Iconic Australian Food

To get the idea of Australian food, it might be helpful to learn about some of the iconic Australian food. I decided to write about Vegemite, Chiko Rolls and ANZAC Biscuits which are very famous in Australia.



Vegemite
What is it?
 A dark brown paste and is made from leftover brewers yeast extract with vegetable and spice additives.
How do people eat it?
They put it on sandwiches, toast, crackers, crumpet, for filling pastries and more. So basically you put it on something you would put nutella on!
How does it taste?
Vegemite is salty, bitter and malty.People say it is very similar to marmite, promite, cenovis and hefeextrakt. Hopefully now you have an idea how it tastes like.



Chiko Roll
What is it?
Savoury snack and was inspired by the Chineese egg roll and spring rolls. Consists of meat, celery, cabbage, barley, rice, carrot, onion, green beans, spices. It is deep-fried and is easily eaten.



ANZAC Biscuits
What is it?
A sweet biscuit, made of rolled oats, flour, desiccated coconut, sugar, butter, golden syrup, baking soda and boiling water.
Why is it called ANZSAC Biscuits?
They were made by the soildures wifes during the WWI and they were sold to buy small necessities and lucuries for the ANZAC troops.


Hope you liked this post,  thanks for reading

Fjóla

Resource
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_cuisine
http://australianfood.about.com/od/discoveraussienzfood/tp/Iconic-Foods.htm