Oh pshaw, on Mon 06 Nov 2006 06:30:42p, pam7357 meant to say...

> Hi, Every year my family picks a Country and plan our whole
> Christmas..decorations, menu etc around that Country. This year my Mom
> picked Australia. I can't find any recipes. Any ideas???

Here are a couple of sites. You'll find many more if you Google. Remember,
too, that Christmas falls during the summer season in Australia as it is in
the Southern Hesiphere.

http://www.thekoala.com/christmasrecipe.htm

http://www.stiinc.net/aussiechristmas.htm

--
Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

If you don't go to other people's funerals, they
won't go to yours.

Hi, Every year my family picks a Country and plan our whole
Christmas..decorations, menu etc around that Country. This year my Mom
picked Australia. I can't find any recipes. Any ideas???

pam7357 said...

> Hi, Every year my family picks a Country and plan our whole
> Christmas..decorations, menu etc around that Country. This year my Mom
> picked Australia. I can't find any recipes. Any ideas???


Grey kangaroo steaks, though I haven't found kangaroo in the U.S. to date.
Lamb steaks would be a great substitute.

Don't forget the whiskey and a beer welcoming for guests.

Which reminds me, the Melbourne Cup runs in a couple hours! Tuesday, 7th,
2006. The day Australia comes to a halt for a few minutes!

Andy

"pam7357" > wrote in
oups.com:

> Hi, Every year my family picks a Country and plan our whole
> Christmas..decorations, menu etc around that Country. This
> year my Mom picked Australia. I can't find any recipes. Any
> ideas???

Did a quick 'Google' and found many...
here's a few.

http://www.thekoala.com/christmasrecipe.htm

http://www.californiamall.com/holida...ns/traditions-
Australia.htm

http://www.abc.net.au/backyard/recipes/christmas.htm

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olym...9/xmasrcp2.htm

On 6 Nov 2006 17:30:42 -0800, "pam7357" > wrote:

>Hi, Every year my family picks a Country and plan our whole
>Christmas..decorations, menu etc around that Country. This year my Mom
>picked Australia. I can't find any recipes. Any ideas???

If you want 'christmas as its traditionally celebrated in Australia'
think England... roast turkey and stuffing and gravy and plum pudding
with hard sauce. Of course nowadays a lot of people don't do that
because it's not practical in the climate... a seafood platter and
salads is fairly common too.

"pam7357" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Hi, Every year my family picks a Country and plan our whole
> Christmas..decorations, menu etc around that Country. This year my Mom
> picked Australia. I can't find any recipes. Any ideas???
>

BBQ's are common for all the parties that lead up to xmas. With the bbqed
lamb chops, rissoles, sausages, salads, coleslaw. Cheesecakes, trifles, and
pavlova are common desserts.

But the actual xmas day celebrations seems to come more from the English.
Roast chicken, ham is a must, turkey, plum pudding, fruit salad. I
personally come from a Russian/Lithuanian heritage but our xmases are
becoming more like this too. But this is how my husbands family celebrates
every year.


P.S contrary to popular belief kangaroo is very uncommon here.

Jen

Andy wrote:
> pam7357 said...
>
>
>> Hi, Every year my family picks a Country and plan our whole
>> Christmas..decorations, menu etc around that Country. This year my Mom
>> picked Australia. I can't find any recipes. Any ideas???
>>
>
>
> Grey kangaroo steaks, though I haven't found kangaroo in the U.S. to date.
> Lamb steaks would be a great substitute.
>
> Don't forget the whiskey and a beer welcoming for guests.
>
> Which reminds me, the Melbourne Cup runs in a couple hours! Tuesday, 7th,
> 2006. The day Australia comes to a halt for a few minutes!
>
> Andy
>
>
You're not gunna believe this. First time there have ever been Japanese
horses in the Cup, there were two of them and they were placed first and
second! Absolutely amazing! The speeches were unusually brief - the
winning jockey made a very short speech, which had to be translated.
There was a bit of poking him in the back from the connections and then
he made an even shorter one, probably "Put in all the stuff I've
forgotten," which was translated into quite a long speech.

Christine

Jen wrote:
> "pam7357" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>
>> Hi, Every year my family picks a Country and plan our whole
>> Christmas..decorations, menu etc around that Country. This year my Mom
>> picked Australia. I can't find any recipes. Any ideas???
>>
>>
>
> BBQ's are common for all the parties that lead up to xmas. With the bbqed
> lamb chops, rissoles, sausages, salads, coleslaw. Cheesecakes, trifles, and
> pavlova are common desserts.
>
> But the actual xmas day celebrations seems to come more from the English.
> Roast chicken, ham is a must, turkey, plum pudding, fruit salad. I
> personally come from a Russian/Lithuanian heritage but our xmases are
> becoming more like this too. But this is how my husbands family celebrates
> every year.
>
>
> P.S contrary to popular belief kangaroo is very uncommon here.
>
> Jen
>
>
>
I have to agree with everything you've said. Starting with the racing
carnival, Melbourne is one continuous party from the beginning of
November right through to New Year's Eve. You have to be a bit careful
eating out, because everybody is having functions, and no restaurant
ever refuses a booking just be cause they can't cope.

That would make an interesting thread - memorably awful works Christmas
bunfights. Inedible food arrives after three hours by which time half
the party are drunk and the social secretary is in tears...

Christine

"Jen" > wrote in message
...
>
> "pam7357" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>> Hi, Every year my family picks a Country and plan our whole
>> Christmas..decorations, menu etc around that Country. This year my Mom
>> picked Australia. I can't find any recipes. Any ideas???
>>
>
> BBQ's are common for all the parties that lead up to xmas. With the bbqed
> lamb chops, rissoles, sausages, salads, coleslaw. Cheesecakes, trifles,
> and pavlova are common desserts.
>
> But the actual xmas day celebrations seems to come more from the English.
> Roast chicken, ham is a must, turkey, plum pudding, fruit salad. I
> personally come from a Russian/Lithuanian heritage but our xmases are
> becoming more like this too. But this is how my husbands family
> celebrates every year.
>
>
> P.S contrary to popular belief kangaroo is very uncommon here.


Oh I forgot the beer - heaps of it. And generally wine for the women.

Jen

Andy wrote:

> Grey kangaroo steaks, though I haven't found kangaroo in the U.S. to date.

A store here in Seattle sells it:

http://exoticmeats.com/

Derek Juhl

Getting back to the original question, asking about Australian
Christmas cooking traditions is, nowadays, about like asking "what is
Australian cuisine?". There is a huge variety. As noted, lots of
people have started acknowledging that the heavy British/American
tradition of roast turkey, stuffing, plum pudding, etc., etc., is not
terribly suitable for hot summer days.

Personally, I turn the airconditioning up and do it anyway. There are
a variety of nuts and olives with drinks to start with, then when we
sit down, we generally have smoked salmon slices next to a cucumber
salad dressed with an asian/sweet chilli dressing, heavy on the garlic
(the cucumbers shaved into long strips).

I don't do turkey -- a glazed ham is far preferable to my taste. Then
I do my Mom's cranberry/orange relish (I'm an American but I've lived
here since the mid-1970s), several different salads, a cauliflower
lightly steamed, cut up and napped in bechamel sauce and liberally
sprinkled with grated cheese and baked until bubbling and browned.
Maybe a French-style potato casserole if I feel like it.

And instead of the classic heavy boiled plum pudding, I do a sago/dried
cranberry boiled pudding which is very tasty and much lighter. Last
year I did a terrific sticky date pudding served with a dollop of thick
cream. Much easier than the boiled puddings. Naturally, there is a
selection of alcoholic drinks to be getting on with during the
afternoon. No one ever leaves until late evening.

Seafood platters are nice, but hey! There is an ever dwindling supply,
worldwide, and I'm doing my part to conserve what's left. Except for
the smoked salmon.

Cheers,
Ron in Melbourne

Andy <q> wrote in :

> pam7357 said...
>
>> Hi, Every year my family picks a Country and plan our whole
>> Christmas..decorations, menu etc around that Country. This year my
>> Mom picked Australia. I can't find any recipes. Any ideas???
>
>
> Grey kangaroo steaks, though I haven't found kangaroo in the U.S. to
> date. Lamb steaks would be a great substitute.
>
> Don't forget the whiskey and a beer welcoming for guests.
>
> Which reminds me, the Melbourne Cup runs in a couple hours! Tuesday,
> 7th, 2006. The day Australia comes to a halt for a few minutes!
>

Bloody oath it did!!

And the freakin' Japs took took the gold cup away!!


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'

"pam7357" > wrote in news:1162863042.426446.171300
@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

> Hi, Every year my family picks a Country and plan our whole
> Christmas..decorations, menu etc around that Country. This year my Mom
> picked Australia. I can't find any recipes. Any ideas???
>


What do you want, and what have you got to cook?



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'

PeterL said...

>> Which reminds me, the Melbourne Cup runs in a couple hours! Tuesday,
>> 7th, 2006. The day Australia comes to a halt for a few minutes!
>>
>
> Bloody oath it did!!
>
> And the freakin' Japs took took the gold cup away!!


Next year, mate. She'll be right!

Andy

pam7357 wrote:
> Hi, Every year my family picks a Country and plan our whole
> Christmas..decorations, menu etc around that Country. This year my Mom
> picked Australia. I can't find any recipes. Any ideas???

google search this group for Pavlova dessert - there are some good
recipes here. Not necessarily a traditional Xmas dessert, but an Aussie
dish nonetheless.
Nowadays we eat lots of seafood for Xmas dinner - cold seafood platters
or grilled atlantic salmon etc.
Avocado salads for starters.
Whole baked ham - for salads etc.
Platters of oysters and prawns (shrimp), mud crab, lobster.
Roast turkey is still a favourite - remember Australia is a big country
with cooler climates as well as the tropics -- much like the US. In the
warm areas, the turkey or other poultry might be cooked the day before
and served cold with salads. Sweetpotato is not traditional. Just
baked vegetables like potatoes, carrots, parsnips, pumpkin plus steamed
greens.
Fresh fruit desserts - mangoes are in season at Xmas.
I live in the sub-tropics and at the moment, our Xmas party looks like
just 3 of us. I might make a small plum pudding (one with lots of
pecans) just because we love it. I am undecided what starters and main
we will have, but it probably will not be turkey because it is not
practical for 3. Seafood I think.
Because it is summer, a lot of families do extravagant barbeques - all
sorts of grilled meats and salads. The whole meal is cooked and
consumed outdoors - maybe on the beach foreshore where there are
council parks and barbeques and tables etc. That's what is popular in
our area - at the beach, the parties get set up first thing Xmas
morning and continue all day.
It is wonderful to see everyone enjoying the great outdoors. Yep, lots
of beer and champagne gets consumed LOL.

Hope these ideas help,
--
Bronwyn
Qld, Oz

Thats for the J' bought 375,000 acres of Queensland near
the Brunie , sultans place and, the Japaneese raise horses there .

So if a Japaneese horse won , was it really an Aussie horse ?
since it was born and raised in OZ ?


Just kidding !!! ..............

__________________________________________________ _____
Old Mother Ashby wrote:
> Andy wrote:
> > pam7357 said...
> >
> >
> >> Hi, Every year my family picks a Country and plan our whole
> >> Christmas..decorations, menu etc around that Country. This year my Mom
> >> picked Australia. I can't find any recipes. Any ideas???
> >>
> >
> >
> > Grey kangaroo steaks, though I haven't found kangaroo in the U.S. to date.
> > Lamb steaks would be a great substitute.
> >
> > Don't forget the whiskey and a beer welcoming for guests.
> >
> > Which reminds me, the Melbourne Cup runs in a couple hours! Tuesday, 7th,
> > 2006. The day Australia comes to a halt for a few minutes!
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
> You're not gunna believe this. First time there have ever been Japanese
> horses in the Cup, there were two of them and they were placed first and
> second! Absolutely amazing! The speeches were unusually brief - the
> winning jockey made a very short speech, which had to be translated.
> There was a bit of poking him in the back from the connections and then
> he made an even shorter one, probably "Put in all the stuff I've
> forgotten," which was translated into quite a long speech.
>
> Christine

Oh pshaw, on Tue 07 Nov 2006 02:46:53p, PeterL meant to say...

> "Bronwyn" > wrote in news:1162898752.936144.294810
> @h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
>
>
>> Nowadays we eat lots of seafood for Xmas dinner - cold seafood
>> platters or grilled atlantic salmon etc.
>> Avocado salads for starters.
>> Whole baked ham - for salads etc.
>> Platters of oysters and prawns (shrimp), mud crab, lobster.
>
>
> #2 daughter recently started working for one of the largest seafood
> wholesalers in Brisbane. Guess what's on the menu for our Christmas??!!
> ;-)

Lamb?

> (I think she gets all our seafood for cost + 7%)

--
Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
_____________________

"Bronwyn" > wrote in news:1162898752.936144.294810
@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:


> Nowadays we eat lots of seafood for Xmas dinner - cold seafood
platters
> or grilled atlantic salmon etc.
> Avocado salads for starters.
> Whole baked ham - for salads etc.
> Platters of oysters and prawns (shrimp), mud crab, lobster.


#2 daughter recently started working for one of the largest seafood
wholesalers in Brisbane. Guess what's on the menu for our Christmas??!!
;-)

(I think she gets all our seafood for cost + 7%)


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'

Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in
28.19:

> Oh pshaw, on Tue 07 Nov 2006 02:46:53p, PeterL meant to say...
>
>> "Bronwyn" > wrote in
news:1162898752.936144.294810
>> @h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>
>>> Nowadays we eat lots of seafood for Xmas dinner - cold seafood
>>> platters or grilled atlantic salmon etc.
>>> Avocado salads for starters.
>>> Whole baked ham - for salads etc.
>>> Platters of oysters and prawns (shrimp), mud crab, lobster.
>>
>>
>> #2 daughter recently started working for one of the largest seafood
>> wholesalers in Brisbane. Guess what's on the menu for our
Christmas??!!
>> ;-)
>
> Lamb?
>


*BLECH*!!!!!!!!


Prawns, Bugs, Oysters and maybe a Cray or 2 :-)



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'

Oh pshaw, on Tue 07 Nov 2006 09:37:25p, Bronwyn meant to say...

>
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> Oh pshaw, on Tue 07 Nov 2006 02:46:53p, PeterL meant to say...
>>
>> > "Bronwyn" > wrote in
news:1162898752.936144.294810
>> > @h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
>> >
>> >
>> >> Nowadays we eat lots of seafood for Xmas dinner - cold seafood
>> >> platters or grilled atlantic salmon etc.
>> >> Avocado salads for starters.
>> >> Whole baked ham - for salads etc.
>> >> Platters of oysters and prawns (shrimp), mud crab, lobster.
>
>>
>> Lamb?
>
> No, Wayne, lamb is not a big Xmas celebration meal - we eat it all
> year! Good quality steak is good for barbeques.
>
> --
> Bronwyn

Thanks, Bronnie, I didn't really know. Roast leg of lamb is somewhat
popular here as a holiday centerpiece. I doubt we eat lamb quite as
frequently is you do downunder. While a good steak is a favorite of ours,
it wouldn't occur to me to have it for Christmas. New Years, perhaps.

--
Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

My moral standing is lying down.

PeterL wrote:
> "Bronwyn" > wrote in news:1162898752.936144.294810
> @h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
>
>
> > Nowadays we eat lots of seafood for Xmas dinner - cold seafood
> platters
> > or grilled atlantic salmon etc.
> > Avocado salads for starters.
> > Whole baked ham - for salads etc.
> > Platters of oysters and prawns (shrimp), mud crab, lobster.
>
>
> #2 daughter recently started working for one of the largest seafood
> wholesalers in Brisbane. Guess what's on the menu for our Christmas??!!
> ;-)

Lucky Peter! I thought Sams Seafoods went into receivership? Has
another supplier taken his market?

Bronwyn
>
> (I think she gets all our seafood for cost + 7%)
>
>
> --
> Peter Lucas
> Brisbane
> Australia
>
> 'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> Oh pshaw, on Tue 07 Nov 2006 02:46:53p, PeterL meant to say...
>
> > "Bronwyn" > wrote in news:1162898752.936144.294810
> > @h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
> >
> >
> >> Nowadays we eat lots of seafood for Xmas dinner - cold seafood
> >> platters or grilled atlantic salmon etc.
> >> Avocado salads for starters.
> >> Whole baked ham - for salads etc.
> >> Platters of oysters and prawns (shrimp), mud crab, lobster.

>
> Lamb?

No, Wayne, lamb is not a big Xmas celebration meal - we eat it all
year! Good quality steak is good for barbeques.

--
Bronwyn

> --
> Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
> _____________________

"Bronwyn" > wrote in news:1162960449.903468.243650
@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:


>
> Lucky Peter! I thought Sams Seafoods went into receivership?

They did.


>Has
> another supplier taken his market?


Their doors are still open and trading, I think. Last time I went by
they looked like they were, anyways.

Just had a look..... yep, the Hamilton branch is still operating, thank
goodness!!

http://tinyurl.com/t7wtf

We gave the MIL a whole stack of Sam's vouchers last Christmas!!


But #2 works for the 'other' one.....

http://www.gambaros.com.au/home.html


They have wharehouses, factories and offices elsewhere in town.

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'

Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in
28.19:

> Oh pshaw, on Tue 07 Nov 2006 09:37:25p, Bronwyn meant to say...
>
>>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> Oh pshaw, on Tue 07 Nov 2006 02:46:53p, PeterL meant to say...
>>>
>>> > "Bronwyn" > wrote in
> news:1162898752.936144.294810
>>> > @h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> Nowadays we eat lots of seafood for Xmas dinner - cold seafood
>>> >> platters or grilled atlantic salmon etc.
>>> >> Avocado salads for starters.
>>> >> Whole baked ham - for salads etc.
>>> >> Platters of oysters and prawns (shrimp), mud crab, lobster.
>>
>>>
>>> Lamb?
>>
>> No, Wayne, lamb is not a big Xmas celebration meal - we eat it all
>> year! Good quality steak is good for barbeques.
>>
>> --
>> Bronwyn
>
> Thanks, Bronnie, I didn't really know. Roast leg of lamb is somewhat
> popular here as a holiday centerpiece.

We only cook it to keep the girls at home when Tom Cruise is in town :-)


>I doubt we eat lamb quite as
> frequently is you do downunder.

My next door neighbours eat it just about every night!!


>While a good steak is a favorite of
> ours, it wouldn't occur to me to have it for Christmas. New Years,
> perhaps.


A good steak char grilled over red hot coals, and a nice red to top it
off....... all during a thunder storm.......... that's what we're having
for dinner tonight!!

Thunder and lightning all around, so I'm outta here!!



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'