Hello world. Australia wants to have a chat.
For years now, you've been claiming that we like to put shrimp on the barbie.
It all stems from this bloody advert that aired in the United States in the '80s.
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The Tourism Australia ad was meant to encourage Americans to holiday in Oz, where, apparently, everyone looked and talked like Paul Hogan. This was pre-Crocodile Dundee days by the way, so Hogan was relatively unknown to Americans.
Well, we're here to tell you that Paul Hogan had it wrong.
First of all, we don't say shrimp because they're PRAWNS.
Yes, you can barbecue prawns. That's something Aussies definitely do.
But, there are also a bunch of other ways to eat them, like buying some pre-cooked and enjoying them with dipping sauce...
...or frying them with garlic and butter.
They also taste damn good with pasta.
But the one thing you CANNOT do with prawns is call them shrimp.
So please, for the love of Australia, stop telling us to put shrimp on the barbie.
