> ||
> || There's a thread in nz.general at the moment talking about the perfect
> || brekkie (breakfast). Someone mentioned cheerios, which (IIRC) in the
> || US are a kind of breakfast cereal. In NZ, cheerios are a small
> || red-skinned cocktail sausage, also known (impolitely) as "little
> || boys"!
>
> Even in Australia, cheerios are known by different names State to Sate.
> Perth, we called them 'red sausages' or 'frankfurts'. Brisbane, the same
> as you in NZ. Melb, another translation.

Growing up in Hobart it was 'cocktail saveloys', here in Melbourne, few
people seem to know what a 'saveloy' (saveloys being the regular sized
version, not mini) is. They seem to be called 'cocktail franks'. I've never
heard of cheerios in reference to a sausage!

Cheers
alexine