Australian Cooking Terms

[Chef Varden]

I see some time has past since you posted your question. Just in case you still haven't received an answer, I'll tell you now. "Bisquick" is a boxed mix of flour and leavening ingredients, along with a little fat, used to make Southern biscuits, dropped rolls, pancakes, etc. One usually adds egg and milk to the mix, sometimes oil or sugar or herbs.
Herb-Ox is broth/bouillon powder. It comes both as a packet of powder and as a cube of compressed seasonings and extract. The instant bouillon is available as chicken, beef or vegetable flavors.

[**Jubes**]

Have been asked to sticky this old thread as many members have found it useful

In reading throught the thread again..........such a great reference source for our non-Aussie/Kiwi members

Julie

[JoyfulCook]

I think its a great idea - and I am an Aussie!

[I'mPat]

In full agreeance, I have it added to My Favourites as I quite often refer to it.


Pat

[Alexey007]

These dishes look great! I really love meat based food, and I find these images are quite hunger generating. I recently had some bad experiences while cooking, and I could not understand why I wasn't feeling that well.
I always liked going after recipes, and cooking dishes and dishes, and I recently bought a teflon pan which found quite easy to clean and use.
After some medical exams, and analisis, I found out that the problem was generated from a quite unexpected source!
After researching some aspects, I found out that teflon contains a chemical called per-flouro-octanoid-acid also known as PFOA, which can cause cancer.
If you over heat teflon coated pans, to 260 degrees Celsius, you get the risk of releasing that chemical...and this is a risk not worth taking.
So although teflon coated pans are easier to use, they imply high risks on our health...so it is advised that they be used properly.

[**Jubes**]

Hi Alexey

I think you've posted your reply to the wrong thread

THere is a recent thread that you started in this forum that was moved to the gadgets forum- on this same topic

Here's the link
http://www.food.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=356329

[Tisme]

I have something for the list.
Smarties, evidentaly the are different here than overseas.
I think they are a candy overseas whereas here they are chocolate.
Just a thought because I was asked about them for one of my recipes.

[I'mPat]

Hi Tisme - that actually came up in another thread a long time ago comparing ingredients from around the world and the American smarties are more like our fruit tingles (can we still get them ) forget what they called what we call smarties but refer to them as being similar to M&M's.


Pat

[**Jubes**]

We can still get Fruit Tingles, though they must have different ingredients now than when I was a child. I remember them having much more of a tingle than they seem to have now.

My girls call the multi-coloured speckled ones "magic tingles"

[I'mPat]

**Jubes** wrote:
We can still get Fruit Tingles, though they must have different ingredients now than when I was a child. I remember them having much more of a tingle than they seem to have now.

My girls call the multi-coloured speckled ones "magic tingles"

Maybe the extra tingle came from what would be considered "banned substances" these days - maybe not so bad


Pat

[Kerfuffle-Upon-Wincle]

I've enjoyed reading this thread! Is there an equivalent Auzzie cracker that is about the same as graham crackers in the US?

Graham Crackers

[**Jubes**]

Mostly we just substitute a graham cracker for a plain biscuit -- like Nice, Milk Arrowroot, Marie, Granita or similar plain bickie

[I'mPat]

I did a swap and got some graham crackers a couple of years ago, the closest I can think of for taste and texture is a biscuit my DM used to buy (not even sure if they are still on the market) but they were round and called DIGESTIVE BISCUITS.


Pat

[**Jubes**]

I'mPat wrote:
I did a swap and got some graham crackers a couple of years ago, the closest I can think of for taste and texture is a biscuit my DM used to buy (not even sure if they are still on the market) but they were round and called DIGESTIVE BISCUITS.


Pat

I'm sure that you can still buy Digestives

[Kerfuffle-Upon-Wincle]

Thanks peeps!