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New Zealand Food - Take The Kiwi Food Quiz And See That It's All in The Name!

I love New Zealand and I love Kiwi Food! It's the food names I struggled with as an immigrant to New Zealand. I have gathered a few of the common Kiwi foods, which came with unfamiliar names and presented them here as a Kiwi Food Quiz.

If you think you know a capsicum or Pavlova have a go at the Kiwi Food quiz. When your done curl up with an afghan or a fish pie (recipes included way below, but no cheating, take the quiz first).

So grab a flat white, sit down, relax and test your knowledge on the Kiwi food quiz (Kiwi is just a nickname for people or things, like food, from New Zealand)

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Contents at a Glance

Kiwi Food Quiz - Do You Know What New Ze...
Afgan Biscuits - Try Them with This Simp...
Toastie - A Hot Sandwich Made in a Sandw...
Fish Pie - A Delicious Smoke Fish Casser...
Pavlova - A Meringue Dessert
How About a New Zealand Mug for Your Nex...

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The Great Chocolate Mousse Mystery

An adventure story . . .

Once upon a time, in a far away land, hubby and I were enjoying dinner in a remote part of Belize (Central America). For dessert we had the best-ever chocolate mousse. We asked and they provided the recipe. Only one problem, it needed caster sugar, which apparently didn't exist in the states.

Eight years later we moved to New Zealand, the recipe still in my book. An American friend assisted me with the translations at grocery store. When we go to the baking aisle she said, "New Zealand has lots of different sugars, the closest one to American white sugar is called caster sugar."

Epilogue: The chocolate mousse was delicious! As good as I remembered. Did I mention that part of my deal in getting the recipe was that I was sworn to secrecy.

Kiwi Food Quiz - Do You Know What New Zealand is Eating?

See what your score is, then challenge a friend.

I have lived in New Zealand for nearly eight years now, and I still have occasional conversations in which I have no idea what my friends are talking about. Here were some foods that have been added to our vocabulary. See if you know these common (at least in our home) food items. The Kiwi food challenge begins here . . .

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A Few Simple Definitions

Capsicum

Green Pepper

Aubergine

Eggplant

Lemonade

Sprite (or similar fizzy drink)

Courgettes

Zucchini

Cheerios

Cocktail hot dogs

Kumera

Maori sweet potato

A Few of the Answers Need A Bit More Details

Afgan Biscuits - Try Them with This Simple Recipe

Delicious crunchy chocolate cookie

Serves: 12-16 Biscuits
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25-30 Minutes

Ingredients

200 g butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 cup slightly crushed corn flakes
1/2 cup desiccated coconut

Instructions

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy
Sift together flour and cocoa and mix into creamed butter mix
Fold in corn flakes and coconut.
Place teaspoonful balls onto lightly greased cookie sheets.
Bakes at 180°C (350°F)for 15-20 minutes.

photo by Gudlyf used with permission, licensed by creative commons

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Toastie - A Hot Sandwich Made in a Sandwich Press

We have the Cuisinart GR-1 Griddler Panini and Sandwich Press and love it:

Large-inch nonstick grill plates
Adjustable hinge for any size sandwich
Preset temperature
Indicator lights for preheating and toasting
More recipes, although all of my favorites are on this page.

Cuisinart GR-1 Griddler Panini and Sandwich Press

You Can Find all my favorite Toastie Recipes Here:

Fish Pie - A Delicious Smoke Fish Casserole

Another Kiwi classic dinner

Serves: 4-6
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1.5 Hours

Ingredients

25 gm butter
1 Tablespoon Milk
3 cups cooked potatoes
salt and pepper
1 Tablespoon butter
1 Tablespoon flour
1 cup milk
500 gm Smoked Fish tinned
1 Tablespoon chopped parsley (optional - we leave it out)
2 hardboiled eggs

Instructions

Mash potatoes, mixing first measure of butter and milk. Season with salt and pepper.
Melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter in a saucepan, take off the heat and slowly add flour, put back on heat until butter is just bubbling again, then gradually add milk.
Stir till mixture thickens and cook for 4-5 mins to make a good white sauce.
Add parsley, chopped eggs and drained fish to white sauce and mix.
Line a pie pan with half the mashed potatoes, fill with the fish mixture, and pile remainder of potatoes on top. .
Cook at 180 C (350 F) for about an hour, or until the pie is cooked thru and the potatoes are browned.

photo by alastairjohnston used with permission, licensed by creative commons

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Pavlova - A Meringue Dessert

It's origin is the source of much controversy

Kiwi's claim the original Pavlova is a wonderful New Zealand dessert made for the world class ballerina Anna Pavlova. Aussie's claim is similar. Pavlova's origin remains an on-going battle between New Zealand and Australia and debate has even found its way onto the pages of Squidoo. Don't miss:

How About a New Zealand Mug for Your Next Flat White

(they taste better in New Zealand mugs)

I Love New Zealand

New Zealand Kiwi Bird

New Zealand Kiwi Red Ringer Coffee Mug

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Adrijan Feb 4, 2012 @ 10:45 am | delete

Super, your lens are all great, intresing kep up with good work.

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Adrijan Feb 4, 2012 @ 10:44 am | delete

Super, your lens are all great, intresing kep up with good work.

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Philippians468 Jan 2, 2012 @ 12:14 pm | delete

Made me hungry! Cheers

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naheedahsan Dec 19, 2011 @ 6:35 am | delete

good one.......

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JoyfulReviewer Nov 25, 2011 @ 9:40 pm | delete

Thanks for the fun and informative lens ... nicely done!

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Tolovaj Jul 19, 2011 @ 12:23 pm | delete

Got 7 right, not bad for average person, but I aimed for 100 %... Thanks for interesting stories and great recipes.

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dvpwli Jul 19, 2011 @ 5:23 am | delete

this is that which i looking for since 1 year

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StevenCousley Jun 28, 2011 @ 3:47 am | delete

Got stumped on two, not bad for someone across the pond.

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Serenia May 30, 2011 @ 6:27 am | delete

I have never had Fish Pie so that one I got wrong otherwise I got 10 out of 11.. LOL

Thanks for the vocab lesson on my own language.