Old Mother Ashby wrote:
> Little piece in this morning's paper extracting the juicy bits from a
> couple of surveys. Apparently 78% of evening meals are prepared at home.
> Consumption of salads, yoghurt and bottled water is up, hamburgers and
> fizzy drinks is down. The most common takeaway food item is the
> sandwich; the statistical average Australian ate 20 last year, followed
> by 18 buckets of chips and 12 burgers.

I'm surprised that fish and chips doesn't lead the list, but maybe they
made a distinction betwen takeaway food and fast food.
>
> A different survey found that people on more than $85,000 per annum
> preferred Thai when eating out, the paupers opting for Chinese - not
> surprising since it tends to be more expensive. The other choices,
> Italian and Indian, were also ranked differently, but I don't know what
> indicates.

Well, Australia still has a ways to go in integrating other cultures.
-aem