HP Oz cuisine

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Tabouli" <tabouli at u...> wrote:
 
> Then there's the infamous Vegemite, a taste acquired in early 
childhood in Australia which is so unpalatable to the foreign tongue 
I've heard American college students include it in college 
initiation/torture rites.>

Hmm, the term "child abuse" comes to mind...

>I suspect English children have been initiated with Marmite, thus 
ruining the fun.

Yes, many born and bred English friends use the term "Marmite baby" 
to describe a child brought up on Marmite.  I ate the stuff by the 
jar-full when I was pregnant, but my kids won't come anywhere near 
it.  Go figure.
 
>kangaroo meat is nice, but something tells me the London Zoo won't 
be butchering their exhibits for the British Guide Association

Dog lover than I am, I'm very tempted to substitute kangaroo meat 
with yapping-little-Yorkshire-terrier-with-a-stupid-bow-on-its-head 
meat, though they'd only make for some paltry kebabs.

:::::hides as yapping dogs with little bows are sent to nip my ankles 
and piddle on the carpet:::::

>You could go the unspeakable South Australian version on this if you 
could get a box of smaller "party" pies, and drop them in a bowl of 
green pea soup with tomato sauce on top!  (called a "pie floater"... 
a gastronomic abomination which gives adults nightmares but might 
well appeal to a young and adventurous audience)
> 

You're really trying to get me arrested, aren't you? :)

>I hope there aren't too many junior vegetarians: most vegie burgers 
are pretty grim).

Tell me about it.  My DH is pesco-vegetarian and always buys the 
veggie versions.  I think they're vile (I eat them to keep the 
peace), but my kids eat them.  No accounting for taste, I suppose... 

>If only it were summer and a camp, you couldn't go wrong with a few 
rousing strains of "Waltzing Matilda" and "Bound for Botany Bay" 
around the campfire (I have musical scores and lyrics for these and 
other rollicking Australian bush songs if you're interested), on 
which you could boil billy tea in a tin with coathanger wire handle 
and toast marshmallows on sticks, and in the ashes of which you could 
roast potatoes and cook damper (a basic bread, for which recipes are 
also widely available), to be eaten hot with butter and spread of 
choice.  (I don't suppose you have a handy open fireplace in the 
building you're going to use, do you?)

Well, I have "Waltzing Matilda" on a kiddie tape somewhere, but sadly 
never got around to buying the Men at Work record in my teenage 
days.  And technically we could *create* an open fireplace, but 
again, neither the insurance company nor the landlords would be 
overly-thrilled with us.  And the roof is too high up for us to knock 
a hole in it.  But not to worry, we get up to allsorts at summer camp 
anyway. 

Is it any wonder our Leader planning sessions always involve alcohol?

Cheers!

Mary Ann
(who is still surprised that the Guides took her on)