Australian Traditional Diet
Warning: May make you hungry
Questions:
Level 2: Compare the typical diet that they have now to that of a couple decades or centuries ago.
Level 3: Predict how you think other countries and immigrants have impacted their diet.
Common meat products and dishes:
Meat Pies
Kangaroo Meat
But also very healthy!
Whichetty Grubs
Emu
Sausage Rolls
Barbecued Snags
They say 'barbie'
...Welcome to Australia.
Desserts!!
Lamingtons
Basically a sponge cake coated in chocolate icing covered in desiccated coconut.
Probably named after Lord Lamington, governor of Queensland 1896-1901
Pavlova
Tim Tam
Invented by Ian Norris in 1958
Inspired by Penguin Biscuits of Britain
Lay Off the Tim Tams, Aussies!
The World Health Organization (WHO) claims that the obesity rate is rising and becoming an epidemic.
The Medical Journal of Australia found that Australia's obesity rate more than doubled in the 2 decades before 2003!
Answering my own questions:
Most of the foods of Australia did originate from Australia, but some came from the Europeans when they invaded Australia and introduced their culture to the aborigines.
Level 2: Compare the typical diet that they have now to that of a couple decades or centuries ago.
Most of the meats have always been part of Australia's diet since the time of the aborigines. But other cultures and new businesses have changed some parts of Australia's diet.
Level 3: Predict how you think other countries and immigrants have impacted their diet.
Mostly, the Europeans have impacted the diets of Australians, but there are also a lot of American foods found there; McDonalds (or Macca's as they call it), Oreos, and different chip brands such as Lays, Pringles, or Doritos.