Cookin again

[Zardnaar]

Why the newsprint? is it a tradition of some sort? British roots?

Probably from Britain idk. The food idea definitely comes from Britain. Most do Chinese though as well and some have Cambodian/Indonesian options.

Mostly because it's cheap I suspect they used to use newspapers but now it's plain paper. When I was a kid you could get ink on your fingers. Added bonus if you got the page with cartoons.

Some places use bags or whatever but most use newsprint. Also keeps the food hot.

You get a parcel to unwrap it too into. Inside has different paper lining and you pour the sauce into the paper. Wrap everything up when you're done and throw it out.

Cheap and convenient I suspect.

 

[ScottDeWar_jr]

Re Cartoon, or as we call it, comics:


Newsprint and brown paper bags do insulate very well, are resistant to leakage and biodegradable.

When fishing and buying worms, they would pack the worms in brown paper, shredded and soggy with moisture. Also, as an expirament, I once tried to attrack worms with layers of brown paper sacks that were kept wet. It worked quite well. So, less landfill waste in the [and I do mean this from the depths of my heart] most beautiful land in the world.

 

[Zardnaar]

Re Cartoon, or as we call it, comics:


Newsprint and brown paper bags do insulate very well, are resistant to leakage and biodegradable.

When fishing and buying worms, they would pack the worms in brown paper, shredded and soggy with moisture. Also, as an expirament, I once tried to attrack worms with layers of brown paper sacks that were kept wet. It worked quite well. So, less landfill waste in the [and I do mean this from the depths of my heart] most beautiful land in the world.

Yeah it's better than plastic I suppose.

Fish and chips old takeaways dating back to early 19tg century in it's modern form.

Apparently the first Indian restaurant opened in London before the first fish and chip shop.
I'm it's pretty much the cheapest takeaways here. It's all deep fried and not just fish. Sausages, hot dogs, donuts, wontons, chocolate bars, cheese rolls, spring rolls, chop suey patty, onion sausage, battered sausage, pineapple rings, meat patty, paua patty, pork, chicken, etc.

 

[Zardnaar]

I has regrets.

NZ does weird pizza flavours . From dominoes. Think this is the second time this year we have had pizza.



Chicken, spinach and pumpkin with creme fraiche and garlic sauce. Not a fan of pumpkin but I heard creme fraiche sauce and said sign me up. Oops. It was nice enough but not as good as the buffalo chicken one.

And Mr Wedge.



Ham, onion, potato wedges, mayo and bbq sauce. USians think this one is odd for some reason but it tasted great. One of our favorites for cheap pizza.

 

[The Green Hermit]

I has regrets.

NZ does weird pizza flavours . From dominoes. Think this is the second time this year we have had pizza.

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Chicken, spinach and pumpkin with creme fraiche and garlic sauce. Not a fan of pumpkin but I heard creme fraiche sauce and said sign me up. Oops. It was nice enough but not as good as the buffalo chicken one.

And Mr Wedge.

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Ham, onion, potato wedges, mayo and bbq sauce. USians think this one is odd for some reason but it tasted great. One of our favorites for cheap pizza.

The wedge does sound odd, but I would at least try it. The chicken pumpkin pizza sounds divine. Was it fresh pumpkin, though, or canned pumpkin? That would make a huge difference.

Do you even grow pumpkins in New Zealand? Or is that just an American thing?

 

[Zardnaar]

The wedge does sound odd, but I would at least try it. The chicken pumpkin pizza sounds divine. Was it fresh pumpkin, though, or canned pumpkin? That would make a huge difference.

Do you even grow pumpkins in New Zealand? Or is that just an American thing?

Not sure if it was fresh or canned. If I had to guess it would be from frozen.

We grow pumpkin here but it's not particularly big afaik.

Pretty much grow everything here except tropical fruits and spices. That includes grapes and hops.

I think they're experimenting with tropical fruit in the far north in glasshouses but with Australia right next door it's kinda pointless.

 

[ScottDeWar_jr]

probably low trade teriffs between you guys.

 

[Zardnaar]

probably low trade teriffs between you guys.

I don't think there's any but not 100% sure. It's very easy to go to Australia as well.

Generally things like oranges are California or Australian depending on the season.

More export stuff. 95% is exported.

Who's eating New Zealand?

There are only 5 million people in New Zealand but we produce enough food to feed about 40m. Who's gobbling all our goods?

www.rnz.co.nz

 

[Zardnaar]

There's a fish and chip shop to the north in a tiny town of a few hundred people. Makes top ten lists of best fish and chips in the country. There's a few small fishing villages up that way so fresh off the boat.





Not my photos but the place is great.



Pieces of fish and a battered onion sausage. Batter here is generally lighter than ye olde English style batter but you can find those places if you look hard enough.

@Dannyalcatraz local place updated dinner menu.

https://morningtontaphouse.co.nz/assets/menus/Share-plates-and-Mains.jpg

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Some interesting, but undersdescribed dishes on that menu. I have no doubt I could find good eats there- I’d expect the cod to be very tasty- but I’d be asking a lot of questions. Like:

”What’s on the cheese board?”
”What kinds of breads and dips?”
“What are the seasonal veggies?”
”How much is 250g in American?”*




* I know it’s about half a pound**, but I have to live up to SOME of the American stereotypes!

** because I looked up a metric converter online and used it, thenkyewvermuch.