Stef Colquhoun Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 (edited) Hi all! Visa granted and move date set, flights booked and house packup arranged. Having done all that, I've realised that I have forgotten to check the most important thing, the answer to which may change our moving plans... ...can you get decent bacon in Australia???? If it's anything like the American excuse for bacon then the move is off!! ;-) Stef x (PS: yes this is definitely just a taking the P post :-) ) Edited November 2, 2016 by Stef Colquhoun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Well, Stef, many would say unpack your bags because the bacon isn't the same as you're used to. I don't mind it .. after all, Australia is a different country and we never moved expecting it to be England with sunshine. You may not like the sausages either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfie Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Really???? I think someones taking the P here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegg Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 i thinks coles have started selling british type bacon - but a few british butchers around ……. the worst meat here is Chicken , so im told by many ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 The worst meat is kangaroo! Yuck! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef Colquhoun Posted November 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Oh really? I've tried kangaroo in the UK and found it ok though not something I'd always go for. Is it quite popular over there generally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedolly Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Oh really? I've tried kangaroo in the UK and found it ok though not something I'd always go for. Is it quite popular over there generally? No, its very rare, we have to import it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raychelsb Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 I've gotten used to th bacon, and don't like the English style bacon here. Hate the sausages too, and I've spent a lot of money on a lot of different ones lol! And agree the chicken is terrible, not a patch on an organic chicken from the UK with the yellow tinge. But, the pork, lamb and beef are all delicious! And two years in, we are used to missing lots of things from the UK, but wouldn't swap places for anything Ps, being a northerner, I also miss a good pork pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 I've gotten used to th bacon, and don't like the English style bacon here. Hate the sausages too, and I've spent a lot of money on a lot of different ones lol! And agree the chicken is terrible, not a patch on an organic chicken from the UK with the yellow tinge. But, the pork, lamb and beef are all delicious! And two years in, we are used to missing lots of things from the UK, but wouldn't swap places for anything Ps, being a northerner, I also miss a good pork pie Our local IGA do Pork Pies and even the Gala pie with egg in ... they sell scotch eggs and black pudding too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arwen Posted November 3, 2016 Report Share Posted November 3, 2016 McLaughlins bacon is the closest to UK bacon, most IGAs will stock it. I don't like the Coles stuff though, dries out too quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossmoyne Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 The Bacon and Sausage debate will live forever! We have been here 25 years now and are used to the bacon and sausages on offer, but I have to say that we are quite choosy about what we buy and don't go for the cheap supermarket version of either, as we didn't in UK. McLoughlin make a good sausage... haven't seen their bacon yet, but will certainly keep my eye out for that. British Sausage Company also make a decent sausage. Coles and Woolies sausages are mostly beef and not pork, and are just rubbish and mostly fat and additives so we stay well away from them. I have got used to the bacon here now, but the first meal I always have when I go back to UK for a holiday, is a Gammon Steak! Salivating just thinking about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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