Changes in the NZ diet over the last 200 years

                                                                                                                                                              The food eaten in 

NZ has changed from when the Maori  people who were the original settlers of NZ  had a diet of berries, Moa meat, fish, eels, and vegetables that they grew themselves. Then as settlers from other countries arrived in NZ they introduced bread, different types of meat like pork, lamb, mutton and beef.  They grew a variety of vegetables, and got fresh milk from having their own cows. The availability and variety of all kinds of foods increased greatly over the next 200 years  and in recent times peoples diets often consist of pre prepared food, fast food, fresh and  frozen meat and vegetables, pasta, rice, meat substitutes, dairy foods and dairy substitutes. 

jam drop biscuits

how does this link to our unit in relation to the British settlers and

the life style they had 

which ingredients has been adapted as the recipe has been modernized as it may not have been available add picture of biscuits  

• 125g  butter, softened 
• 100g (1/2 cup)  sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 egg
• 190g (1 1/4 cups) flour
• Plain flour, to dust
• 115g (1/3 cup) strawberry  jam

the jam drop biscuits are mostly short bred with a thumb grove in the short bread with jam pored into the gaps.