The Norty Borderline

So seen as though I am an Aussie, I thought I would do a blog post on all the foods that we eat over here, that others may find unusual. Please comment if you are an Aussie and you feel I have left something out, or if you are from another country and you want to know about a particular food, please ask! So obviously I had to do a bit of research when do this blog post and even the first thing that I looked up to get a bit of information (Aussie biscuits) I discovered that my American friends don't call a biscuit like we do. So I looked and my American friends call a biscuit to what us Aussies call a scone. So we have scones with jam and cream or like me with butter or margarine and we normally also have them with a cup of tea or coffee. My Grandmother makes scones with 3 ingredients and they are so light and fluffy, and I absolutely love them! But anyway back to Aussie biscuits. So what we call a biscuit, is actually a cracker or a cookie in the USA. Most of our biscuits are sweet...

What a name of a blog post! 😂 Yet another blog post that I never even contemplated writing until the past few days. And yet here I am! LOL So I am not exactly large in any way shape or form. I am only 5'3" and I only weigh about 60 kilograms (132 pounds). So I think I am in the healthy weight category. I don't eat a great deal and over the past 2 years I have really tried to watch what I eat, because I did get quite large while I was on an anti-psychotic medication. So I have lost over 23 kilograms (50 pounds) and I have never used food as a comfort when I am depressed etc. I might eat a bar of chocolate to cheer myself up, but I only buy the small bars, not a whole block. I also have a lot of sensory issues when it comes to food, so I don't like a lot of textures, but I am trying to learn to push past them and try the food. Anyway where I am staying, my friend is what we would call 'large'. She is not morbidly obese, but she would be bordering on it. One of h...