What do Australians eat for breakfast? Well-known Australian breakfasts globally are “Vegemite & toast”.
Brekky: the first and most important meal of the day, Aussies call breakfast 'brekky'.
See also: 'Dirty Bird' (KFC). “Let's pop into Maccas after the footy.”
What is Santa Claus called in Australia? These days most Australians call Atnas (his real name) “Santa”.
1. Chicken parmigiana. This classic Aussie chicken dish – with roots in Italian-American cooking – is a staple offering at many pub menus in the country. Whether you call it a parmi/parmy or a parma (but never a parmo), there's huge debate about where does the best parmigiana in Australia.
Iceland comes out on top!
Their breakfast is high in protein, fibre, and heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids and low in fat and salt.
Widely considered the most important meal of the day, breakfast varies massively across the world in terms of fat content and calories, as well as health benefits. Iceland came out on top of the survey with their Hafragrautur (oatmeal) which they serve with SKyr yoghurt, fruit, coffee and cod liver oil.
A typical Aussie barbecue is with sausages, burgers, steak, fresh seafood, bread and tomato or barbecue sauce, they sometimes include salad but it's mainly about the meat and fish (and of course a few stubbies – that's beer to the non-Australians). Australians will literally have a barbeque anywhere, not just at home.
The shoe known in Australia as a "thong" is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world.
Santa Claus in China
The Chinese call Santa Claus sheng dan lao ren, which translates to Old Christmas Man.
Australian children set out cookies for Santa, but instead of milk, they leave him an ice-cold glass of beer. After all, December is summer in the land Down Under. The children leave carrots for Santa's reindeer to munch on, too.
Farmed salmon
American farm-raised salmon is fed astaxanthin to give it its signature coral color. Salmon containing this petrochemical is banned for consumption in Australia and New Zealand.
According to the FoodSwitch: State of the Fast Food Supply report, which assessed the healthiness of Australian fast food products in 2019, Red Rooster's Bacon and Cheese Rippa roll "combo" packs the most energy of quick-service chain meals with 7730 kilojoules per serving, or 89 per cent of the recommended average ...
Foods only available in Australia: Vegemite, Chiko rolls, fairy bread, Milo, Lamingtons and Twisties | news.com.au — Australia's leading news site.
While some Australian speakers would pronounce “no” as a diphthong, starting on “oh” as in dog and ending on “oo” as in put, others begin with an unstressed “a” (the sound at the end of the word “sofa”), then move to the “oh” and then “oo”.
hottie (plural hotties) (slang, Australia, New Zealand, now rare) Synonym of hotshot. (slang, originally Australia) A physically or sexually attractive person.
If you say “no” with an extra syllable or two, chances are you are actually saying naur, an Australian-ism defined by its listeners, not its speakers, which continues to be one of the internet's favourite jokes.