On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 00:10:47 +1000, alexine wrote:

> "Tim Challenger" <"timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at"> wrote in message
> s.com...
>> On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 15:15:24 +1000, alexine wrote:
>>
>>>>||
>>>>|| 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!
>>
>> What's saveloy in Oz? in the UK they're those pretty large sausages you
> get
>> in chip-shops. I think they're made of pork. They're not the same as a
>> (German) frankfurter, fatter for a start and taste different.
>> Often served in batter and deep fried.
>>
>> --
>> Tim C.
>
> Yup - fatter than franks, but still with a red skin. And they do taste
> different to franks too. Actually, I used to like savs in Tasmania, but
> they don't seem to get the right idea of how to make them here in Victoria
> :P Not that I used to eat them regularly, but they made a good Saturday
> lunch - in bread with tomato sauce (ketchup) and mustard sauce. Also good
> in batter from the fish and chip shop.

Ah, at last something with the same name in 2 countries that's the same
thing. :-)
--
Tim C.