Straz, Devon, Polony, Fritz, Windsor Sausage, Luncheon Meat

[Gralin]

So which is it for you?
The mystery lunch meat from the deli has many, many names.

Straz is of course the correct name from my childhood

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Straz.

 

[Gralin]

You gotta tell us the other Forward Press

 

[Chief]

Straz <> Devon

Fact.

 

[gaskin]

Polony obviously.

 

[Gralin]

Straz <> Devon

Fact.

 

[Forward Press]

You gotta tell us the other Forward Press

Spam.

 

[Roobs321]

Definitely Devon in my (east coast) fam, was crazy for that or loquat jam in my early childhood sangas, although don’t remember having lunch meat (inc. cocktail franks) much beyond single digits (save in a toastie). Cabanossi for nibblies was the popular perennial growing up. School sangas I most associate with things like PB&J (apricot), black bean sauce (lee kum kee), Nutella, etc.

I think we were poorer in the devon days though. Dad used to fish most of our meat then.

 

[raskolnikov]

Devon and tomato sauce sandwiches for school lunch was a regular.

 

[Plugger35]

It's called polony in WA but I hate it whatever it's called, horrid stuff, even as a kid I would refuse to eat it.

 

[just_kick_it]

Fritz

 

[spudmaster]

Straz absolutely!
Chesse+Straz+Sauce sanga a staple in the ol' school lunchbox back in the day.

 

[PT Bar None]

When I was little in country Vic we called it "Beef German". Not sure if that was just a family or local town thing or what. Then I got older and never had it any more.

I wasn't until I moved to Adelaide as a 20 year old that "Fritz & sauce" seemed much more of a thing. Even for supposedly functioning adults. That was when I came to know most Victorians called it Devon, but I never heard it called that until much later. Maybe because we lived in dairy farming area and the products became "Devondale" and someone thought that was confusing? I dunno. I heard WA-er called it Polony some years later.

I maintain that Stras is a different type of luncheon meat compared to Devon/Fritz/Polony. It's a more spackled consistency with the fat more obvious. Like this:

And then the Americans. They have something called "bologna" which they pronounce "baloney" because they are mostly ****wits. I believe this is slightly different as well, tending to be more spiced and smokey than our Devon/Fritz/Polony. But might be wrong here.

I lived in the NT for a few years, don't remember "round meat" but nothing would surprise me up there.

 

[Mofra]

Straz (short for strassburg) and devon were two separate things. We had both.

We also had presswurst in the house quite a bit:

 

[PT Bar None]

Straz (short for strassburg) and devon were two separate things. We had both.

We also had presswurst in the house quite a bit:

That almost looks like some sort of terrine?

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Never eaten it, never will. But have heard of Devon before.

 

[just_kick_it]

Straz absolutely!
Chesse+Straz+Sauce sanga a staple in the ol' school lunchbox back in the day.

Fritz, cheese and sauce sanga for lunch for me here in Adelaide for at least a couple years in school!

 

[Moonwatcher]

Windsor Sausage

 

[Freofalcon]

Polony obviously.

Polony and sauce sandwiches FTW

 

[Chief]

Devon:



Strasbourg:

 

[Gralin]

Devon:

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Strasbourg:

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Stop bringing facts into my thread!

You're just a shill for big luncheon meat!

 

[cats_09]

Devon

But can we really call any of it “meat”

 

[Chief]

Now this is a far weightier question.

 

[Nothing]

Fritz is rugby league country. Devon southern Australia. Polony in WA.

It's one of the language markers you can use to separate Australian English into dialects.

 

[Chief]

Fritz is rugby league country. Devon southern Australia. Polony in WA.

It's one of the language markers you can use to separate Australian English into dialects.

In NSW we called it Devon.