Jordan Watson of How To Dad tries to explain the foods of New Zealand. Part of the humor here is that these "native" Kiwi staples are just as common in their larger neighbor Australia. I hate to be the one to break the news, but these foods are common all over the world; they are just called by different names. His tomato sauce is our ketchup. His Weet-bix is our Shredded Wheat. And of course, what they call chup dup is what we call chip dip. But it's what he says at the end that is important.
We're like a big melting pot of all different cultures and ethnicities. You could say we're like a big boil-up pot, just, of all different flavors. And it's the best blooming' boil-up I've ever seen.(via Tastefully Offensive)
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Here in New Zealand one of our major cities was struck by some rather bad earthquakes a few years ago, and now that same city has been struck by an Australian bloke going crazy with a racially charged automatic rifle.
He killed 50 people and was only stopped by a couple of policemen who rammed his car as he was on the way to his next target and dragged him out onto the ground.
Now, hopefully, we will follow Australia's example (after they had a mass shooting in Tasmani) and we will change our gun laws.
Normally we like to point out the differences we have to Australia, being a different country and all, but in the case of guns and people getting hurt, we want to be the same.
Just saying.
He didn't mention that lamingtons are also claimed by Australia. However, the Kiwis can keep their Pineapple Lumps, which are just weird.
Kia kaha, Kiwis.
I don't think I'd fully trust anyone who thinks pineapple and ham/Canadian bacon (or, for that matter, sauerkraut and ham/Canadian bacon) on a pizza is weird. I'll just say "don't knock it until you've tried it".
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