I tried vegemite today.   I t was really disgusting.  I felt kind of like I was going to throw up.  My roommate and I made a deal that if I tried vegemite, she would try a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.   So this afternoon she spread some vegemite on a cracker and made me eat it.  It really was very disgusting.   I was told by a few other people that its not a good way to eat it so I reckon I might give it a second chance in the morning.  Tons of people eat a very, very thin spread of it on toast with butter, while other people eat it on toast with the soft boiled eggs they make here for breakfast.  Another girl told me the best way to eat it is with cheese and tomato on toast.  We'll see how many times I'll try it.  It was a pretty bad first experience.

At dinner, I made my roommate eat peanut butter and jelly.  She hated it.  She said it was way to sweet and went around telling other people to try it.  Most people wouldn't and said it was gross, but there were a few people who had tried it before and said they liked it.  It's weird to think that they dont eat pb & j here.  At home everyone has it.  It's like an American staple food as a kid.

I also tried a dim sim today.  They sell these in pretty much every take away restaurant around.  I dont really know what was in them because the girl who let me try hers didn't really know either.  It was similar to an egg roll with meat inside.  It wasn't all that good, but not as bad as vegemite.  I got to talking with some people and I now have a whole list of foods I have to try including:

sticky date pudding

lamington

tim tams 

mars red bar

some sort of noodle thing I can't remember the name of, but from what they said it sounds kind of like our ramen noodles only with sauce instead of broth

meat pie

chilli sauce

there was heaps more, but I can't remember it all right now.  Mostly what I want right now is some regular cheese.  At home, the most standard cheese is either American or cheddar, I think at least.  Here, the only sliced cheese I have seen for sandwiches is this white cheese that I have never had before and they use it for everything.  Its the same cheese that is in all the food, its in the sandwich bar, its used for nachos.  It's pretty good cheese, but I am just used to more variety I guess.  I have not seen any other kind of cheese here other than like more expensive cheese blocks.  I would really like a good grilled cheese sandwich made with American cheese.  The one day we were eating tomato soup with dinner and someone was saying that they liked bread and cheese with heir tomato soup.  Another girl then said that she loved to toast them together and everyone was like "wow, that sounds so good!"  I just laughed and told them that grilled cheese and tomato soup is another American favorite.  

The other thing I have been craving is bacon.  At home I love bacon, but here it is really gross.  It is really fatty and it is always really chewy.  I need mine to be super crispy.  Luckily, I said bacon was my favorite food during a get to know you game in one of my classes last week and some guy told me about this specific bacon that he buys.  He said after he visited the states, this is the only bacon he will eat.  I reckon tomorrow, I might go to the store and get it.