American Reacts to Comparing Australian Food to American Food

[@jessbellis9510]

If burger buns are used it's a burger. If regular slice bread is used, it's a sandwhich.

[@Greg-r5h]

Unless it's Roll.

[@aussiekat6379]

Yep and that’s what Americans don’t get!!

[@aussiekat6379]

@@Greg-r5hyep you can’t beat a salad roll..

[@dentray]

@@aussiekat6379 What happened to Horseshoe rolls?

[@acd6835]

@@Greg-r5h If it's cold meat, it's generally a roll. If it's hot meat, it's generally a burger. And yes, burgers/rolls can be any type of meat here in Australia, it's not limited to beef for example as it is in the USA.

[@miniveedub]

One of the things that often seems to be overlooked when these price comparisons are made is that the Aussie price includes tax and you don’t have to add a tip. So when you buy a meal and the menu price is $20 that’s how much you will pay, not $20 plus tax and then add a tip so it ends up costing something like $26.

[@AnUrbanGypsy]

When I visited Canada, the independent café prices were very similar to Aussie prices, plus tax and tip, so we found it on the spendy side. Not sure if prices in the USA are comparable to Canada but if they are, meals are not as cheap as they try to make out they are.

[@GroperJoeandFriends]

Yeah, but we pay a gst tax on top of an already taxed item paying double tax on our items 😂

[@lonnie224]

@@GroperJoeandFriendseveryone, everywhere does too

[@GroperJoeandFriends]

@lonnie224 nope not everywhere hahaha 🤦

[@GroperJoeandFriends]

@lonnie224 and it's illegal to tax an already taxed item, or do you not know your own rights 🤣🤦

[@Jeni10]

Bundaberg Ginger Beer is a brewed soft drink, which is why it tastes so much better. I love their Sarsaparilla! I sip it, I just want the flavour in my mouth.

[@eddykate3700]

There are only two soft drinks that I ever drink...ginger beer and sarsaparilla. Definitely Bundaberg is tops! As a "two pot screamer" I can't drink alcohol, so I used to order sarsaparilla cordial and milk. It looked like a Bailey's and cream but I didn't act like a twit when I drank it, unlike an alcoholic drink that would send me right off!

[@kerriecrewe5267]

You also have higher drunk driving stats. Not gonna lie, when we used to visit the US we bought as much home as we could. All purchased at regular stores, not duty free.

[@mce_AU]

When talking about Chips it's in the context. If I'm holding a bag of potato chips, I'm probably not talking about hot chips.

[@Steven-yf2ef]

Plus if you're in a fish and chips shop they probably don't sell potato chips and if they do you never ask for chips since there're a ton of choices you would ask for the name of the bag of chips. E.g you would ask for honey soy chicken chips

[@jogould1045]

i think we have stringent food regulations as well so the quality is good.

[@petemedium2185]

From an American perspective we are too over governed .... Socialists ..... hence why we are healthy and they are dying faster than Donald is loosing his marbles.

[@JoanneBurford09]

The food is just fresher here and we don't add corn syrup, to anything 😖

[@bradmacoz]

@@JoanneBurford09 AND SUGAR to everything

[@brunetteXer]

yeah, but there's way too much maltodextrin being used nowadays.

[@EmperorJake]

The most popular doughnuts in Australia are the plain old cinnamon ones. I've heard those are hard to find in America. Also, bagels are a relatively new thing here, even as recently as 15 years ago they were nowhere to be found

[@fleachamberlain1905]

Hot cinnamon doughnuts. So good. Followed closely by hot jam doughnuts. Ooh yeah.

[@carolerooney407]

If it goes between burger buns, it’s a burger. If it goes between 2 pieces of bread it’s a sandwich. It’s not rocket science

[@florencepierce1864]

It's not even Rocket Surgery!

[@DaveOz-mx5oh]

Burger = 🍔, Sandwich = 🥪

[@retrospect4549]

@carolerooney407 a hamburger is a cooked beef mince patty originating from Hamburg, germany, immigrants brought it over to America, I think the creators of the damn thing have the right to keep it that way, bread buns have nothing to do with the original hamburger. I'm Australian and I know how we call it here, but we did change it and ruin it

[@retrospect4549]

@carolerooney407 if you google original german hamburger in Google images you won't see a single picture with bread, they are rissoles. A hamburger is a rissole.

[@retrospect4549]

@@carolerooney407 and also, the first hamburgers to be put between bread were not buns they were sliced loaf bread slices, that's what hamburgers were and truly are, minced meat cook on a grill, either eaten by themselves or with potatoes or put between to slices of bread, that's what they started as in America by Germans coming from Hamburg city

[@graycee8326]

Hey im aussie and I can say in regards to 'anything between 2 buns is a burger. ' well not if its salad and cold meat. Then it becomes a salad roll. 🤣🤣

[@katb7921]

And double cut!

[@ramiromaia592]

Alcohol is heavily taxed in Australia due to alcohol fuelled antisocial behaviour and tobacco is also heavily taxed due to health reasons.

[@jayr4857]

Not in my city. I can buy a packet of Manchester cigarettes for $10. In every second shop. Not that I smoke anymore. And as far as. The Grog is concerned. I can do the same thing. Why pay the government tax on these items? I totally support the black market. It's the hero's we need.

[@LordEriolTolkien]

@@jayr4857 I priced a packet of Escort Red 35's the other day: 77 dollareedoos. Which works out to over $2 per smoke. When I quit smoking about 5 years ago they had just passed 50 bucks a pack When I first started, in my early teens, back in the 80's, a pack of Black and White 20's was 95 cents

[@babuzzard6470]

Bullshit, it’s heavily taxed because because our useless politicians are addicted to easy taxes and the more they get the more they want, if they poured the sin taxes back into health we wouldn’t have half the problems in our health system.

[@nevillejackson49]

How do we complain to the Government for doing this

[@petemedium2185]

@@jayr4857 .... yet you still expect free/low cost medical care when you get sick. The tax on tobacco in particular has made Aussie one of the healthiest countries in the world.

[@traceypace2010]

I am sorry boxed Mac and cheese should be illegal. Is so not good or good for you. Hello from Melbourne where we love our food - real food. Also the sandwich is named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an eighteenth-century English aristocrat. It is commonly said that Lord Sandwich, during long sessions of cribbage and other card games at public gambling houses, would order his valet to bring him salt beef between two pieces of toasted bread. Therefore if it’s on a bun it’s not a sandwich 😊

[@missjane1403]

"Howyagarn" As an Aussie, it gives me the warm fuzzies every time I hear Ian welcome us each video

[@101steel4]

Australia still uses many "English" words, rather than the American English equivalent.

[@LifenPlay]

Why would they use ANY "American" words?

[@101steel4]

​@@LifenPlayAmerican English words. Of course American isn't a language. Only Americans and apparently you, think so.

[@lmaree200886]

Australian vocabulary is Australian English with a few shortened words to make life easier. Americans just purposely destroyed their version to be less 'Bri'ish'! 😂

[@AndrewFishman]

Australia uses all English. Not US English at all lol. "Many" meaning "All"/

[@thomasmcmahon9029]

@@AndrewFishmanwhen’s the last time you ate an ‘aubergine’ or ‘courgette’?

[@BLSFL_HAZE]

We often DO delineate what you guys call fries from chips by calling them "hot chips". However, these are generally a much thicker cut than fries. Depending on the place, one hot chip is the equivalent size of a bundle of around 4 to 6 fries.

[@Gordon_L]

Sometimes the thin french fries are called shoestring fries here in Australia , perhaps elsewhere also.

[@101steel4]

Fries aren't chips, they're two different things. Americans call crisps, chips

[@BLSFL_HAZE]

@@101steel4 Australians ALSO call crisps, chips. And we call (a thicker version of) what Americans call fries, hot chips.

[@infin8ee]

Steak chips in some places are the thicker (hot) chips but not wedges thick . Cold chips = crisps. The only time I'd say "fries" is at Macca's.

[@lmaree200886]

​@@infin8eeCrisps is a British word! No Australian packaging of potato chips says crisps on them 🤦‍♀️😂

[@scottsheppard4332]

You got super excited Ian at the mention of the ginger beer😁 The gang up in Bundaberg should reach out and make you their U.S. ambassador 😎

[@tahliagray1747]

apparently they want to keep majority in Aus, good on em though! but it is nice to see the reactions of non Aus tasting the drinks

[@richbuang2]

A few years ago Adam Savage of Mythbusters mentioned on his KZbin channel that Bundaberg Ginger beer is his favourite drink so once Bundaberg heard about it they sent him a pallet of his favourite Ginger beer flavours

[@scottsheppard4332]

@@richbuang2 But there are only 2 ginger beer flavours, the regular and the diet. Unless you meant the whole range of soft drinks then Adam was a lucky boy 😁

[@richbuang2]

@@scottsheppard4332 yes you're right. They sent him the ginger beer diet which is his favourite in a special customised Bundaberg bottle with his face on the label

[@wilsonperez2668]

A Yank ginger ambassador spruiking Aussie ginger beer to the Yanks? 😂🎉 Inception...

[@SalisburyKarateClub]

When you compare prices at pubs and restaurants don't forget to factor in we don't tip. Big saving there

[@dzzope]

And include taxes?

[@traceymarshall7991]

@@dzzope The price we are charged is the price we pay.. no taxes added to the bill!😀😀

[@beyondbackwater4933]

Cost of living in Australia is ridiculous even without tips

[@dzzope]

@@traceymarshall7991 same as eu and most other places, wasn't sure.

[@etienne8110]

​@@dzzopeamerica is def the exception. Not including tax in advertised price and having to add tips on top of it all.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

When out with their mum and dad at a posher restaurant, my Aussie grommet grandsons often opt for either barramundi or balmain bugs, or if it's a meat place, for roast lamb. For a quick eat, its a beetroot hamburger with a lamington to follow. Brekkie is buttered toast and Vegemite and decent coffee.

[@That_is_for_me_to_know]

You are correct about Sydney and Melbourne being more expensive than Adelaide and Perth. Brisbane is in the middle along with Darwin. The latter mainly due to transport costs.

[@teestees1115]

lemonade and sprite are two different drinks in Australia

[@dentray]

Even in Europe they use Sprit as lemonade, I think only UK and Australia/NZ have lemonade that isnt Sprite, fizzy lemonade is not sprite it tastes different.

[@julzhunt7790]

Sprite is lemon and lime

[@infin8ee]

The best lemon squash is from the pub. Cold glass , condensation down the side with ice on a hot day is just the best.

[@cherrymaree]

Maybe she was after Traditional lemonade?

[@teestees1115]

@@cherrymaree you do know USA is not the world right

[@kathduncan9618]

Australians don't really eat mac + cheese - that's a kind of slime you'd only eat if completely broke, off your face or starving. And we definitely would not eat packaged mac + cheese.

[@KH-rc7tl]

Ha ha ! Broke, off your face or starving ! 😂 love it !!!

[@jasonstevens7158]

So, Ian, you’re concentrating on the Cheezels and totally ignoring the guy in the wetsuit carrying his surfboard through the supermarket? Probably not something that you’d see in your local grocery store 😂

[@shaynegadsden]

The bane of US food is corn syrup

[@MrSurguy-fb2hy]

Australian food always uses cane sugar as the sweetener. I always wondered how different the taste is between the two if the rest of the ingredients were the same.

[@shaynegadsden]

@@MrSurguy-fb2hy to me corn syrup is sweeter and also has an after taste and while it's mostly banned here we do have some stores the import US food and for lack of a better description sugar just tastes cleaner

[@Hudson316]

@@MrSurguy-fb2hyiirc Mexican Coke uses cane sugar so if you can find that it’d be a comparison to the American stuff

[@just_passing_through]

We have both Ketchup and Tomato Sauce in Australia. They are not the same thing. It almost goes without saying, but ketchup contains a lot more sugar, and that’s why America doesn’t have tomato sauce. Why have less sugar when you can have more sugar?

[@dallasfrost1996]

Yeah, it's the same here in New Zealand. Ketchup & Tomato Sauce are two different things.

[@joannedonaldson5818]

Not if its home made less sugar

[@just_passing_through]

@@joannedonaldson5818 If you add a lot of sugar you are making ketchup, if you add less sugar you are making Tomato Sauce. Home made or not, that fact still remains. You can home make ketchup and call it tomato sauce if you like, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t ketchup. Hell, you can call it peanut butter if you want to, but it’s still ketchup.

[@lmaree200886]

No, its more than just sugar as the difference. Aussie tomato sauce is based on Italian passata but being a condiment not a pasta sauce. Both tomato sauce and ketchup have tomatoes, vinegar (food acid 260), sugar, salt, & spices but ketchup has slightly more sugar, more white or brown vinegar, mustard powder, onion powder, garlic powder, pepper, cumin. Allspice, clove, cinnamon is the basic flavour profile of Heinz ketchup. Tomato sauce has sbout half of the spices used in ketchup.

[@joannedonaldson5818]

@@lmaree200886 pee off leave me alone

[@thesmalefam7786]

Bundaberg ginger beer is great but have you tried Kirks Olde Stoney ?

[@thecleanercurtis4370]

Oh yes....that ginger burn in stoneys like no other.❤

[@tammiefoster-arundell1200]

Saxby's Ginger Beer isn't bad either

[@resourcedragon]

I still prefer the Bundaberg - it's got more of a natural flavour to my way of thinking.

[@Gordon_L]

Several years ago my folks visited friends in Long Island NY , bought a bottle of good Australian wine to take with them , while there they went to a liquor outlet and found the same Aussie wine there cheaper than what they paid here .

[@petemedium2185]

Yes that's because the US don't have our free/low cost health system that those taxes support.

[@joannedonaldson5818]

Its happens every where china slice of steak $8 its made in australia but Australian pay $ 23 a slice and upwards its the same with lobster they pay $10 we pay up to $ 100 kilo especially around christmas

[@LisaS23N]

Sesame seed bagel with Smoked salmon, cream cheese, capers and occasionally some lettuce and tomato

[@davidareeves]

For a sweet tooth, I like Vanilla Slice or Doughnut custard filled with Pineapple icing. Tamer variant, a good old lamington, home made preferred. As for the drinks like Ginger Beer, personal I like Sarsaparilla or Portello, and to me these are more like old style ciders than soft drinks (or Pop as you call it).

[@peterlinsley4287]

Got to remember a sausage between bread is a sausage sandwich, and a Frankfurt in a bun is a hotdog. I always thought the difference between French fries, chips, and wedges was the way the potatoes were cut. Hot chips and potato chips are the same, just one's meant to be eaten hot and the other cold. By US thinking, shouldn't a hamburger be made of ham, not beef.

[@ray73864]

Sausage Sizzle! Though unlike the rest of the country, we west-aussies are more cultured and put our sausage sizzle in a hotdog bun :) Difference in chips is the way they are cut, with french fries being called 'shoestring chips'.

[@petemedium2185]

@@ray73864 But wasn't it WA's Bunnings that started the sausage in bread with onions. Prior to Bunnings here in Qld, a sausage sizzle was in a hot dog bun.

[@ray73864]

@@petemedium2185 Nope. Our sausage sizzles have always been in hotdog buns, never bread. Bread was what Bunnings on the eastern side of the country always used.

[@dianagiles9467]

Remember Bunnings now put onion on first then sausage due to some crazy slipping over on onion 😂

[@ShipCreek]

​@@petemedium2185I'm 64 raised in SA now in WA & I've been eating snags & onions in bread all my life.

[@glenndot6965]

Why does every American expect that everything in a different country has the same name and taste as the USA!! Our food is fresher, healthier and does not have have mountains of chemicals and corn syrup to make it taste bette and our Government makes sure our food regulations are tough.

[@petemedium2185]

They have been brainwashed into believing nothing can be better than what comes out of the good old Red White and Blue.

[@Jillrussell-mj4yw]

Exactly right! Our food is so much better

[@Steven-yf2ef]

our food regulations are tough lol, that's kinda downplaying how strict it is here lol

[@lone982]

Regarding coffee. In Australia you will always be served espresso made by a real barrista not automatically machine coffee or not drip. No one would pay for drip coffee here ....

[@kerrishying8722]

absolutely, we have a Bialetti at the least in our kitchens at home

[@ianmontgomery7534]

I live by myself in Dandenong, which is a suburb of Melbourne, and I spend less than $80 per week on food which includes two nights of take-away. I do shop carefully and are happy to buy bulk and freeze products if that makes it more economic.

[@TheOriginal_Unaleska]

Thats crazy! $80 plus take out?! I'd be lucky to get shopping under $100. And thats just for one weeks dinner not including other items like shampoo and conditioner. That's insane. I question what you are buying for it to be so low.

[@eclecticapoetica]

i’m shopping for two and our all up fortnightly shop is about $275.00 but I buy a lot of better quality products, very low fat meats, organic veg and dairy - everything if available, free range eggs. If I wanted to cut back, I could easily do it for about $180 for both of us, but it would be quite restrictive and not as good quality. I don’t buy any pre-manufactured foods, we prepare everything from fresh produce.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

@@eclecticapoetica yeah 180 for two is not a whole lot different to 80 for one. I too buy free range eggs ($7 per dozen for 700g). I am not a big red meat eater which might make a difference as chicken and pork tends to be a lot cheaper than beef or lamb, which I do occasionally buy. As I have got older I do eat a lot less than when I was in my twenties!

[@RamielLemon]

​@@TheOriginal_Unaleska- there's a fresh food market there, open 3x a week, and lots of competitive grocery stores there; the big 2, Aldi, IGA, and other independents.

[@9LJM2]

Brooooo an Ice Cold Bundaberg Ginger Beer after mowing the lawn in the summer sun is the best

[@IWrocker]

I’ve literally experienced exactly that.. can confirm that it’s Great 👍 🎉

[@acking49]

Regarding the burger vs sandwich debate, i do have something to add which might help people out. I'm aussie & had this exact convo with my American and Canadian friends a while back. From my understanding, in america, a sandwich is anything that has real meat between a bread. Doesn't matter the type of bread, if it has slices of ham or a chicken breast fillet, or bacon, or even a steak, it's a sandwich. The minute you mince that meat up and turn it into a burger patties, it is a burger, again, no matter the type of bread. Which in Australia, can't work, because if you go to some restaurants, you can choose to get either a steak burger or a steak sandwich, or a bacon egg sandwich or a bacon egg burger, and the difference is the bread. The piece of meat will remain an actual steak or actual bacon, not minced up or anything. But you choose for it to be on either a burger bun or 2 slices of sandwich bread. To call anything put on a burger bun a sandwich makes no sense here. I think the only exception to this rule is if you put a burger patty on 2 slices of white bread. We do call it a "burger", however its with the understanding it's not a "real" burger, but sandwich bread is all we got and we may even cry a little inside lol. Hope this helps a bit because this debate with my american and canadian friends was very educational.

[@MrSurguy-fb2hy]

A burger patty with no bread is often referred to as a rissole. I don’t know how much that term is used nowadays because I’m old, but in my time, a ground beef patty on sliced bread would have been a “Rissole Sandwich”

[@DaveOz-mx5oh]

There is no debate. Burger = 🍔, Sandwich = 🥪

[@hiwall4883]

A lot of Australian families have their own vegetable gardens, we grow our own tomatoes and other fresh produce, we have backyards with lots of sun in summer. Also a lot of people have chickens in their yards and get fresh eggs that way. I personally have an orange tree, lime and peach tree, so I rarely have to buy those at the store. I remember when I was growing up, the city planted plum trees along the street, so we always had fresh plums.I guess Americans have more apartment living, so rely on buying fresh produce from the store.

[@just_passing_through]

If I order a chicken burger in Australia, I know what I’m getting. 🍔 If I order a chicken sandwich, I also know what I will receive. 🥪 If I order a chicken sandwich in the US, what am I getting? 🍔 or 🥪?

[@petemedium2185]

Russian Roulette?

[@philip4193]

What we call a chicken sandwich here (as in cold chicken with salad ingredients etc between two slices of white or brown bread) they generally call a chicken Club sandwich over there.

[@just_passing_through]

@@philip4193 That kind or reinforces my point. If this 🥪 is a sandwich to Americans, how can this 🍔 also be a sandwich ? They both can’t be sandwiches.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

The One Pack Wanderers (from Arizona) just did a natural wonders video trip of Tasmania, our fresh gourmet food capital, but it ended up being mostly a local food tasting! In the rest of Australia they made do with noodles, sandwiches or salads, but they splurged on food in Tassie! 😋

[@Gordon_L]

Arizona , not Nevada .

[@jenniferharrison8915]

​@@Gordon_LYour right! 😁

[@Gordon_L]

@@jenniferharrison8915 Tia for scale ! 😄

[@jenniferharrison8915]

@@Gordon_L Yes, even in the cold wind, they are consistent! 😂

[@6226superhurricane]

i've only had one bagle in my whole life. you can find them but they're not really a thing.

[@lmaree200886]

They're available in 4 packs in Coles & Woolworths and sometimes IGA or Aldi have them too 😂

[@FieryFlamingFajitas]

I guess it depends where you live. Where I live, you can find bagels on almost every cafe menu and they're sold in supermarkets

[@xxillicitxx]

The inner south east of Melbourne is nicknamed "the bagel belt", there's plenty around here!

[@kathydurow6814]

Bagels are around a lot of places these days. Back in the 80s & maybe into the early 90s in Sydney there was pretty much only one place that served them in a Cafe & sold them fresh. 30 years later, you can buy things called bagels in supermarkets, even if they may not be the traditional ones.

[@philip4193]

Yeah, the whole fries/chips thing got me the first time I ordered lunch at a restaurant over in the 'States some years ago. I ordered a BLT and the waiter asked if I wanted fries or chips as the side dish. I guessed that he was differentiating between those skinny shoestring French fries and the thicker cut hot chips as we do here so I asked for chips. What I received was the contents of a packet of Lay's crisps dumped on my plate next to my sandwich, which I found very confusing at the time (having a packet of crisps served as a side dish to a meal here in Oz is very unusual, as packet crisps are generally seen as a stand-alone snack food).

[@tonys1636]

Subway in the UK and Europe had to change their bread recipe as it had so much sugar it could not be sold as bread as was classified cake. Most prepackaged sliced bread in the US has over twice what is permitted here both in sugar and salt content. Fresh bread from a Baker's will go stale in 24 hours and the supermarket wrapped bread will go mouldy after about 3 days, having been produced less than 24 hrs before being on the shop shelf.

[@Mnbvcxzlkjhg1]

Bakery bread only goes stale if it's not made from sourdough. I started baking my own bread, as here in Germany bread has gotten a lot worse in most places over the last few decades. Real sourdough bread keeps fresh for like 4-5 days and only goes stale after 7-10 days. Most place especially in bigger cities just use industrial baking mixes, which are unhealthy trash.

[@periwinkleteh1266]

Hey Ian, add a jigger of scotch whisky and some ice to your Bundaberg ginger beer for a refreshing change (some folks call it Scottish Mule). Works well with rye, bourbon or Irish whiskey too. Squeeze of lime or lemon optional.

[@RC-fm6bj]

Bundaburg ginger beer with a wack of bundaburg dark rum. Delicious, = "A Dark and Stormy"

[@graycee8326]

Most large coffees in Australia are around $6. I buy Jumbo for $7:20 which not many places sell.

[@Kymberlee_W]

Ian, the reason American cheese is orange is due to the colouring added to it. The colouring is made from Annatto and its a natural colour/flavour. On TV shows about cheese making, I've also seen cheese makers adding Paprika to the outside rind of some cheeses. Generally speaking, Aussie cheeses are all natural and have no colour added. It tastes different because our cows eat different grasses and the cheese making process will be slightly different. Just like KFC tastes different in Australia - they use a different type of oil to fry the chicken in. Our beef tastes different, too. It's very good beef, too. McDonald's advertises that it uses only Aussie beef here in Australia. I hope that answers some questions. I'm an American émigré living in Australia for the past 20 years. I love it here. I will admit to having a breakdown in the cheese aisle because the only cheese i liked at the time was Cracker Barrel.... It took me awhile to find an all purpose cheddar cheese i liked. I didn't want to spend a bunch of money on the off chance i might hate it... Because I'd had a bad experience with cheese - i didn't know that it was cheap, generic, store brand. It tasted like gross plastic. I'm not very picky but I do know what flavours I don't like.

[@frogmouth]

Bagels don't work with Vegemite. I like smoked salmon and avocado in a bagel or the salmon with cream cheese and chive

[@frogmouth]

I like Vegemite with sliced tomato and black pepper savory or with sliced banana sweet . On rye toast or sourdough

[@luciebatt]

No one mentioned the surfer walking down the supermarket isle? 10/10 Aussie 😂. I live in Melbourne and agree with the previous comment. I would be surprised if you can’t find any cuisine you fee like somewhere here. Even our traditional ‘fast food’ takeout is made with quality meats and fresh produce grown under good conditions.

[@Birdiechik]

try a bagel with vegemite, cheese, tomato, and hot sauce, make sure you melt the cheese over the top too!

[@darkmarvel1953]

As an Australian i can tell you it's cheaper for most things in the big cities than the country towns and communities

[@KH-rc7tl]

I live in the country and things are more expensive. Less competition

[@darkmarvel1953]

@KH-rc7tl I'm from the Northern Territory, and it's bad up here and worse in the remote communities

[@eddykate3700]

My daughter owns a transport logistics business and has over 150 trucks on the road every day. Products are usually more expensive than in cities to send to the country of course due to cost of diesel, wages, maintenance etc However, it beats me why our petrol is sometimes cheaper than in Melbourne.

[@lisaas4477]

Bagel with cream cheese and Vegemite - delicious. Avocado and Vegemite also good

[@Kualabear02]

Australia has bacon like the US bacon it’s called streaky bacon we have several types which are simply different cuts. In the US the streaky bacon is the most popular so the market has delivered.

[@bar-d1423]

A lot of the time groceries are much more expensive in regional towns because of transport costs.

[@warrenturner397]

What do you class as groceries?

[@bar-d1423]

@@warrenturner397 groceries are your basic foods. What you shop for every week.

[@andrewhazlewood4569]

She called Tim tams chocolate biscuits without even thinking that Americans do not use the word biscuit for cookies but for soft scones

[@TrentDixon-kg3kk]

Eating out is way cheaper in Australia, you need to remember those prices are all you pay, tax is included and there are no tips to add

[@IWrocker]

Strong points you make 🎉

[@norbitcleaverhook5040]

Australia is famously expensive

[@Kualabear02]

The last time I was in the US everything was so cheap!! And the portions were huge but that was in 1991.

[@phils4634]

@@norbitcleaverhook5040 The major cities are, but once you get out in the sticks, prices are far more affordable, and the food choices just as good (maybe even better, with locally sourced produce).

[@Theyadayada]

@@phils4634 I live out in regional vic, shit is so expensive here to the point I'm leaving. No idea where you're getting your cheap food.

[@top40researcher31]

Shes in a Supermarket not a grocery store supermarkets hold more food stock than a grocery store

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

Does it really matter?

[@top40researcher31]

@@geofftottenperthcoys9944 Yes it does because there's a big difference

[@Krenisphia]

Another difference right there is Americans call supermarkets "grocery store".

[@macdac9861]

@@top40researcher31do you ever read comments like these back to yourself and think what a tiresome twat I am

[@periwinkleteh1266]

The other way to distinguish chips is to say "a packet of chips" or "crisps". Hungry Jacks and KFC have chips, Macca's have fries (or as my kids used to call them "skinny little chips").

[@Jodes207]

That’s interesting to me🧐 I’m South Aussie and maybe it’s a location thing but I’ve never actually heard anyone call potato chips “crisps”. Don’t get me wrong, I’d definitely know what they were on about but I just don’t think I’ve ever personally heard it said🤷🏻‍♀️

[@jayr4857]

Hungry jacks have fries.

[@trevorcook4439]

@@Jodes207I’ve always used the term crisps. It wasn’t that long ago that Smiths were still labelled Smiths Crisps.

[@trevorcook4439]

None of them we called fries when I was younger. It’s younger generations that are adopting US vernacular.

[@lmaree200886]

​@@trevorcook4439That was over 50 years ago so chips are a younger generation thing, anyone younger than a gen x 😁

[@Jeni10]

She left off the butter! Vegemite AND butter!

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Love subway, multigrain wrap with salad, honey mustard, salt and pepper yum

[@thebob3712]

5:00 Harvest snap peas, the chilli flavoured ones are so good, my go to chip/crisp, bit pricey but worth it

[@Jeni10]

Starbucls we have tried but did not like! We tasted and said no thanks. So they closed up most of their stores.

[@solreaver83]

Her chips and burrito prices are insane. If she is spending that she is going to some snobby little Cafe. I'd expect to spend half that.

[@infin8ee]

Somewhere in Glebe or Double Bay maybe? I don't drink wine but $11 for a glass? Surely not!

[@susan5822]

Might be more expensive in Melbourne but no tip and tax is in the price not the price plus tax

[@Staffo1972]

Yep we say it lollies or sweets but most of the time it's the name brand most of us say as well boiled sweets or boiled lollies and peppermint canes in the xmas time. Australia.

[@Thinkforyourselvz]

We have Lemonade everywhere and is what our Mums gave us when we were crook as kids. Usually flat.

[@rotisseriepancake]

As an Australian, i didn't know that Kangaroo Jerky was even a thing 🤔

[@trinahohaia8213]

Im also Australian. I never knew that Kangaroo Jerky was a thing. I feel that I should have. I need to try.

[@lmaree200886]

You can get kangaroo, emu, crocodile jerky from specialist makers. I only liked the roo, other two were rank 😢

[@brunetteXer]

married to a Sth African, we NEVER call it jerky.

[@Hudson316]

@@brunetteXerbiltong is different isn’t it?

[@Flirkann]

​@@Hudson316 yeah, more fatty and marinaded for enhanced flavor

[@stephaniebell4272]

I love the Harvest Snaps Pea crisps💖💖💖💖💖

[@matthewcooper5369]

Vegemite & a slice of Bega cheese is an awesome combo in a bagel

[@susan5822]

Another difference. As you said, Americans say ‘erbal and we say herbal, pronouncing the ‘h’

[@DaveOz-mx5oh]

@@susan5822 but if somebody is named Herb they will pronounce the H

[@top40researcher31]

Subway in australia has a better menu than america as American Subway move towards fatty and greasy foods as Subway in Australia are in low calories.

[@christinesavage4837]

On my last trip to USA in 2018, I was desperate for a healthier take away and as I semi regularly would get a 6in Sub & sparking water for lunch when I couldn't be bothered to bring my own, I was happy to see a Subway. Never again in USA. The bread was this weird cake like thing, the salads were very poor and overall just not the relatively healthy & very tasty lunch I was expecting. They didn't even have a sparking water, just those super sweet corn syrup sodas with free refill. Who wants a refill of refined sugar after already consuming more than the daily recommendation in a single serving. We are so lucky here food wise.

[@IWrocker]

@@christinesavage4837subway is horrible in the US. Much better sandwich/sub shops here then them

[@petemedium2185]

Yes we have much better health regulations in Australia than the US: I think they are trying to reduce their population by killing them with kindness, food wise.

[@top40researcher31]

@@IWrocker Subway in Australia is more on the healthier side low in calories

[@Mnbvcxzlkjhg1]

Here in Germany comparing two subways is almost impossible. Some might be fresh(as fresh as fast food goes), while others make mcd look like a fresh from the garden type of food.

[@kevo6190]

I one day want to go to America to learn about some of the beautifully stacked deli style sandwiches like the Ruben, Beef on wreck, lobster roll, Cuban, French dip and (Shout out Chicago) the Italian beef sandwich and many many more. The sandwiches looked awesome but I will have to learn.. not burgers though 😂 Open a mad sandwich shop down here and take lunch orders from the tradies (they got coin and LOVE a big long lunch break😂

[@MelodyMan69]

Bundaberg Plant is in the Sugar Cane growing 'belt' of Queensland and they also grow their own Ginger at the Facility Site. Best ingredients. 🇦🇺 👀

[@Jeni10]

I love to eat fresh produce and Subway in Australia is always fresh - white bread, fresh iceberg lettuce, fresh sliced tomato, grated carrot, purple onion rings, thinly sliced cucumber, red and green capsicum (peppers), and avocado, with sweet onion dressing, my favourite. AUD$11.95 footlong.

[@thecleanercurtis4370]

All pre packed except tomato mate...full of preservatives.....fact.

[@Jeni10]

@@thecleanercurtis4370 Subway Australia: “A commitment to fresh, nutritious food and wellbeing underpins the brand’s success. Subway is one of the largest investors in fresh Australian and New Zealand produce and takes pride in the provenance of its ingredients. Ingredients are sourced locally, supporting close to 90 growers in communities across the country. With fresh veggies sliced in-restaurant and bread baked on-site, Subway’s freshness and quality is on display every day in every restaurant.” “The Australian Total Diet Study found that Australian consumers' exposure to PFAS through food and beverages is very low and poses no food safety concerns. Only one type of PFAS - perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) - was detected at low levels in less than 2% of all foods sampled. PFAS levels were well below Australian guidance values, including FSANZ trigger points for site investigation and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) drinking water guidelines. “The overall dietary exposure to PFOS for the general Australian population is lower than the Tolerable Daily Intake indicating no public health and safety concerns. “Conclusion “Overall, the 27th ATDS found: “PFAS levels in the Australian food supply are very low there are no public health and safety concerns for the general Australian population, and there is no current need for additional risk management measures (like maximum levels) in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.​“ (25 Jan 2024)

[@ianmontgomery7534]

Tomato sauce and ketchup have different spices in them - they are similar but not the same. I prefer ketchup on a hot dog but tomato sauce on a pie.

[@purposeinmind]

I'm a born and bred Aussie and I use very little Vegemite on my toast or sandwiches. I love it, but it's not great if you spread it thick. Having said that, my daughter when she was little wanted it thick and spread right to the edges of the bread/toast. She uses much less now. So each to their own. Only spread a little on your first taste. Anne 🦘

[@DarkMatter1992]

7:36 We actually had Jersey Mike's here for a few years, there were 3 total loctations in the Brisbane and Gold Coast region. I was a very regular customer, I always ordered a giant #42. They never reopened after Covid hit. Please Jersey Mike's, come back, I miss you dearly.

[@anth5189]

Just look at the definition of a burger. It is anything, not just meat. It can be chicken or fish with salad. You will find people who live near the beach barefoot, but that isn't a thing in general.

[@dentray]

Going Bare foot was a big thing everywhere in Australia until about 20 years ago especially W.A and Queensland. its dying out same as putting "But" at the end of a sentence but! lol

[@anth5189]

@@dentray Maybe where you were. I grew up in Sydney and have only ever seen people barefoot around Bondi. Away from the coast NEVER. So no it was never a big thing.

[@gracevandenbergen]

​@@dentray Yes I remember people walking barefoot to the milk bar or shopping center occasionally in summer when I was a kid in the Melbourne suburbs. I might have even done it myself once or twice. Even the adults did it. But it has definitely died out.

[@PUTDEVICE]

Lemonade can mean different things where you are in the world. here in Sweden where it is called SAFT. is a sweet concentrated liquid, like strawberries, raspberries, citrus, lime, rhubarb, orange, apple, yes, like any fruit. where you pour 1-2 parts of the concentrate and top up with water

[@AnoJanJan]

A few years ago a nephew came to visit. All he ever ordered at every restaurant was wagyu steak - he couldn't believe how cheap and good it was compared to LA.

[@Jeni10]

Cafes have Vegemite but restaurants don’t, unless the Chef keeps a jar in his pantry for himself and a special customer who requests it.

[@nonacee5065]

Even cruise ships have Vegemite, if you ask for it.

[@nicoleleys7818]

Canberra is definitely one of the most expensive city for basic food products in Australia from my experience.

[@TheBuntajames]

I am just super impressed with your progress in pronouncing Melbin

[@MM-li8nk]

Fries are generally considered in Oz as the long thin ones, like at Maccas. Chips are the usual size, like you get with 'chips on the side' with your chicken schnitty or from a Takeaway or Fish n Chip shop. They can also be crinkle cut, especially if buying in frozen bags to cook at home. And there's also wedges, a thick cut wedge of potato, and sometimes offered in sweet potato as well, and both usually offered with aioli and/or sweet chilli sauce. Chips and crisps are used interchangeably for the packeted chips, with 'crisps' from the British influence. You SOOOO need to come and visit us here, mate! :))). Edit: I've got a number of o'seas holidays under my belt, and usually crave to get back so I can have better quality food. Although, that said, a recent trip to Spain/Portugal, and also southern Bavarian area of Germany and into Austria, the food quality was very good.

[@katechiconi]

Chips and hot chips. Tomato sauce and ketchup are *different*, and you can buy ketchup, but the Australian palate prefers tomato sauce. Burgers are patty-shaped objects between two bun halves. So, hamburger, beef burger, chicken burger, fish burger. Sandwiches are something between two slices of bread or on a baguette, for example. And I can't see the problem with bare feet in the supermarket. Are they any dirtier than the soles of shoes? I don't think so.

[@sasyscarborough]

A chicken sandwich would be chicken in between two slices of bread, like any other sandwich, so how can a cooked chicken piece between a bun be a sandwich? here if cold or hot pulled apart/cut chicken was served on a bread roll it would be a chicken roll unless it was KFC which is then a Chicken Burger :P

[@101steel4]

I've had the same argument with Americans before, but they refuse to listen and insist they're right. Even when I told then I lived in England in a place called "Sandwich"😂 He still said I didn't know what I was talking about .

[@periwinkleteh1266]

The filet-o-fish was called a "fish sandwich" in the training videos at Maccas back in the 80s. McChicken and nuggets weren't a thing back then, we made southern fried chicken which I reckon was much tastier than KFC of that era. Aside from the filet-o-fish the burgers were all burgers with beef patties, but many of the training videos referred to them as "sandwiches" as well. Made no sense to me back then, still doesn't.

[@dusty4502]

I would never dare go shopping barefoot. The thought makes me dry-heave. And that's a Coles bag my friend haha

[@kristycordeux3]

Yeah u only need a little Vegemite lol. Personally I have a little bit more than usual but I just really love Vegemite. I'm an Aussie and grew up with it and it's my favourite thing to put on toast. ❤

[@jaymesgrant59]

Vegemite on a salad sandwich is awesome, same amount as on toast. Don't add salt

[@Krimmertorium]

My hubby and I went to the US last year, we ordered rootbeer, thinking it was ginger beer 🤢 omg it's like sarsaparilla! Which I absolutely hate!!! 😂😂

[@6226superhurricane]

dry ginger ale and ginger beer are two different things.

[@johncunningham4820]

Indeed . VERY different .

[@Eastlomond]

We have a brand of alcoholic Ginger Beer in Scotland called Crabbie’s, which is delicious. I’ve never seen it sold down in England.

[@johncunningham4820]

@@Eastlomond. Yes , well , the Scottish are well known as a People of Culture..............

[@Flirkann]

Yeah, our own Culinary options are limited, but we absolutely embrace what other cultures bring in - pretty much any urban centre is going to have several great Thai, Japanese, Indian, and Turkish restaurants, on top of the well regarded takeaways/fish and chips places and plethora of Bakery Cafes

[@Mus.Anonymouse]

Ginger beer is much more gingery, but sooo good.

[@JoanneOz]

Here in Australia, we really have fun with Americans like her. I hope she enjoyed her flight home 😂❤

[@stephaniebell4272]

If you have a small garden you might be able to grow some of your own vegetables. Carrots, squash, potatoes, leafy greens, tomatoes are easy

[@jannalenefensom4130]

Home grown veg etc is big here and we have had to be very diversified living in the Northern Territory as the conditions can be complex for growing and you have to time things in your gardening to suit conditions as wll as the seeds and crops you want to grow

[@stephaniebell4272]

@@jannalenefensom4130 I’m on the opposite scale in Australia. Way down south and often freezing. I have had to sort the fantasy from the reality. Most of the year my vegetables are in a small greenhouse, but some are great all year round . I have big tubs for silverbeet, which I replace with new seeds every spring. And I freeze what I don’t have instant use for. There are many ways to fill the gaps.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

When I worked in China I had to do some testing of a toaster that had provision for bagels. Well guess what is hard to find in Shenzhen - yes bagels. I eventually rang the Four seasons Hotel and spoke to the chef and he said he would make a batch for me. I got them (he didn't charge me either) and it worked pretty well. Subway are also in China and found them quite good but especially because they had wasabi mayonnaise which I now make myself back in Australia.

[@StephenMcGregor1986]

Tomato Sauce isn't the same as Ketchup

[@florencepierce1864]

Born in US & moved to Aus age 5. IDK, in my opinion, I really think we have it better here: In Australia, U go shopping & KNOW how much 2 Pay at Register: Sales Tax is Added In to Ticket Price. In US, U get to register? Sales, Local, State & Federal Taxes? ADDED AT END: Bit of a Shit-Show if U ask me! Alcohol/Food Prices? Higher here, but ... 1. Quality? So Much Better: For Cafe/Restaurants (for the price), plus Fresh Produce 2. Sales Tax: ADDED TO TICKET PRICE! 3. We DON'T have TIPPING (We Pay our Workers what They should Get!) 4. OUR Wages/Salaries? Higher: 4.1 DISHWASHER Average Wage: USD$14/Per Hour Vs. AUD$24/Per Hour! 4.2 WAIT STAFF Average Wage: USD$15/Per Hour Vs. AUD$29.75/Per Hour! 4.2 CLEANER Average Wage: USD$17/Per Hour Vs. AUD$33/Per Hour 4.3 TOILET CLEANER Average Wage: USD$15/Per Hour Vs. AUD$26/Per Hour! For many Service Jobs, some are DOUBLE or AT LEAST $10/Per Hour More than USA! 5. We DON'T (Generally) treat Workers like CRAP 6. We DN'T offer 'full' remuneration packages 1/2 of which U CN'T TAKE: THEFT imoho! 7. We DN'T (Generally) 'encourage' (FORCE) thm 2 Do HOURS of Weekly (UNPAID) OT! 8. We DN'T (Generally) GUILT/GASLIGHT: 'We're One Big (DYSFUNCTIONAL) Family' 9. We actually have better Cost of Living/Standard of Living & Work/Life Balance. Don't get me wrong, Aussies value good, honest work & don't mind working hard, we're just taken advantage of a LOT LESS than in US, which, considering their attitude of 'Liberty & Justice for All' & so-called 'Democracy', is a bit of a joke! - Thus endeth my little Rant for the day! Except: Anything Between 2 BUNS: BURGER! Between 2 SLICES OF BREAD: SANDWICH! And YES, it's TRUE: McDonalds, KFC, Subway & Other 'Fast Foods'? BETTER IN OZ!

[@WiziWig69]

The main reason things taste different is because we don't use corn syrup to sweeten everything. I have been to the US and everything has corn syrup in it.

[@aloha1271]

First time watching your channel and your awesome man. Much love and respect from australia.

[@winsomeblandford1076]

We have lots of cafes selling coffee. Quite a few grown and blended in Australia. A mug of coffee is about 300mls. Which is plenty costs up to $6. Speccialty milks added, i.e., coconut almond soy, lactose free, lite, skim add xtra 50c Aud.

[@peter65zzfdfh]

There’s lots of Australian blends of coffee but we only grow ~600 tonnes of raw beans a year, we import ~ 132,000 tonnes.

[@aaronwynn8114]

if its in fuggin BURGER BUNS its a FUGGIN BURGER

[@paulwallis7586]

Freight is a major deal with prices. The big cities are the distribution centres, so sometimes the towns are more expensive.

[@Beach_Kat]

I’ve just started watching a few US / AUS comparison KZbin sites - I’m stunned (and proud) we have it so good here. I think you’ll find fresh produce is cheaper versus alcohol, cigarettes etc being more expensive to encourage positive life choices. We have fruit & veg at the supermarkets, but many areas (especially regional) have farmers’ markets direct from growers (including meat).

[@carpecervisiam9366]

Earl of Sandwich - sandwich, Hamburg - hamburger, Hamburger bun with something inside it - burger. Sandwich bread with something inside it - sandwich, & jelly is jelly, not jam.

[@poeticrockstarr6875]

Pricing in Australia really depends on where you are. For example, a tourist town will always be more expensive than a city, especially along the coastline. Also, cheese, dry-fried sunnyside up egg and sweet chilli sauce on a hot bagel... delicious. (Dry frying uses no oil or butter, just a hot non-stick pan)