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Laverna posted:Fish 'n' chips and pies are British. British fish n chips are loving poo poo though. They sit there all day in a loving pie warmer, the idea of cooking to order is lost on them. You are also expected to pay seven pounds for your pie warmer fish. The pies are good but they're more a pub meal than something you buy from a dairy or bakery for lunch.
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Nov 26, 2015 13:20
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Wafflecopper posted:British fish n chips are loving poo poo though. They sit there all day in a loving pie warmer, the idea of cooking to order is lost on them. You are also expected to pay seven pounds for your pie warmer fish. The pies are good but they're more a pub meal than something you buy from a dairy or bakery for lunch. Our pies and fish might be better, but they're not a concept that's unique to or originating from our country, which is the point I was trying to make.  We have really good steak too.
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Nov 26, 2015 14:15
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Well, the only comestible I can actually think of that's a) unambiguously New Zealand in origin and b) widely available to consumers would be L&P (I have yet to see a Maori restaurant anywhere in this country, which is something of a pity as I'd be quite interested in trying one), and we might as well claim pavlova, since it's not like that argument will ever be settled either way. But it doesn't matter a great deal whether or not a dish is actually from here; we do cook a lot of food better than you could find it in its country of origin, largely due to the fact that the quality of ingredients you can get in this country is so high.
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Nov 26, 2015 15:14
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Here in London there's a "New Zealand" restaurant called Kopapa (http://www.kopapa.co.uk/) which has basically zero New Zealand dishes and is more of a melange of Pacific/South Asian influences.
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Nov 26, 2015 15:33
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Laverna posted:What else is there? Off the top of my head, identifiably NZ stuff we can claim or own at/with/in (that aren't rugby or Maori culture):     
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Nov 26, 2015 18:38
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Laverna posted:It's a pretty sad feeling when you realise most of the things New Zealanders regard as cultural identity are either shared or hotly contested with another country. Rewena bread and hokey pokey ice cream.
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Nov 26, 2015 18:39
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Slavvy posted:Off the top of my head, identifiably NZ stuff we can claim or own at/with/in (that aren't rugby or Maori culture): They definitely have spots in the States, they're just not as common. They call them knife spots, too. Sorry
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Nov 26, 2015 18:57
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Slavvy posted:Off the top of my head, identifiably NZ stuff we can claim or own at/with/in (that aren't rugby or Maori culture): Spots, foreign ownership of businesses with NZ in the title, legalizing gay marriage, road deaths, and laying the ground work for weapons of mass destruction?
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Nov 26, 2015 20:11
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The Sin of Onan posted:(I have yet to see a Maori restaurant anywhere in this country, which is something of a pity as I'd be quite interested in trying one) I've seen a few Hangi stalls at night markets in Wellington and Auckland, the one I tried was pretty good.
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Nov 26, 2015 21:13
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They're not hard to come by down here in Rotorua.
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Nov 26, 2015 21:20
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I like the peaty taste of hangi. Last one I had was a good few years ago for a workmates rugby fundraiser. This is in Christchurch so it's not exactly a renowned center of Maori culture.
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Nov 26, 2015 21:41
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A friend of mind has a long held ambition to fill a truck with dirt and start a portable hangi business.
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Nov 26, 2015 21:47
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Lolly cake 
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Nov 26, 2015 22:24
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Noxin of Shame posted:Lolly cake great now I'm hungry again
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Nov 26, 2015 22:37
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I just remembered that a friend of mine came back to NZ for a few weeks during the 2014/15 holiday season, and what she really craved was a V.
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Nov 26, 2015 22:44
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Slavvy posted:Off the top of my head, identifiably NZ stuff we can claim or own at/with/in (that aren't rugby or Maori culture): Should probably add hobbits, Flight of the Conchords and that clip of John Oliver mocking our fleg Ivor Biggun fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Nov 26, 2015 |
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Nov 26, 2015 22:55
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Does anyone have any experience with identity theft type stuff? I just got randomly baycorped over a two thousand dollar mobile bill under my name for a phone number I've never heard of and an address I've never lived at. The collection agency said they'd get in touch with Vodafone etc so I can sort this out with the pigs. Anything I need to watch out for?
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Nov 27, 2015 00:28
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Could have just been someone with the same name as you?
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Nov 27, 2015 02:38
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This is just getting sad now Hey Guyz we were mentioned by someonE!!! 
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Nov 27, 2015 02:48
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bobbilljim posted:Could have just been someone with the same name as you? Heh. Not a possibility, trust me.
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Nov 27, 2015 03:12
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My money's on it being a goon.
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Nov 27, 2015 03:16
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Hooton, so likely bullshit. Interesting tho.   
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Nov 27, 2015 04:31
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Please make the title "the Retail aspects of the Prime Ministership"
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Nov 27, 2015 04:36
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NZAmoeba posted:This is just getting sad now Don't worry guys, we can change our flag to throw them off! Slavvy posted:Heh. Not a possibility, trust me. That's what my dad thought when he got a ticket for someone who shares his extremely unusual name. Turns out there was a long-lost branch of the extended family in NZ who we never knew about.
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Nov 27, 2015 05:35
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NZAmoeba posted:We don't have one, our speciality is producing good quality primary ingredients. Then we needed immigrants to come here and show us what could actually be done with the amazing food we produced, because before that entire aisles of the supermarket were dedicated to watties baked beans. I don't know if you were being ironic, so this. Unironically.
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Nov 27, 2015 07:34
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WarpedNaba posted:I don't know if you were being ironic, so this. Unironically. I meant it. The baked beans anecdote is a favourite of my parent's when they talk about emigrating here in the 70s. That and Auckland airport being a very large tin shed, with a single desk for customs. "You here to visit or to stay?" "stay..." *stamp* *stamp* "Welcome to New Zealand"
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Nov 27, 2015 07:43
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Oh, nice. My family didn't tell me the circumstances of our immigration to NZ in the mid 90s until I was old enough to understand the concept of sedition. Also, I hear our baked beans are apparently really sweet. Every German I've met complained about them whenever the topic strayed towards kiwi food.
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Nov 27, 2015 07:54
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I have nothing to compare them to but yeah that poo poo is pretty sugary.
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Nov 27, 2015 08:02
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Baked beans are disgusting trash. Only people who would eat a burger without pickles would eat them willingly.
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Nov 27, 2015 08:51
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Following food chat: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/27/new-zealand-obesity-campaigner-quits-saying-country-has-made-no-progress NZ is so fat that the person whose job it is to tell us not to be fat is resigning.
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Nov 27, 2015 09:14
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Speaking of kiwi inventions or culture or whatever, you guys know that the reason babies can be born prematurely and survive now is because of a kiwi. Real talk though, people who say NZ has no culture are dumb, of course we do
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Nov 27, 2015 13:37
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fong posted:Speaking of kiwi inventions or culture or whatever, you guys know that the reason babies can be born prematurely and survive now is because of a kiwi. yeah, I've seen the ANZ ad
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Nov 27, 2015 13:44
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Exclamation Marx posted:yeah, I've seen the ANZ ad There's an ANZ ad about him?
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Nov 27, 2015 14:19
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVXnwWJsxvc With Lydia Ko and David Trubridge
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Nov 27, 2015 14:27
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Exclamation Marx posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVXnwWJsxvc e: unless you're not talking about Avery
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Nov 27, 2015 14:30
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Nov 27, 2015 14:30
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Graham Liggins, he died in 2010. He was the one who realised steroids would develop babies lungs, so they can survive if theyre born before like 33 or 34 weeks now.
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Nov 27, 2015 14:37
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This is a thing I stay up to discuss.
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Nov 27, 2015 14:38
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fong posted:Real talk though, people who say NZ has no culture are dumb, of course we do I'm not saying NZ has no culture, only that the vast majority of it is athlete's foot.
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Nov 27, 2015 23:30
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WarpedNaba posted:I'm not saying NZ has no culture, only that the vast majority of it is athlete's foot. Hey they produce a pretty good Blue cheese down in Otago.
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