Sack truck, stobie poles and fritz.
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Not only Queensland's but also in Victoria I have trouble understanding "Why to Germans understand" :lol: don't ya hate spell check, I do with a passion 
. But to be truthful I've never heard the expression so explain it and we'll give you our version :Y:.
. But to be truthful I've never heard the expression so explain it and we'll give you our version :Y:.
What about Berliners, Fritz, Delis, Double cut rolls etc?
Fritz is devon in other states. Stobie poles are concrete and steel telegraph poles and a sack truck is a two wheeled trolly for moving things like fridges. Have no idea why germans seem know what it means. I always thought it originated from moving sacks of potatoes or something.
I had no idea what it was and I spent many years living in Berlin (American Sector), so I certainly knew what Berliner was.
I have know idea what you are sayin, ay!
However, through my travels throughout Australia, this beautiful,magnificent land, I can tell you that SA and WA and Nth .Qld have accents, ay, just sayin,Ay :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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However, through my travels throughout Australia, this beautiful,magnificent land, I can tell you that SA and WA and Nth .Qld have accents, ay, just sayin,Ay :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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reefer said:Victoria was where I came across a 'Potato Cake' for the first time. We call em' Scallops in NSW. :lol: Go figure!....Just sayin'...hehe...Rossco
A Scallop in Vic comes from the ocean the ones ya buy at the fish'n chip shop are potato cakes :Y: beats a Scallop any day. Borders are a pain in the arse when it comes to local lingo :lol:. And as for the Sack Truck it's called a trolley in the real world hehehe ]
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Anyway how do you put a box on a sack truck, put it in a sack :lol: :lol:.
Sack truck = bag trolley where I'm from.
Potato cakes for sure. I never understood why they were called scallops in NSW. What do they call scallops?
Stobie - never heard of it. Power poles in Vic.
Berliner?? What is it? Someone from Berlin?
A deli? In SA or WA it is a bakery or general store or something isn't it?
Potato cakes for sure. I never understood why they were called scallops in NSW. What do they call scallops?
Stobie - never heard of it. Power poles in Vic.
Berliner?? What is it? Someone from Berlin?
A deli? In SA or WA it is a bakery or general store or something isn't it?
Bjay Trump for President of the United State of Victoria - We stand divided from the rest :Y: :lol:
A Berlinder in a jam filled donut, sometimes with icing on top.
A deli is the local corner store, Victorian equivalent is the old milk bar
Fritz is like Devon, the butchers always sold Bung fritz
Potato cakes equals potato scallops
Double cut roll is unique to SA, bread roll cut through three times giving two sandwich sections which are filled rather than a roll cut once and filled. ( generally cheaper than buying two sandwiches)
A deli is the local corner store, Victorian equivalent is the old milk bar
Fritz is like Devon, the butchers always sold Bung fritz
Potato cakes equals potato scallops
Double cut roll is unique to SA, bread roll cut through three times giving two sandwich sections which are filled rather than a roll cut once and filled. ( generally cheaper than buying two sandwiches)
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Not to mention dagwood dogs aka dippy dogs aka pluto pups!
I once met a QLD farmer who owned an outback station here is SA, he thought all South Australians had a posh accent - he put it down to SA being a non convict settlement (go figure).
I once met a QLD farmer who owned an outback station here is SA, he thought all South Australians had a posh accent - he put it down to SA being a non convict settlement (go figure).
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I love a good scallop (potato cake variety). Used to buy a bunch of them when going out for evening fishing trips on the breakwater ..... heavenly. :Y: :Y: :Y: :Y:reefer said:Victoria was where I came across a 'Potato Cake' for the first time. We call em' Scallops in NSW. :lol: Go figure!....Just sayin'...hehe...Rossco
When I was in the navy in my youth I went into a take-away shop in a Melbourne suburb one day and asked for half a dozen scallops. Got the shock of my life when I bit into one of them
- I don't eat seafood. :N: :N: :N: :N:Also love a good dagwood dog/pluto pup dipped in tomato sauce.
I know what you mean Goldpick. I grew up in SA and when I started work in Vic in 2000, the locals kept saying I had a posh English accent?? No way I did.
I know stobie poles & kitchener buns, 8 ball, spoggies, fritz and yes Manpa the glorious value for money, double cut ham and salad roll, delicious.
In S.A. In the early days we used to have a roadie but here they call it having a traveller
I know stobie poles & kitchener buns, 8 ball, spoggies, fritz and yes Manpa the glorious value for money, double cut ham and salad roll, delicious.
In S.A. In the early days we used to have a roadie but here they call it having a traveller
Dont forget the meal of a pie floater followed by a frog cake and ice block... washed down with a butcher of beer....heaps good :Y:
Spent as much time in other states as SA. Never could shake sack truck and heaps good also never got used to saying " he did really good " instead of well. Must be that SA poshness you refer to. Like we are better than all you convict bas#@*#s or something ] by the way is it plarnt or plant ?
by the way is it plarnt or plant ?
Goldfreak said:Spent as much time in other states as SA. Never could shake sack truck and heaps good also never got used to saying " he did really good " instead of well. Must be that SA poshness you refer to. Like we are better than all you convict bas#@*#s or something ]
My folks are from Bendigo and we always pull the pi55 out of them re Castlemaine or Carstlemaine, pasty or parsty, pool or pool, school or schoool.
Miss the Ol pie cart by the Post Office in Town, SAs equivalent of a kebab after you've been on the turps. Nothing like a pie and sauce in a green pea soup.
Northeast said:
Scallopini is an Italian term for thinly sliced meat - it is derived from the word for the scallop shell, which the slices resemble in shape.
In English and American cookery, scalloped potatoes are thinly sliced potatoes cooked in the oven in cream. In that usage it might come from the French escaloper, which means to cut into thin slices. Another theory is that perhaps the Old English word, collops which meant to slice meat thinly might have been used to describe the dish after potatoes were once cut into collops by the cooks of Yorkshire, England.
So I suppose the term potato scallop comes from the process and form of the slices of potato, not the content.
You can see a map of the distribution of the various terms for the delicious dish at the link below. The survey was run by the Linguistics Roadshow at the University of Melbourne, and asked 20,000 Australians what they called a battered, deep-fried potato snack.
https://rbil.carto.com/viz/9ac17904-84a1-11e5-94ce-0ecd1babdde5/public_map
