Everyone who's familiar with me knows me to be an uncontroversial guy. In keep with my homogenous and congenial personality I'd like to offer this bone of contention - Champion of Dull Food.

I'd include the Aussies and Kiwis in this derby but in truth I know of no particular food for which they are known - either famous or infamous. So perhaps they're purposely omitted since they're obvious shoe-ins.

Feel free to vote for any other nationality to deflect from your own poor and tasteless cusine.

I see MM typing furiously. I think I'm about to get grilled . . . or should I say barbied.

The Yanks love to pour copious amounts of maple syrup, salad dressing or ketchup all over their bland food, just to give it some taste. Then they wonder why the bucket seats in their cars seem to shrink every time they go for a drive.

The Brits stuff their faces with pork pies, bangers and mash and boring stews. They must also eat a lot of plums as they all seem to talk with a plum in their mouth.

The Kiwi's have their fush'n'chups covered in greasy batter. No wonder they fart so much.

We Aussies don't need sauces or artificial flavouring on our food. Our succulent fat prawns are bursting with natural flavour, our full bodied delicious beef will make your taste buds dance, and our passion fruit pavlovas make you salivate to extreme.

There is no argument, no nation can beat we Aussies for the best food.

I was interested in some serious replies, MM. Please leave the humourous fare in the garbage can out back of the kitchen along with the rest of the Aussie palate.

There's nothing more tasty than a nice English Indian Curry.

totster

English food gets a vote of confidence from tots. It's not enough to produce much more than a bland one-liner. Next . . .

Everyone who's familiar with me knows me to be an uncontroversial guy. In keep with my homogenous and congenial personality I'd like to offer this bone of contention - Champion of Dull Food.

I'd include the Aussies and Kiwis in this derby but in truth I know of no particular food for which they are known - either famous or infamous. So perhaps they're purposely omitted since they're obvious shoe-ins.

Feel free to vote for any other nationality to deflect from your own poor and tasteless cusine.

I suppose it has to be England........................200,000,000 obese, grossly overweight, fat bustards can't be wrong.

Everyone who's familiar with me knows me to be an uncontroversial guy. In keep with my homogenous and congenial personality I'd like to offer this bone of contention - Champion of Dull Food.

I'd include the Aussies and Kiwis in this derby but in truth I know of no particular food for which they are known - either famous or infamous. So perhaps they're purposely omitted since they're obvious shoe-ins.

Feel free to vote for any other nationality to deflect from your own poor and tasteless cusine.

I suppose it has to be England........................200,000,000 obese, grossly overweight, fat bustards can't be wrong.

Can I nominate Scotland - home of the deep-fried Mars bar!

I'd include the Aussies and Kiwis in this derby but in truth I know of no particular food for which they are known - either famous or infamous. So perhaps they're purposely omitted since they're obvious shoe-ins.

An interesting sentence from one such as yourself Tippy. You admit to knowing nothing of the subject, yet make absoloute judgments about the cuisine of two countries!

I am sure someone like Chuckok could dazzle, confuse and even disgust you with a description of the many varied animal, vegetable and marine life that Kiwis (particularly Maoris) prepare in unique ways to feast upon.

In Australia, I have at various times eaten kangaroo, emu (yes we are the only country that eats our national symbols), camel, buffalo, crocodile (cannibal ), goanna, dugong, ants, snails, goat, bustard, and more. Prepared with unique Australian fruits, herbs and spices, some Oz food would beat cuisene from anywhere.

Addittional, as one of the few real multicultural nations on the planet, Australia has the benefits of a multitude of the best cuisene found anywhere, prepared with the best and freshest ingrediants. There's just a little bit more available than an Indian curry or a kebab!

My memories of travelling through Britain and Europe are soured by the thoughts of the ordinary food I had to endure in most places.

I suppose it has to be England........................200,000,000 obese, grossly overweight, fat bustards can't be wrong.

Didn't realize England had that many people. England and bland food is redundant. We Americans do love our barbecued steaks and ribs (with a good sauce) along with baked potato covered in sour cream or butter and corn on the cob and biscuits or rolls. Yes, a coronary waiting to happen but oh so good. BTW, I am not fat by any stretch of the imagination. The above are on occasion and not a daily diet of course.

The Yanks love to pour copious amounts of maple syrup, salad dressing or ketchup all over their bland food, just to give it some taste. Then they wonder why the bucket seats in their cars seem to shrink every time they go for a drive.

The Brits stuff their faces with pork pies, bangers and mash and boring stews. They must also eat a lot of plums as they all seem to talk with a plum in their mouth.

The Kiwi's have their fush'n'chups covered in greasy batter. No wonder they fart so much.

We Aussies don't need sauces or artificial flavouring on our food. Our succulent fat prawns are bursting with natural flavour, our full bodied delicious beef will make your taste buds dance, and our passion fruit pavlovas make you salivate to extreme.

There is no argument, no nation can beat we Aussies for the best food.

You guys must hide that AMAZING FOOD well, because I go to Oz on vacation a lot, and it seems like the same stuff that we were eating in America 20 years ago.

My ignorance regarding Aussie and Kiwi cusine is admitted, Old Croc. All in jest. I added that statement in the end because in the States you can eat just about any cusine from aound the world. And it then dawned on me that in all my years here I had never run across a restaurant featuring food from your part of the world. Not sure why, but I hazarded a guess.

I will say that I did eat at an Australian restaurant in Tullamore, Ireland called Billabong's. I ordered the roast duck in mushroom gravy and it was one of the most memorable meals I've had the pleasure to eat. I continue to bring it up to this day and can still salivate over the memory.

In fact, quite surprisingly I ate the best Chinese food ever in Tullamore, too. I had heard prior to going to Ireland that the food was terrible. Au contraire, I had an exceptional gastronomical experience while there. I just wish I could remember some of the names of the meals I wolfed down.

Probably the best Chinese restaurant I have eaten in, outside the Far East, was the Singapore in Nahariya in Northern Israel. And funnily enough, one of the best and most memerable Indian restaurants was 'The Taj Mahal' in Yafo ( Jaffa) also Israel. Add the Steaks to that from the American Marines quarters in Herzalia, and Israel had a fair old amount of great eating places.

My best Indian food was in Hanoi - TWO great places!

Having run a restaurant in Thailand that caters to westerners I have to say the British put ketchup on far more dishes than I have ever seen any American do, I saw an English girl put ketchup on her mashed potatoes!

Bland food winner? Gotta be the South Pacific islands (including hawaii) native food: Poi --pounded taro root that tastes and feels like wallpaper paste.

We Aussies don't need sauces or artificial flavouring on our food. Our succulent fat prawns are bursting with natural flavour, our full bodied delicious beef will make your taste buds dance, and our passion fruit pavlovas make you salivate to extreme.

There is no argument, no nation can beat we Aussies for the best food.

That doesn't count here. What the discussion is about is national dishes, not ingredients. Prawns, beef, and passion fruit and items that would be included in a dish but are not actually a dish. Are there certain dishes made in OZ exclusive to your country?

We Aussies don't need sauces or artificial flavouring on our food. Our succulent fat prawns are bursting with natural flavour, our full bodied delicious beef will make your taste buds dance, and our passion fruit pavlovas make you salivate to extreme.

There is no argument, no nation can beat we Aussies for the best food.

That doesn't count here. What the discussion is about is national dishes, not ingredients. Prawns, beef, and passion fruit and items that would be included in a dish but are not actually a dish. Are there certain dishes made in OZ exclusive to your country?

Only one; VEGEMITE!!!

Want bland have German!

My ignorance regarding Aussie and Kiwi cusine is admitted, Old Croc. All in jest. I added that statement in the end because in the States you can eat just about any cusine from aound the world. And it then dawned on me that in all my years here I had never run across a restaurant featuring food from your part of the world. Not sure why, but I hazarded a guess.

I will say that I did eat at an Australian restaurant in Tullamore, Ireland called Billabong's. I ordered the roast duck in mushroom gravy and it was one of the most memorable meals I've had the pleasure to eat. I continue to bring it up to this day and can still salivate over the memory.

In fact, quite surprisingly I ate the best Chinese food ever in Tullamore, too. I had heard prior to going to Ireland that the food was terrible. Au contraire, I had an exceptional gastronomical experience while there. I just wish I could remember some of the names of the meals I wolfed down.

I am from Ireland and can say that every type of food is available and loads of it. You don't leave a restaurant hungry! Most home cooked food is the usual 'meat and 2 veg', nutrious, but not renowned for it's taste.

On the subject of Ozzy food,I have tried kangaroo and ostritch and loved both, the best quality meat I have ever had. (with the exception of whale, but that's another story!)

How can you call English food bland when we have Steak and Kidney Pudding, Chips, Peas and.............................................................................

......................................................................Gravy, yes Gravy. Us northern boys luv Gravy aroi mak mak

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Having run a restaurant in Thailand that caters to westerners I have to say the British put ketchup on far more dishes than I have ever seen any American do, I saw an English girl put ketchup on her mashed potatoes!

Yum!

Want bland have German!

Whaaaat????

Wienerschnitzel, Rouladen (sans carrots, please), Bratwürste in Bier, Reubens, Sauerkraut, Rotkohl, Gurkensalat, Schweinebraten, Spätzle, Rheinischer Sauerbraten, Thüringer, Gulasch, Kartoffelsalat. You want more???

How about all of the great sausages and luncheon meats for which they're famous?

Then there's desserts - Strudel, Struesselkuchen, Käsekuchen, Torten, Marzipan, Nougat. Germany might be outdone in the pastry department perhaps only by Austria.

For the northern Brits who love their gravy I've had German gravies to die for.

Bland my arse. What planet are you from, brit.

Want bland have German!

Whaaaat????

Wienerschnitzel, Rouladen (sans carrots, please), Bratwürste in Bier, Reubens, Sauerkraut, Rotkohl, Gurkensalat, Schweinebraten, Spätzle, Rheinischer Sauerbraten, Thüringer, Gulasch, Kartoffelsalat. You want more???

How about all of the great sausages and luncheon meats for which they're famous?

Then there's desserts - Strudel, Struesselkuchen, Käsekuchen, Torten, Marzipan, Nougat. Germany might be outdone in the pastry department perhaps only by Austria.

For the northern Brits who love their gravy I've had German gravies to die for.

Bland my arse. What planet are you from, brit.

I think he was meaning personality rather than food tip....

totster

The Yanks love to pour copious amounts of maple syrup, salad dressing or ketchup all over their bland food, just to give it some taste. Then they wonder why the bucket seats in their cars seem to shrink every time they go for a drive.

The Brits stuff their faces with pork pies, bangers and mash and boring stews. They must also eat a lot of plums as they all seem to talk with a plum in their mouth.

The Kiwi's have their fush'n'chups covered in greasy batter. No wonder they fart so much.

We Aussies don't need sauces or artificial flavouring on our food. Our succulent fat prawns are bursting with natural flavour, our full bodied delicious beef will make your taste buds dance, and our passion fruit pavlovas make you salivate to extreme.

There is no argument, no nation can beat we Aussies for the best food.

Your beef is complete crap.

Pav was invented by Kiwis.

The only people that eat feesh and cheeps in NZ are Aussies that are on holiday...

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Your beef is complete crap.

Pav was invented by Kiwis.

The only people that eat feesh and cheeps in NZ are Aussies that are on holiday...

We have N.Z. Lamb and Aussie Lamb at the F.C.

The Aussie lamb tastes much better.

Think that's because the N.Z. Lamb has a special addative.

Think that's because the N.Z. Lamb has a special addative.

Too funny.

i like porridge spread on buttered toast.

is that bland or is it inventive nouvelle cuisine?

i like porridge spread on buttered toast.

is that bland or is it inventive nouvelle cuisine?

It's called "each to their own"...

totster

i like porridge spread on buttered toast.

is that bland or is it inventive nouvelle cuisine?

A sprinkling of wasabe turns it into "fusion" cuisine!

I think he was meaning personality rather than food tip....

totster

Personality? I thought this topic was about food? With my personality I'd probably make for a dam.n tasty meal, eh?

O.K., don't answer that.