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Cheese rolls: How a humble snack became a signature New Zealand food


Ben Mack, CNN • Updated 25th February 2021
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Wellington, New Zealand (CNN) A cheese roll may seem simple: it s basically a slice of bread with cheese-based filling, rolled up and toasted until slightly crispy.
Yet these humble snacks hold a special place in the hearts of many people at the bottom of the South Island, the more southern of New Zealand s two main islands or Deep South, as the region closer to Antarctica than the Equator is sometimes called.
Margaret Peck remembers her first cheese roll. She was a teenager at the beach near Invercargill, almost at the end of the South Island and New Zealand s southernmost city it s also home to the world s southernmost Starbucks and McDonald s outlets. ....

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