Tasty Tuesday--Aussie Hamburgers

More trivia from your CFATDU...

As it is Tasty Tuesday, we thought we'd tell you a couple of useless facts about the Australian Hamburger.

If your parents orfriends visit Australia and go to a hot food shop, Milk Bar (nearing extinction) or Fish & Chip shop, they might want to order a hamburger.

We're NOT talking McDonald's or other chain hamburger places.

As they bite into it, they may notice an unusual taste....usually followed by 'What's in this thing?'

That would be.......sliced...

It's usually sliced, this was the only picture we could find.

Beetroot!

Pickled, of course.

Though many true-blue Aussies will discard the pickle found in fast-food hamburgers, the beetroot holds an iconic standing in Australia.

If visitors are feeling adventurous, they may wish to go 'all the way' and order

a hamburger 'with the lot'.

This burger has, a beef patty, lettuce, tomato, bacon, cheese, pineapple, a fried egg and of course the beetroot!

You can have a choice of tomato, bbq or steak sauce...mustard isn't usually a choice.

If one is still feeling peckish, order a few potato scallops.

Ignore the Dim Sims in the background

Potato scallops are sort of a mashed potato thingy dipped in batter and deep fried.  Salt is optional.

'Get-it-in-to-ya' (Aussie for 'Bon Appetit')

Can you feel your arteries hardening?