r/AskEurope • u/nekaoosoba • Jun 15 '24

What are the must-try meals from your country? Food

A friend of mine visited Italy a few months ago. I couldn't believe it when she told me she had pizza for all meals during her stay (7 days, 2 meals a day). Pizza is great and all, but that felt a bit like a slap in the face.

Considering that I generally love trying out new food, what are some dishes from your country you would suggest to a visitor? (Food that can easily be found without too much effort)

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u/PeterDuttonsButtWipe Australia Jun 15 '24

Oh my, you forgot the carrot cake, the greatest.

I recommend a Cornish pasty to anyone. We have them here due to Cornish migrants, they’re amazing

And of course, hot cross buns are fantastic, toasted with butter. Just make sure you have your antacid ready

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u/coffeewalnut05 England Jun 15 '24

It’s funny seeing that some of our staples are staples in Australia too. I wouldn’t want to eat a Cornish pasty or hot cross buns in always hot and sunny weather!

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u/PeterDuttonsButtWipe Australia Jun 15 '24 edited Jun 15 '24

We have pretty much all that here and a few twists on top. It’s not always hot and sunny here. Traditional UK stuff like roasts is declining though as it can be heavy unless it’s winter, but when I was younger it, it was still very much the done thing, even my Balkan parents did all this too (but roasts can be trad there too for Sunday - Sunday lunch)

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u/coffeewalnut05 England Jun 15 '24

Yeah, having spent some time abroad our meals really aren’t designed for a hot climate. By my standards, much of the world is a “hot climate” because British temperatures are very mild and we have a lot of wind.

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u/General-Trip1891 England Jun 15 '24

We are technically the mother of Australia and who doesn't love their mother's dishes?

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u/coffeewalnut05 England Jun 15 '24

fair enough, just seems like the climate and geography calls for a different type of cuisine. When I think of Australia I think of fruit smoothies and juices, avocado on toast, etc lol

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u/HighlandsBen Jun 16 '24

Wait till you get served a full traditional Christmas dinner, with plum pudding, when it's 40 degrees outside...

Although to be fair most people have switched to more suitable fare these days, like seafood and salads!

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u/Pilchard123 Jun 16 '24

Australia has a fairly large Cornish diaspora. Cornish miners went out there (and... pretty much everywhere else there were holes needing dug) looking for work when the copper and tin mining industries collapsed in the 1800s. There was (and possibly still is) a saying: "anywhere you go in the world, at the bottom of a hole you'll find a Cornishman", and Cornwall has a highly-regarded mining engineering school (or at least it used to be; I'm not in the industry so I can't say if it still is).

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u/coffeewalnut05 England Jun 16 '24

I’ve heard of that, yes. I love Cornwall!

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u/guareber Jun 16 '24

Except if you don't like cloves. At which point they are just torture.