Indigenous Bush Tucker
These indigenous food trucks are serving up the best bush food flavours.
Indigenous bush tucker. Bush tucker or bush food is any food native to australia. The australian aboriginals used the environment around them for generations living off a diet high in protein fibre and micronutrients and low in sugars. The tucker bush schools program assists schools in establishing their own bush tucker gardens enriching the learning environment with native edible plants. The garden is now producing indigenous bush tucker for the school community in areas such as classroom cooking and after school club cooking.
Indigenous custodians call for protections on native foods by nicole hasham updated december 19 2015 10 20pm first published december 18 2015 7 20pm. Much of the bush tucker eaten then is still available and eaten today. The bush tucker is also used for the school s grow free cart a community initiative where excess organic produce is given and shared freely. Our dream is to see bushfood gardens in schools all over the country helping young australians develop a stronger connection to nature and their food supply.
The bush food called bush tucker in australia eaten by the aboriginal people of central australia usually falls into a few different groups. Bush tucker also called bushfood is any food native to australia and used as sustenance by indigenous australians the aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples but it can also describe any native fauna or flora used for culinary or medicinal purposes regardless of the continent or culture. Braised eggplant with saltbush a luscious combination of eggplant simmered until it s mouth meltingly soft then served with a rich japanese spiced sauce and slivers of grassy refreshing saltbush. But palawa kipli s cricket and saltbush guacamole bush tuck os a play on tucker and tacos.
Animal native foods include kangaroo emu witchetty grubs and crocodile and plant foods. Bush tucker the top restaurants are always thinking of ways to make their food stand out from the crowd. We started tucker bush with a dream of bringing this land s unique flavours back into the mainstream so future generations can remain connected to a rich and vibrant history.