[Sca-cooks] Weird American food?

[Margaret Rendell]

Huette von Ahrens wrote:
> Interesting.  The last time I was in Melbourne [Mid December 1974 through February 1975], my hosts served pumpkin pie for dessert on Christmas Day.  

maybe it was a 70s thing. Certainly it was a trendy 70s colour :)

> I don't think they did it just for me and not one person asked what it was, not even the children.  They also served pavlova and plum pudding.  If I remember correctly, all the desserts were fully eaten by the end of the meal.  I also remember being very surprised when the meat dishes were served.  I was expecting goose and roast beef.  What they served was turkey and roast beef.  I was told that goose was very expensive and that turkey was less expensive and very popular.  
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I've never eaten goose, and only seen it for sale at specialty butchers. 
In my experience (Christmas with my own and a few other Australian 
families, mostly in Melbourne, I don't know if it's typical), the meats 
served at Christmas are turkey (very much a Christmas thing, not eaten 
much at all at other times) and ham, with a strong rearguard action by 
seafood platters (served cold and much more appropriate to the weather).

Margaret/Emma
Melbourne, Australia/Krae Glas, Lochac