Kiwi Backpackers Tucker
If you are a Kiwi and your feeling a little homesick, why not create your own Kiwiana in your hostel's kitchen! Great Kiwi Backpacker Tucker to share around.
Hokey Pokey
- 5 Tbspns sugar - 2 Tbspns golden syrup - 1 tspn baking soda (bicarbonate of soda)
Instructions:
Use a large heavy based saucepan (cooking pot) as it foams up - and watch carefully while cooking as it burns easily. Bring sugar and golden syrup to the boil slowly stirring all the time. Simmer gently over a very low heat for 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and add baking soda. Stir in quickly until it froths and pour at once into a greased tin or onto a piece of tinfoil. Break up when cold and store in air-tight jars.
For a real Kiwi treat: When you have finished breaking it into chunks that you can eat, sweep up all the little chips and stir them into your icecream! Hokey Pokey Ice-cream is a traditional Kiwi favourite. Enjoy!
ANZAC Biscuits
- 100g (4 oz) butter - 1 tablespoon golden syrup - 2 tablespoons of boiling water - 1 and a half tablespoons of bicarbonate of soda - 1 cup of rolled oats - 3/4 cup dessicated coconut - 1 cup (4 oz ) plain flour - 1 cup (8 oz ) of sugar
Instructions:
Combine all dry ingredients except soda Add melted butter Stir in soda mixed with boiling water Place in spoonfuls on greased tray Cook in moderate oven about 20 minutes Allow to cool Store in airtight container Enjoy!
Food on the run - Scroggin
Ingredients:
- sultanas - chocolate (m&ms, anything you like, for an alternative to chocolate, try carob!) - raisins - orange peel (dried) - ginger (dried) glucose (barley sugars or the like) - imagination - nuts (any kind, roasted is ok but not salted)
Instructions:
Mix together chocolate, raisins and nuts in about equal amounts, add whatever extras you like (in lesser amounts) and nibble at it when you need an energy boost on walks.
Origin of this recipe: It's a Kiwi tramping tradition.