Overseas friends often ask what Australian food consists of, what is special here that one cannot eat anywhere else in the world. So tonight's dinner was all local tucker: Steamed Bunya 'nuts', Davidson's Plum sauce and Midyims.
The giant Bunya Pine (50 m) can get up to 600 years old and actually is a living fossil from the dinosaur time. The Aboriginal owners held huge feasting ceremonies in Queensland and NSW. The larger than a pineapple cone consists of delicious 'nuts'. There is still a large endemic forest in Qld., but there are many pines all over Sydney.
The only Australian 'plum'(Davidson pruriens) is actually a tall rainforest tree, that bears many burgundy tangy plums (6 cm) from its stem. There are even a few on the main streets of Manly. The one in our garden is popping a lot of fruit at the moment.
The beautiful mauve speckled Midyim (Austromyrtus dulcis) used to grow densely all over the NSW coast. Now only few remain on the north coast. A juicy, tasty snack behind sand dunes. I am sure, Blue Tongue loves them too.
BTW the froth is really coming on!
03 April 2006
Stuff that grows here
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