The powdered drink would be milo, I keep a tin of it in the cupboard for emergencies!
I'm Aussie but now live in England, and have done for five years.
To me Australian cuisine is an attitude. That pioneering spirit to try new ingredients, to adapt old and new methods, and to embrace all the cultures that Australia has embraced.
To contrast, in Manchester where I live, there is a large migrant population, Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Polish, Greek and Italian, amongst others. Their cuisines have remained fairly seperate.
In Australia we tend to share from one another's cuisine and adapt them. We are, arguably, more experimental and open to new ideas. I certainly get a lot of positive comments from friends on my approach to cooking, which is the way I was taught by my mum.
Of course there are uniquely Australian dishes that have been mentioned. I long for an Aussie meat pie, which are so different from the English ones!
My favourite Australian cookery writer is Stephanie Alexander, I love the way she uses traditional French cookery in one recipe and then moves on to Vietnamese or Japanese etc. And represents the more traditional "Australian country cooking" as well.
I'm Aussie but now live in England, and have done for five years.
To me Australian cuisine is an attitude. That pioneering spirit to try new ingredients, to adapt old and new methods, and to embrace all the cultures that Australia has embraced.
To contrast, in Manchester where I live, there is a large migrant population, Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Polish, Greek and Italian, amongst others. Their cuisines have remained fairly seperate.
In Australia we tend to share from one another's cuisine and adapt them. We are, arguably, more experimental and open to new ideas. I certainly get a lot of positive comments from friends on my approach to cooking, which is the way I was taught by my mum.
Of course there are uniquely Australian dishes that have been mentioned. I long for an Aussie meat pie, which are so different from the English ones!
My favourite Australian cookery writer is Stephanie Alexander, I love the way she uses traditional French cookery in one recipe and then moves on to Vietnamese or Japanese etc. And represents the more traditional "Australian country cooking" as well.