slice, Anzac and Pavlova.
Our conclusion
Now we know a lot about Modern Australian Cuisine, that have
been heavily influenced by its Asian and South- East Asian
neighbours, particularly Chinese, Japanese, Thai and by the many
waves of immigrants from all parts of the world. Mediterranean
influences from Greek, Lebanese, Moroccan and Italian cuisines
are common since 1950s.Fresh produce readily available and used
extensively. The trend urged by long-term government health
initiatives is towards low- salt, low- fat healthy cookery
incorporating lean meat, lightly cooked, colourful, steamed or
stir-fried vegetables.
So what we have is
food consumed by Australians bears the influences of
globalization. Organic and biodynamic, Kosher and Halal food is
available. Cuisine trends are frequently labeled food with the
umbrella term «Modern Australian», that is differ from
traditional European cuisine. But British traditions still persist to
varying degrees including in the takeaway food sector, with pies
and fish and chips remaining popular.
Information resources:
http://www.australiatravel.ru
http://www.hotenglishmagazine.ru
http://www.speakout.ru
http://www.glossa.ru
http://www.australianunique.com