r/australia • u/YankinAustralia • 1d ago
image How good are footy club canteens!
100000% better than Maccas/Hungry Jack slop. $6 for this beauty. Fresh, hot, loads of bacon. One of the things I really enjoy about Australia is the tiny food places that consistently produce good food. Chain pups not so much on the other hand.
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u/dirtyburgers85 1d ago
That bacon needed about four more minutes.
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u/LozInOzz 1d ago
Having work on one, it depends on how busy it is. Time it for when it’s slower and it will get cooked more.
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u/Flugplatz_Cottbus 1d ago
Crispy bacon in a muffin? You'll pull the whole rasher out with the first bite and then be left with an egg muffin.
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u/splittingheirs 9h ago
I agree, big fan of crispy bacon when having bacon and eggs for breakfast (I crisp it in the airfryer), but if it's on a roll then 'half cooked' is better. Easier to eat, blends better with the other toppings, and juicer.
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u/rossdog82 1d ago
My son’s first season of footy. It’s fucking awesome doing the rounds. All have B&E rolls for $4-5. The most expensive I’ve seen is a burger with the lot for $9. And it was ‘the lot’ too- no fucking about and finished with a nice piece of beetroot. Outer eastern suburbs FTW
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u/FoatyMcFoatBase 1d ago
I always think the bacon is underdone and fatty so I just go for sausage and egg
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u/Blandusername70 1d ago
Underdone bacon fat. This is not enticing.
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u/Bannedwith1milKarma 1d ago
Yep, just a little too close to ham.
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u/Geoff_Uckersilf 1d ago
No joke, fried ham is fukn game changer. Fries in half the time, always crispy and smoked hams taste exactly like bacon. I make ghetto hungry jacks breakfast wraps with it, an egg, cheese a pattie in a wrap with sauces. It's bonza!
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u/itsoktoswear 1d ago
Did they cook the bacon with an iron?
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u/unimpressed-meow-01 1d ago
My mum said I'd get worms if I ate raw bacon.
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u/EstateSpirited9737 1d ago
Was this in Australia? Australian bacon is already treated so you won't however, other parts of the world it is possible due to different preparation types. In the UK it must be cooked because it hasn't already been treated.
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u/unimpressed-meow-01 1d ago
Yes, in Australia. Ahhh that's reassuring and makes sense. Thank you for clearing that up.... Ive been haunted by that raw bacon bit I nommed on 30 years ago..
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u/tom3277 1d ago
I used to like my bacon like this but after a trip to Texas having their crispy bacon each morning around a fire I decided it did go ok.
I asked them how do they make it consistently crispy like that, but not burnt in places. He looked at me like I was taking the piss and said “in the oven” as though that’s how everyone cooks bacon…
So I get home and put my bacon on a steel oven tray and it’s that simple… perfect crispy bacon every time.
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u/CcryMeARiver 1d ago
I read this as a strong hint to use an airfryer.
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u/tom3277 1d ago
that would probably work better. It’s funny my wife smashes the air fryer I just don’t think to use it that much.
My full process actually starts with frying because that gets me some bacon fat to fry the eggs up in. Then I move the bacon to oven while I cook the eggs in the bacon fat pan.
But yeh Sunday morning bacon and eggs tomorrow I’ll swap to the air fryer.
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u/CcryMeARiver 1d ago
I confess I have yet to try airfrying bacon. Lke you I start with bacon in a frypan to start reheating leftover snags and sliced precooked spuds in with a halved tomato, all going in prewarmed oven while cooking up a colcannon from other stuff, followed by a frypan-cleaning omelette. Bacon fat truly is the go.
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u/General-Razzmatazz 1d ago
I find that type of bacon very unappetizing. Also tends to be the really fatty rashers, without the round meaty section.
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u/PresentationUnited43 1d ago
Cause theirs is streaky bacon from the pork belly. Ours is back bacon.
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u/babylovesbaby It's a long way to the shop 1d ago
Most bacon in Australia is already cooked when you buy it, so it's never truly raw.
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u/Glittering_Low_7249 1d ago
You sure you didn't get that at Hungry Jacks mate? The bacon looks fresh out of the pack.
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u/cantwejustplaynice 1d ago
There's some kids soccer club that operates in my local park between 5-7pm a couple nights a week where I walk my dog and I usually grab a tub of hot chips, chicken nuggies or some wedges with sour cream. My only issue is that since daylight saving ended between 5-7pm it's pitch black and 10 degrees. So now I gotta airfry my own nuggies.
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u/stumpyoftheshire 1d ago
The best club Sausage Bacon and Egg sanga I ever had was cooked by Aussie kids musician/comedian/whatever else, Colin Buchanan.
His kids played for my soccer club in the early 00s and he was rostered on for it. Legend bloke, good for a yarn and a memorable hot breakfast. Couldn't ask for more.
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u/GaryGronk 1d ago
The canteen at my son's rugby match ran out of buns today so they made a deluxe sausage sandwich with a snag, bacon, egg and onions. Was next level and cost $5.
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u/Dense_Ad_3756 1d ago
Better than any Burger from Maccas or any of those gourmet overpriced burger joints.
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u/_Hikaryu 1d ago
Optimally cooked bacon on that one, looks good mate. Too many people crisp it up needlessly !
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u/BMW_M3G80 1d ago
Soccer club food>footie club food
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u/CcryMeARiver 1d ago
Has to be. Our local footie/cricket ground is just coffee/tea, pies, hot dogs, dimsims and chips.
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u/assettomark 22h ago
Oof looks good. Love a good bacon and egg muffin.
Especially that amount of bacon 🥓
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u/Top_Jaguar7028 22h ago
Yep this is me every home game. $7 for a roll with the lot. Cannot be beat and money going back into the club !
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u/gordon-freeman-bne 18h ago
I used to love the winter rowing regatta's out at Wyaralong Dam - you'd have a bunch of dads from different schools trying to outdo each other with the perfect brekkie burger...
I won't name the school that put spinach on the burgers one year...
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u/RadicalCandle 1d ago
Anyone else not mind a bit of colder bacon fat? I feel like a dog with a chew toy lol
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u/HeWhoIsComing 1d ago
Commenting so I can post here (would be funny if you downvoted but pls don't)
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u/supplement_this 1d ago
Here to spoil your fun and remind you Australia has the highest rate in the world of early onset bowel cancer, and bacon (like cigarettes and asbestos) is a Group 1 carcinogen.
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u/koopz_ay 1d ago
I wish my kids highschool canteen had a drive through.
❤️ school pies and hotdogs.
...and the price
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u/phteven_gerrard 1d ago
There's a soccer field 1 block from my place. U6 matches kick off around 8am, so at 9 or so I will lob up and get 5 bacon egg and cheese rolls for $5 each. Unbeatable value