Vegemite?
Don’t Americans have Weetbix, for goodness sakes Duckster ?
Do you have Yowies? These are like Kinder surprise eggs, but the toy inside is a native Australian animal
And except for the Holden Monaro which is sold as something else in the US anyway, you don’t have Holden cars
Our buses in Nottingham (Dublin as well) do the same thing Balduran. You can also get paper tickets from the driver, but long term passes are like a credit card that you flash in front of an eye, it beeps and tells you how many days remaining even. Nifty. I’ve not seen this service available in the US.
There are Cadbury vending machines in bus stations, train stations and airports - just about any major transportation station. US needs these 
Well Doghouse, I hesitate to point out the obvious…you can buy live cats, rats, dogs, bunnies, snakes and some bugs in the US.
They’re not meant for human consumption, but still…
As for dead versions, except for the bunnies you are probably on your own.
What kind of sticky rice does your MIL prefer? Does it have an English name I would recognize? I’ll do a little footwork and see if I can turn it up.
auliya I have bought Vegemite in specialty grocery stores here, and I recently discovered my local supermarket was carrying Marmite.
Oz Dopers, what are those things called that are sold at the chip shops that are basically deep fried potatoes in the general size and shape of (I’m sure this reference helps :rolleyes: ) a hockey puck? I used to live on those after school as a kid in Canberra.
Fish and chips are relatively common in the US now, but nobody make those delectables here. Not that I could eat them anymore at my age. May as well mainline lard.
Oh, and then there are those merengue thingies with the coconut. Again, spacing on the name (SFB). I remember they were named after a 19th century opera singer, though.
Not that it’s a bad thing they aren’t available here. I once had to make about 300 of them for a fundraiser for a sporting club. My hands smelled like coconut for a week. I hate coconut.
Pavlova?
That’s it.
I was all mixed up. I was thinking of lamingtons, which I found when I googled “pavlova”.
Turns out she was a ballerina, not an opera singer. Oh well, at least I didn’t call them Dame Ednas or Burley-Griffins, bith of which came to my mind.
And you don’t see either here in the US, least not in these parts.
(Potato) Scallops.
My next guess was going to be Foster, of Banannas Foster fame.
I love Australia. Great birding, everywhere you go. My wife and I honeymooned there, then went back five years later. We are due to go back in a couple more years.
Cadbury chocolates. Pirate cookies. Wensleydale cheese. HP Sauce.
You can get a curry in the States, but this is very different from the post-binge, fast food curry culture that exists in England.
The only place I ever saw Lamingtons and Pavlova sold in the U.S. was at Olivia Newton-John’s boutique “Koala Blue” on Melrose in LA - she had a cafe in the store.
This was a long time ago.
Pringles (Potato ‘Crisps’) in Paprika and Curry flavors. Found by me in eastern Australia when I was there on a business trip, a year ago.
Have anyone ever tried Dulce de leche (“milk sweet”)?
It’s a distinctive product of my country, it’s made from boiled milk (a looong boiling, BTW) in wich you caramelize sugar. The result is a thick brown paste that is highly addictive!
(People concerned on fat and calories, don’t try it :))
We use it as jam, with bread or ‘galletitas de agua’. In Argentina, you can’t make a cake without dulce de leche!
I personally love it with merengue: if you ever get some, buy some merengue too.
You can do it from condensed milk in cans, or from milk and sugar, as my grandma does. Only that this last method, though gives the best results, demands that someone revolves the milk all the time (2,5 - 3 hours)
Some recipes:
http://www.lacabe.com/marga/food/recipes/dulce.html
http://www.milk.com/recipes/dessert/dulce-de-leche.html
http://www.quetzalnet.com/quetzalnet/recetas/Dulcedeleche.html (in Spanish, but was the only recipe I found for make it directly from milk. If someone is interested, I could translate it)
One last thing: if you get the chance, try dulce de leche ice cream, preferably with pieces of chocolate (“Dulce de Leche Granizado” is the name of that flavor here).
P.S.:And to fill pancakes!!! You just can’t eat pancakes without it!!!
http://www.foodtv.com/foodtv/recipe/0,6255,16921,00.html
Dulce de leche is indeed available in the U.S.-well, in California, at least. If that still counts.
Pst! I thought I was introducing you in a whole new culinary universe 
Do they sell it in the supermarkets?
Guava jelly. You don’t know sweet until you’ve tried this stuff. I’m not a big fan, honestly, but it’s notable.
A real, good, FRESH mango. Maybe possible in Florida, but in most of the US, you have NO idea what you’re missing.
Speaking of mangos, there’s marmalade of mango. Makes guava jelly seem bland. Best enjoyed by spreading on a piece of cheese. Really.
They also don’t seem to sell platanos up here. For those who don’t know, platanos are a starchier cousin of bananas - more of a vegetable than a fruit. Too bad they’re hard to find, juicy fried platanos are GODLY. I’m sure some hunting around could turn up platanos, though. They aren’t THAT obscure.
The Directors Cut of David Lynch’s Dune. Seriously. Rumor has it this version of the movie actually makes sense.
Holy cowie Zapper! I read that spanish recipe. “Se pone a cocer la leche por aproximadamente 2.5 horas a fuego lento de manera que no se revalse”
Long slow boil indeed! :eek:
Erm, for everyone else that means (please check this for me, Zapper, my Spanish is imperfect) “Put the milk on to boil slowly for about 2.5 hours… [and I can’t figure out the rest, don’t know what revalse is].” But you get the idea. It sounds yummy though!
(In a way-too-sweet kinda way :D)
[ul]Soon, anything French.[/ul]
Marinda soft drink
Tomorrow People DVDs 