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New Zealand is ranked 27th in beer consumption per capita, at around 64.7 litres per person per annum. The vast majority of beer produced in New Zealand is a type of lager, either pale or amber in colour, and between 4%–5% alcohol by volume. There are also over 100 smaller craft breweries and brewpubs producing a vast range of beer styles.
Hāngī (Māori: [ˈhaːŋiː]) is a traditional New Zealand Māori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven, called an umu. [1] It is still used for large groups on special occasions, as it allows large quantities of food to be cooked without the need for commercial cooking appliances.
A deboned, roast leg of lamb or mutton stuffed with honey, dried apricots, breadcrumbs, onion and herbs. Colonial Goose was popular in New Zealand and Australia in the early 20th century but is now quite rare. [94] [95] Crumbed cutlets Lamb cutlets breadcrumbed and fried. [96] Crumbed sausages Sausages covered in a breadcrumb batter pan fried. [97]
The morning tea and afternoon tea breaks were created for tea consumption [1] and the evening meal dinner can be referred to as tea. [9] Tea is consumed in New Zealand by people of all social classes. [6] [1] Teabags were introduced to New Zealand in 1969. [10]
Ham and lamb are the most popular Christmas meat in New Zealand and enjoy near-equal popularity. Families traditionally gather for a Christmas lunch. While a formal dinner indoors remains traditional, barbecue lunches have increased in popularity since the 2000s, with around 43% of New Zealanders having a barbecue lunch in 2019.
New Zealand Chinese cuisine (Māori: Kai hainamana o Aotearoa) is a style of cooking developed by Chinese migrants who arrived to New Zealand. Its roots are derived mainly from Cantonese cuisine as a result of migrants from Guangdong working in New Zealand's gold fields during the mid-to-late 19th century, with the food being adapted to local tastes.
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The first Georgie Pie restaurant opened in Kelston, Auckland, and at its peak in the mid-1990s had become a chain of 32 restaurants across New Zealand. However, after a major expansion, Georgie Pie became uneconomic to run and was eventually sold to McDonald's New Zealand in 1996. The last restaurant at Mission Bay, Auckland, closed in 1998.