Calling all Aussies!

moelowens132
moelowens132 Posts: 13 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Okay so on Friday I am finally moving to Australia to begin my adventure backpacking and going to university. Three years up in beautiful QLD! Anyway, I've traveled enough to know that everyone calls foods different things. So a few questions:

Grilled chicken, plain grilled chicken... Is that barbecued chicken?

Are organic foods called organic or bio?

Is it whole grain or whole meal?

Is kangaroo meat considered a lean meat?

Thankfully everyone will speak English (of some sort) so the language barrier us minimum but working in grams/kgs is going to take some time to get used to!

Also, feel free to add me!

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  • addysolari
    addysolari Posts: 181 Member
    Okay so on Friday I am finally moving to Australia to begin my adventure backpacking and going to university. Three years up in beautiful QLD! Anyway, I've traveled enough to know that everyone calls foods different things. So a few questions:

    Grilled chicken, plain grilled chicken... Is that barbecued chicken?

    Are organic foods called organic or bio?

    Is it whole grain or whole meal?

    Is kangaroo meat considered a lean meat?

    Thankfully everyone will speak English (of some sort) so the language barrier us minimum but working in grams/kgs is going to take some time to get used to!

    Also, feel free to add me!

    Good call

    1. grilled chicken = BBQ chicken
    2. Organic
    3. Interchangeable
    4. Kangaroo is lean as f**k, loads of protein and iron but kind of pricey

    with that said, as far as language goes just be ready for a bit more swearing than you're probably used to. :)
  • sami_83
    sami_83 Posts: 161
    Yay! Welcome to Australia :drinker:
    Grams/kilos will probably not take too long to get used to. At least it's simple to remember that 1,000g = 1kg :wink: too easy, mate!

    P.S. watch out for drop bears.
  • Sparkle_Princess
    Sparkle_Princess Posts: 926
    Okay so on Friday I am finally moving to Australia to begin my adventure backpacking and going to university. Three years up in beautiful QLD! Anyway, I've traveled enough to know that everyone calls foods different things. So a few questions:

    Grilled chicken, plain grilled chicken... Is that barbecued chicken?

    Are organic foods called organic or bio?

    Is it whole grain or whole meal?

    Is kangaroo meat considered a lean meat?

    Thankfully everyone will speak English (of some sort) so the language barrier us minimum but working in grams/kgs is going to take some time to get used to!

    Also, feel free to add me!

    1. Grilled chicken is just that, grilled chicken. A BBQ chicken is one cooked on a rotisserie
    2. organic but some shops do use the term bio
    3. both, we have wholegrain bread and wholemeal bread/flour etc
    4, lean meat yes and you can get it at a reasonable price, depending where you shop.


    The kg/grams is easy but i always google into lbs to see the difference for on mfp
  • SkimFlatWhite68
    SkimFlatWhite68 Posts: 1,254 Member
    Perhaps join the Aussie Aussie Aussie group.
  • gigglesinthesun
    gigglesinthesun Posts: 860 Member
    welcome to our beautiful state :drinker: hope you have a great time ... make sure you try lots of the different fruit and veggies, we have some great produce

    what do you mean roo is pricey? Don't you just pick it up by the side of the highway in the morning? :wink:
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,322 Member
    Welcome to Australia!!

    I am in South Australia, not Queensland but I hope you have a great time here.
    My nephew is at University in Qld too.

    BBQ chicken to me is rotesseried chicken, usually with spices added.
    I thin the term organic is used much more here.
    Whole grain bread generally means the one with the seeds etc in - whole grain is just brown bread but no seeds.

    Kangaroo meat is very lean - however its not that commonly eaten in Australia, I mean, people have tried it but its not a staple food - chicken, lamb beef, pork much more so.

    I remember going on a trip to UK and there were also Americans on the trip (you are from America?) and the Americans were quite new to the idea of eating lamb - surprised me as is so common here but apparently not over there?
  • moelowens132
    moelowens132 Posts: 13 Member
    Sweet thanks for all of that! Um lamb in the States isn't necessarily uncommon but it's pricey and considered more of a fancy dish.

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