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Anzac Day

Oat and golden syrup biscuits, and coffee with rum after the dawn service.

2017 Anzac Day parade, Warwick
Photo: Chris Olszewski, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is eaten for Anzac Day

Anzac Day remembers Australians and New Zealanders who served and died in war. It begins with a service at dawn. Afterwards veterans' clubs serve a gunfire breakfast, which takes its name from coffee or tea with a measure of rum, the drink soldiers were given before a morning attack. The food of the day is the Anzac biscuit, made of oats, coconut, flour, butter and golden syrup. It has no eggs, so it keeps well, and such biscuits were sold and sent to raise funds in the First World War.

The dishes

Anzac biscuitOat, coconut and golden syrup biscuit baked for the day.GunfireCoffee or tea with rum, served after the dawn service.Sausage sizzleServed at clubs and fundraisers after the march.
About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Anzac Day" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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