What do you think about when you picture Australian cuisine? For me, it's gotta be fairy bread, Tim Tams, meat pies, sausage sizzles and, of course, the almighty flat white.
Well, Reddit user u/TheBilingualSnail was pretty curious about what our traditional eats look like, asking: "Non-Australians of Reddit, what comes to mind when you hear Australian food?" and the responses were actually pretty spot-on — for the most part.
Here are the funniest ones!
1. "Really good coffee. Also sausages."
2. "Lamingtons."
3. "Parma (or parmi), served with a beer and hot chips."
—u/bigbear-08
4. "Milo."
5. "Weet-Bix, Tim Tams, sticky date pudding and fairy bread."
—u/bellabxoxo
6. "Beetroot — especially on burgers."
7. "Sausage sizzles! Way better than hot dogs."
8. "HSP [halal snack pack]. I stayed in Melbourne for six months and I absolutely love that shit."
9. "I’ve literally never once thought about what they eat in Australia until I just read that."
10. "I read this and thought 'fuck, Australians do eat, don't they?' Lmao."
—u/AerialSnack
11. "Vegemite."
—u/Leeser
"When I was a kid, the first time I saw Vegemite I thought it was a wonderfully delicious chocolate spread like Nutella — so naturally, I spread it all over my piece of toast with extra layers. Let's just say that the first big bite I took taught me a valuable life lesson..."
—u/2020won
12. "Shapes. Been years since I lived in Melbourne, but man, I miss those!"
13. "Tim Tams, Vegemite, pavlova and crocodile steaks. And there was this really shitty fried chicken place in Sydney. I'll never forget the food, but I cannot remember the name of the restaurant to save my life."
—u/maximumhippo
14. "A good pub feed."
*The way this is exactly right, but also not descriptive at all.
15. "Golden Gaytime."
—u/Mord42
16. "Fairy bread!"
—u/MissWilkem
17. "Avocado 🥑."
—u/Indigo_222
18. "Bunnings snags and democracy sausages."
—u/bloodrule
"In case someone doesn't know what this is, Bunnings is a national hardware chain store which lets schools, sporting clubs, and community groups fundraise out the front on the weekends by selling sausages — known as a sausage sizzle. A democracy sausage is the practice of similar sausage sizzles operated by those schools or community groups popping up outside polling booths on election days."
19. "Meat pie."
—u/Doddie011
20. "ANZAC biscuits. They’re so damn good. They’re like really confused Snickerdoodles."
"Anzac bikkies are no joke — they're the most balanced bikkie out there. They're not overly sweet, not too hard, not too soft, but that perfect balance of firm and chewy. They don't crumble to bits with one bite, don't need any chips or creams to be tasty and are bloody delish."
21. "Don’t you folks submerge meat pies in pea soup?"
—u/elanhilation
22. "Kangaroo meat is encouraged, so I have heard. Due to the overpopulation of kangaroos."
—u/Obesion
23. "Hungry Jack's. [Burger King]"
—u/Gonzo_Journo
24. "Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai food."
25. "Shrimp on the barbie."
—u/Kronik95
26. "Fairy bread? I think that’s it? The bread with sprinkles on it. As far as I know that’s all Australian people eat. Oh, and Vegemite!"
27. "Lots of meat and beer."
—u/NANDINIA5
28. "Pies with stew in them."
—u/BetterTreat
29. And finally, "Not pavlova, that's for sure."
—u/SinusMonstrum*
*An angry New Zealander, no doubt.
What do you think of when you picture Australian food? Any answers that were missed? Let us know in the comments below!
Reddit submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.