On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 03:44:36 -0000, Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not>
wrote:

>Jonski > got ****ed off and typed
>> 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"!
>
>Oh dear God. And I've got a box of Honey Nut Cheerios in the pantry.

ROTFLMAO! I'm going to go and poke my mind's eye out now.

>> Now, can anyone explain the difference between tomato sauce* and
>> tomato ketchup?
>
>What are the differences in NZ?

JJ's comments make interesting reading, but in NZ, tomato sauce is a
sweetish red sauce with the consistency of quite thick cream. Kids
love it all over their dinner, especially on cheerios (NZ) at parties.

Ketchup is spicier and thicker, and only comes out of the bottle after
you throw it against the wall in frustration. BUT... I have a
suspicion that only this product is familiar to North Americans?

In NZ, our largest food producer (Watties) merged with Heinz. Now,
it's the Watties brand on the tomato sauce, and Heinz make the
ketchup. It's all the same company though!

>Michael <- still reeling over the Cheerios

You'll never look at Cheerios the same way again but I'm happy to have
improved international relations ;-)

Cheers
Jon