Typical Meals:

• Breakfast is cereal or toast with coffee, tea, juice or milk.

• Lunch - sandwiches/hot pies, salads, or fruit.

• Dinner - Main meal of the day, generally meat with cooked vegetables especially potatoes

• Dessert - Pavlova, a merengue covered in whipped cream topped with fresh fruit like kiwis or strawberries

Most meat is grown in New Zealand. Animals raised are sheep (for veal) and cattle (for beef). There are 9 sheep for every cow.

Unique Foods:

• Pinapple Lump - chocolate coated pineapple flavored chews

• Lamingtons - sponge cake coated in reasberry or chocolate served with tea

• Sausage Sizzles - pork sausage in fresh bread

• Afghan - a chocolate cookie baked with cornflakes

• Tuatuo - a shellfish only found in New Zealand