{"id":2355,"date":"2012-05-29T16:04:40","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T04:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auip.wordpress.com\/?p=2355"},"modified":"2012-05-29T16:04:40","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T04:04:40","slug":"field-notes-food-differences-may-cause-culture-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/field-notes-food-differences-may-cause-culture-shock\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Notes: Food differences may cause culture shock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bowen Humphreys, <\/em>Grizzlies Abroad<\/a><\/em> marketing intern, writes:<\/em><\/p>\n

When studying abroad, it is important to be aware of culture shock, which can come in several different ways. One way is the food that you eat. In New Zealand<\/a>, I found there are several different easily recognized foods with a Kiwi twist that you might not expect.<\/p>\n

Hamburgers<\/strong><\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t get any more American than burgers, right? But how about a burger with slices of beets and an egg? Or a burger with Brie cheese on<\/p>\n

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Students Hunter Thompson, David Wilbert and Bowen Humphreys proudly stand outside Fergburger.<\/p><\/div>\n

it? These twists on the traditional burger with plain American cheese may have you doing a double take, but places like Fergburger<\/a> in Queenstown<\/a> will have you renouncing your American burger citizenship within the first few bites. For vegetarians, the \u201cBun Laden\u201d falafel burger or their \u201cHolier than Thou\u201d tofu burger give you a kick in the mouth full of flavor.<\/p>\n

Ketchup<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, you may think that it is impossible to find culture shock in a packet of ketchup, but Kiwis favor a much less viscous version and use it in far less quantities than in the States. While it may seem impossible to avoid using that glorious red stuff, you may find you don\u2019t miss it all that much.<\/p>\n

Chips and Biscuits<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes it\u2019s not just the taste or texture of a food, it\u2019s the name as well. It may surprise you when you order chips and end up with French fries\u2014although Kiwis prefer wedges of potato compared to our thin strips\u2014when you wanted crispy potato chips. Or if you ask for a cookie and find out it\u2019s called a biscuit, which is not usually as sweet as its American counterpart and has nothing to do with a flaky Southern American biscuit. These are heavily influenced by the English versions rather than the American versions, and may take some getting used to.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve chatted with friends from Australia<\/a>, and they say these unique food twists are found there as well. So be careful if you\u2019re looking for a little slice of home because you might end up with something quite different from what you\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bowen Humphreys, Grizzlies Abroad marketing intern, writes: When studying abroad, it is important to be aware of culture shock, which can come in several different ways. One way is the food that you eat. In New Zealand, I found there are several different easily recognized foods with a Kiwi twist that you might not expect. Hamburgers It doesn\u2019t get any…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,19,7,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2011-12-interns","category-field-notes","category-new-zealand","category-student-perspective"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}