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A Bush Christmas__** The Australian tradition of celebrating Christmas in July is given a twist, a bush tucker theme.

Why do some Australians need to celebrate a Christmas in July? Is it just another excuse to eat and drink too much? Very likely! Perhaps some European immigrants may feel strange celebrating a Christmas feast, of the traditional hot turkey and ham when it is a 40 degree summer day. So we have the feast in winter, July normally.

We had a Christmas in August last week end, we attempted for July, but trying to coordinate 12 people was not possible for July, so it became Christmas in August. Is Christmas in July, a cultural pining (yearning longing) for the old country? What is the Australian culture of Christmas? Some families take a picnic to the beach. Others may have a BBQ of seafood. Prawns, alcohol and __silly paper hats__ from the __crackers__ is probably the norm. (normal)

I decided to have a bush Christmas theme, not just __damper__ and __billy tea__. I looked on the internet for recipes with ‘bush tucker’ that is ingredients that are naturally found in Australia and may have been traditionally used by the Indigenous people. My menu was:

Bush Christmas __terrine__ with *damper 1 layer of roo (kangaroo) mince marinated in port, dried __bush tomatoes__ and bay leaves In between this a layer of spinach The top layer was turkey mince marinated in wild limes It is then wrapped in bacon and aluminum foil and baked for an hour
 * Entrée**

Pork fillet marinated in wild lime & chili Chicken breast marinated in lemon myrtle and pepper berry Roo filet marinated in bush tomatoes, and salt
 * Main course**

Mixed green vegetables Green salad with __lilly pilly__ and __nasturtium flower__

__Plum pudding__ with brandy sauce or __quandong__ sauce Lavender ice cream and __wattle__ seed ice cream
 * Desert**

__Mulled wine__: red wine served hot and flavoured with __cinnamon__, __cloves__, and pieces of orange
 * Drinks**

We didn’t have Christmas crackers but my friends wore Christmas decorations. Any excuse for a party or dinner will do and it is great to try something different with good friends who don’t mind being __guinea pigs__ (small animals used for experiments)

It was funny when I fed my cats their evening meal of human tuna while we sat down to eat Roo, many people consider it as only cat food. I would recommend Roo as a very tasty meat, it smells very strong but it is a very lean and low fat meat. Go on give it a try! So what is culture, in particular what is the Australian culture? Is it things we do and take for granted as just normal, but other cultures may find unusual and not normal?
 * Damper bread without a rising agent. Today some people use beer, for the yeast. Damper is often made by the men, an excuse to crack a can of beer in the early morning!

Find the picture, word and number


 * __Name__ || __Number__ ||  || __Number__ ||
 * __silly paper hats__ ||  || __billy tea__ ||   ||
 * __terrine__ ||  || __lilly pilly__ ||   ||
 * __quandong__ ||  || Roo ||   ||
 * __guinea pigs__ ||  || black swans ||   ||
 * __crackers__ ||  || back packers ||   ||
 * __bush tomatoes__ ||  || Buskers ||   ||
 * __cinnamon__, __cloves__ ||  || Fremantle ferrels (hippies) ||   ||
 * __damper__ ||  || //Americas Cup// yacht race ||   ||
 * __nasturtium flower__ ||  || Fremantle festival ||   ||
 * __Mulled wine__ ||  || barn door ||   ||
 * wooden veranda ||  || Hills Hoist (washing line) ||   ||
 * Water tank ||  || //minties// ||   ||
 * peacocks ||  || Peppermint tree ||   ||
 * wood chip ||  || Azalea ||   ||
 * well ||  || chook ||   ||
 * honkey nuts ||  || tree house ||   ||
 * Tarzan rope ||  || spit fires ||   ||
 * cubby house ||  || Wendy house ||   ||
 * Gum tree ||  ||   ||   ||