Vegemite, flathead lobsters, macadamia nuts, finger limes, and musk sticks are the only uniquely Australian foods I can think of. Lots of other stuff we don’t really get in NA/EUR is widely available in South Asia so I don’t think of most of the tropical fruits like lychee or rambutan as Australian.
Oh, also stuff like Tim-Tams, but the sleeve of store brand ones I bought at Loblaws a few weeks ago was actually made in the Netherlands so idk.
e: Tasmanian pepperbush! I’ve been trying to get this for my spice collection to no avail for so long I forgot about them.
Fairy bread (party food)
Dim sim (thick skin pork dumplings)
Chiko roll (thick skin spring roll)
Lamington (sponge cake with dessicated coconut)
Pavlova (meringue cake with usually seasonal fruits or other toppings, we beef with the kiwis over this one)
Most native fruits and nuts aren’t really commercially harvested at scale. South Africa is the largest producer of Macadamia nuts, even
Things like quandong, kakadu plum, finger lime (like you mentioned) are often seen as garnishes, preserves, powders etc. processed or high-end foods not every day tucker. Even other stuff that can be harvested locally like pigface, bunya pine nuts, warragul greens, figs and salt bush are not widely consumed outside of people who forage.
RATS! I forgot pavlova was Australian because my Filipina SIL is obsessed.
Australia has such good forageable foods compared to north Ontario, basically my only options are chanterelles and fiddleheads aside from berries in the spring.
Yeah there’s tons, we have fiddleheads and bird’s nest ferns (Asplenium sp.) too, the latter which is apparently a traditional foodstuff in Taiwan, for example.
I don’t forage because I live in the suburbs, but there’s plenty to find a bit further out.
On the other hand, Australia is basically Panaraneum and my wife is deathly arachnophobic so unfortunately I don’t think I’ll get to try foraging down there anytime soon. Alas!
Vegemite, flathead lobsters, macadamia nuts, finger limes, and musk sticks are the only uniquely Australian foods I can think of. Lots of other stuff we don’t really get in NA/EUR is widely available in South Asia so I don’t think of most of the tropical fruits like lychee or rambutan as Australian.
Oh, also stuff like Tim-Tams, but the sleeve of store brand ones I bought at Loblaws a few weeks ago was actually made in the Netherlands so idk.
e: Tasmanian pepperbush! I’ve been trying to get this for my spice collection to no avail for so long I forgot about them.
ELON MUSK STICKS
Tried them once, they were bloody awful. Tasted like the potpourri in my bubbe’s bathroom smelled.
Yeah that’s why theyre so good
Yeah, they’re definitely for people who grew up with them.
Fairy bread (party food)
Dim sim (thick skin pork dumplings)
Chiko roll (thick skin spring roll)
Lamington (sponge cake with dessicated coconut)
Pavlova (meringue cake with usually seasonal fruits or other toppings, we beef with the kiwis over this one)
Most native fruits and nuts aren’t really commercially harvested at scale. South Africa is the largest producer of Macadamia nuts, even
Things like quandong, kakadu plum, finger lime (like you mentioned) are often seen as garnishes, preserves, powders etc. processed or high-end foods not every day tucker. Even other stuff that can be harvested locally like pigface, bunya pine nuts, warragul greens, figs and salt bush are not widely consumed outside of people who forage.
RATS! I forgot pavlova was Australian because my Filipina SIL is obsessed.
Australia has such good forageable foods compared to north Ontario, basically my only options are chanterelles and fiddleheads aside from berries in the spring.
Yeah there’s tons, we have fiddleheads and bird’s nest ferns (Asplenium sp.) too, the latter which is apparently a traditional foodstuff in Taiwan, for example.
I don’t forage because I live in the suburbs, but there’s plenty to find a bit further out.
On the other hand, Australia is basically Panaraneum and my wife is deathly arachnophobic so unfortunately I don’t think I’ll get to try foraging down there anytime soon. Alas!
Tim-Tams by themselves: is alright
A Tim-Tam Slam: chocolatey heaven in your mouth
I’m looking at growing Tassie pepper (need 2 fuck off bushes but) cause it’s awesome. So is strawberry gum and bush ginger.