This is pretty much what I eat every night, exept that gravy is a treat (Mum dosn’t believe in fake gravy. Mmmmm Gravox) Although this means when we do get gravy it’s the real deal.
I’d just like to settle one myth that’s floating around America Blooming Onion is NOT Australian, no one in Australia has even heard of it (exept those who have been to America or have talked to people who have been there) and when explained some people think it sounds pretty good, a lot of people find the thought disgusting, so what you get in an “Auzzie” is not what we actually eat.
As for fast food over here, McDonalds is going strong, along with many other food chains Hungry Jacks (Burger King to you) KFC, Subway. And of course the Australian Fish and Chips (much more Australian than that bloomin Blooming Onion)
Kangaroo is not a main food but there is a push to have it put onto the market as they are becoming a pest and while they look like cute fluffy animals (Well they still are) Kangaroo males box, and when they do it to a human it can do some serious damage. Buffalo is to tough, and we’ve almost managed to get rid of them (Another Australian pest). There’s also a push for camels to becaome food as they’re starting to get overpoulated.
One thing that suprised me as a child was swedes eating pancakes for lunch, because that’s not how you eat them in Finland. I’ve always seen pancakes as dessert or a snack after school.
On midsummer’s eve, it’s very common to eat bread, potato and herring. Then drink a couple of snaps, with drinking songs of course.
As a dessert, strawberries.
I don’t know if it’s because I live in Stockholm, or if it’s so in the rest of Sweden too, but people tend to eat a lot of international dishes. Pasta, wok, mexican…
Examples of fast foods you can find here are:
hot dogs, pizza, kebab, sushi, wok, hamburgers (yes, we have McDonald’s…).
Mmmmmm, that’s my favorite national meal.
Basically it’s fries, or chips as we sometimes call them, with mozzarella cheese on top, then gravy is added which melts the cheese. It’s common in restaurants and chip stands and it makes a good snack…even fast food restaurants like McDonald’s offer it here, although it’s not very good compared to home-made poutine.
Lobster is also a nice treat , and since hunting and fishing is very popular here, a lot of people I know eat fish and venison during the summer.
Traditional english food… Theres the Sirloin steak, a steak which has actually been knighted by some barmy king… Fish and Chips, the standard friday night meal… Parmo’s. Native to middlesbrough, people only a few miles out of town won’t have heard of em… And, we come to… APPLES. An apple a day keeps the doctor away… Finally, Custard, the ONLY TRUE british sauce. Not many brits know that…
In Slovakia , we have a meal called “bryndzove halusky”.
It’s some kind of dumplings with sheep cheese called bryndza. It’s usually served with bacon. You gotta try it
I haven’t read the entire topic, so I don’t know if anyone has mentioned this, but in sweden (mostly in the northern part of the country I beleve) there is a tradition of eating fermented herring, “Surströmming”.
It’s basically herring that has been sealed up in a tin can until it rots and builds up a pressure of stinky fart gas.
When it’s opened, an awful smell of death sprays out and stinks up the whole neghbourhood.
It’s known as one of the smelliest foods in the world.
I’ve never smelled it, but it’s said to be really nasty. https://www.northerner.com/p_images/swedish_fermented_herring.jpg
I just enjoyed some wonderful homemade Cuban Caldozo. It’s a soup made with Yuca, Calbaza (squash), pork, potatoes, garlic, onons, cumin, salt, and other ingredients depending on the cook. It is sooooo delicious.
My favorite though is called Ropa Vieja, which means “old clothes.” It is a dish prepared with Stringed beef made with lots of garlic and red peppers. It is usually accompanied by morros y cristianos (moors and Christians) which is rice with black beans and yuca and platanos maduros which are fried bananas.
Eu basicly seems to want to destroy anything being culture in individual countries… Just look at how they wanted to ban the british taxies and i believe they actually managed to ban the british double decker bus.