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Sam Dastyari is in King Kebab House, Campbelltown and shows us how to put together the best HSP in Sydney.
There were queues at kebab stands as its popularity skyrocketed, a HSP appreciation society was formed, and the greasy treat made its mark on Australian politics on election night when Labor senator Sam Dastyari offered to take Pauline Hanson out for a halal bite.
Finally the people have spoken. Halal snack pack (HSP), "a fast food comprising layers of hot chips, grated cheese, halal doner kebab meat, garlic sauce, barbecue sauce and chilli sauce", has been named People's Choice Word of the Year 2016 by Macquarie Dictionary.
"The significance of halal snack pack is that it tells us about something once confined largely to the Muslim community that is now surfacing throughout the broader Australian community," the Macquarie committee said.
Macquarie Dictionary editor Susan Butler said she had devoured her first HSP in honour of the occasion.
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"I think it is the duty of lexicographers to, as much as is humanly possible, eat the food items that they put in the dictionary," she said.
"How can you write the definition of HSP with enthusiasm if you have never sampled it? So today I ate my first HSP.
The people have spoken... a lot about the halal snack pack in the past year. Photo: Edwina Pickles.
"I can understand why this dish has become the fast food item of the day. It is carbo‐loaded, calorific sinfulness. Once started on it, you cannot stop."
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