Do you like beetroot?
What on earth does beetroot have to do with Aussie travel tips? I hear you cry.
Well, the other day, amidst the horrible storms and cold weather, Oh Patient One and I decided to treat ourselves to a deliciously naughty calorific lunch. We decided on egg and bacon burgers from the burger bar in Cabarita Beach.
It was a bit if a surprise when we bit into our burgers and there, lurking in the lettuce, was some pickled beetroot. Fortunately for me I like beetroot (although not necessarily with egg and bacon), but Oh Patient One can´t stand it.
According to Relatives No#1 and No#2 all Australian burgers come with beetroot unless you remember to stipulate, ¨no beetroot.¨ It´s just an Australian thing. . .
So “beetroot” is Australian for “gerkin”, which is British for “pickle”.
What a strange and funny thing the English language is.