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Food & Drink
A feed A meal, especially a satisfying one.… Afghan A NZ biscuit - cocoa, cornflakes, chocolate icing, half a walnut on to… Anzac biscuit Oat-and-golden-syrup biscuit tied to the Anzac wartime legacy. Chewy o… Bikkie A biscuit (cookie). 'Cuppa and a bikkie.'… Cheerio A little cocktail sausage, the party-food kind dipped in tomato sauce.… Cheese and vegemite A NZ sandwich combo debate-starter (or marmite). Lunchbox politics.… Cheese roll A Southland delicacy AND a mild dig at a Southlander. Cheesy, rolled, … Chippie sammie A sandwich with potato chips inside - buttered bread, crisps, done. Pe… Choccie Chocolate. 'Need some choccie.'… Chocka Completely full — a room, a car park, or your stomach. Full version: c… Chocolate fish A fish-shaped marshmallow lolly in chocolate - and a reward ('give tha… Chook A chicken — the live, clucking kind or occasionally the roast.… Cuppa A hot drink, usually tea or coffee, always an invitation to sit down a… Custard square A bakery slab of custard between pastry, iced on top. NZ afternoon-tea… Dairy The corner shop. Sells milk, pies, lollies, and everything you forgot … Devon The cheap processed luncheon meat in every school sandwich. Fried, it'… Feijoa The green egg-shaped fruit that floods NZ backyards in autumn - you ei… Fish n chip Friday The sacred NZ tradition of takeaway fish and chips to end the week. Ea… Fizzy drink Any carbonated soft drink.… Fluffy A frothy milk drink for kids - steamed milk foam, sometimes with a mar… Hokey pokey Honeycomb toffee, and the beloved NZ ice cream flavour built around it… Hot chips French fries — usually thick-cut, from the fish'n'chip shop, eaten off… Jaffa A chocolate ball in a hard orange shell - and the annual Dunedin race … Kiwi dip Reduced cream mixed with onion soup powder - the dip at every NZ gathe… L&P Lemon & Paeroa - the fizzy drink 'world famous in New Zealand', made f… Lollies Sweets, candy. A 'mixed bag' from the dairy is a childhood rite.… Lolly cake A NZ classic - crushed malt biscuits, condensed milk and fruit puff lo… Macca's McDonald's. The only name anyone actually uses.… Mallowpuff A NZ biscuit - marshmallow dome on a biscuit base, chocolate coated. F… Marmite The NZ yeast spread (not the UK one - different recipe, and Kiwis will… Mince Ground beef. The foundation of half of NZ home cooking.… Mince and cheese The default pie flavour - NZ's unofficial national dish. Mince, cheese… Pineapple lump The uniquely NZ chocolate-covered chewy pineapple lolly. Baffles and c… Sammie A sandwich. Also 'sammy' or 'sanga'.… Sammies for lunch The eternal NZ school lunch - sandwiches, forever.… Sausage roll Pastry-wrapped sausage meat - the other bakery hero beside the pie. Sa… Snarler A sausage, especially a barbecue one. 'Snags' also works.… Squiggles A NZ chocolate biscuit with squiggly icing. Lunchbox flex.… Steak and cheese The other great pie - chunkier, richer. The eternal pie debate's other… Tea Confusingly, dinner. 'What's for tea?' is about food, not beverages.… Tim Tam slam Biting the ends off a Tim Tam and using it as a straw for a hot drink.… Tip top The NZ ice cream brand, and an all-purpose 'excellent'. 'Everything's … Two-minute noodles Instant noodles - the fuel of students and flats nationwide. A food gr… Vogel's The dense grainy toast bread that divides the nation. A NZ breakfast i… Watties The NZ food brand so dominant its name means tomato sauce itself. 'Pas… Whitebait Tiny translucent fish, netted in spring and fried into fritters. A pri…