You begin with a slice of dodgy white bread,spread it with a melted mix of grated cheddar,evaporated milk and onion soup powder,roll it up,butter it and stick it under the grill until it reaches toasty golden perfection. Sweet as.

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Though it seems safe to assume cheese rolls were invented by members of Dunedin's vast student population after a few too many Speight's Gold Medal Ales,the history of this dish dates to the 1930s – the earliest printed recipe appearing in a Kiwi newspaper in 1935. The now much-loved"southern sushi"gained real popularity in the 1950s,around the same time sliced bread became widely available,though even now it's rare to find one outside the South Island.

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Most bakeries in the likes of Invercargill and Dunedin will do a good cheese roll,though The Batch Cafe (facebook.com/batchcafe) in the former,and Hungry Hobos (hungryhobos.co.nz) in the latter are eternally popular.