The Food 'round here could kill a brown dog.
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The Food 'round here could kill a brown dog.
Does anyone know of any good books or other publication that looks at our native vegetation and identifies edible vs non edible species.
Many times I have been camping in the bush and seen some berries on a tree or lush leaves and wondered if any of the stuff is edible. More importantly are those berries and seeds poisonous. maybe the stuff makes a good flavouring for billy tea or maybe just one of those yummy looking berries would kill a brown dog. I recently discovered peppermint gum leaves and now have one growing in my backyard.
There doesn't seem to be anything in the book stores at the moment, so If anyone knows of a good reference book (in or even out of print) I would appreciate.
Many times I have been camping in the bush and seen some berries on a tree or lush leaves and wondered if any of the stuff is edible. More importantly are those berries and seeds poisonous. maybe the stuff makes a good flavouring for billy tea or maybe just one of those yummy looking berries would kill a brown dog. I recently discovered peppermint gum leaves and now have one growing in my backyard.
There doesn't seem to be anything in the book stores at the moment, so If anyone knows of a good reference book (in or even out of print) I would appreciate.
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Do you have any National Park areas which have 'indigenous' tours? I know when I lived in Wollongong we did one in one of the national parks up sydney way- and the ranger showed us all sorts of berries n other yummies in the bush. Maybe you could call someone from nat. parks and see ifn theres someone near you. Or maybe your local library has books on it? You might be able to borrow, and if not borrow at least photocopy them till you can locate the books you'd like to buy. If that makes any sense!
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re: Bush food books
The ones that I use the most are;
Low, T. (1991) "Wild Food Plants of Australia"
Angus & Robertson
Cribb, A.B & J.W. (1990) "Wild Food In Australia" 2nd Edn.
Angus & Robertson
Smith, K. & I. (1999) "Grow Your Own Bushfoods"
New Holland
Robins, J. (1998) "Wild Lime : Cooking from the bushfood garden"
Allen & Unwin
Kuranga Native Plant Nursery (199?) "Australian Bush Food Kit"
Kuranga Native Plant Nursery
cheers Darren
Low, T. (1991) "Wild Food Plants of Australia"
Angus & Robertson
Cribb, A.B & J.W. (1990) "Wild Food In Australia" 2nd Edn.
Angus & Robertson
Smith, K. & I. (1999) "Grow Your Own Bushfoods"
New Holland
Robins, J. (1998) "Wild Lime : Cooking from the bushfood garden"
Allen & Unwin
Kuranga Native Plant Nursery (199?) "Australian Bush Food Kit"
Kuranga Native Plant Nursery
cheers Darren
I have seen and used Low and Cribb DCR has list on the above thread. They are both good. From memory - the Cribb (2nd Ed.) is slightly better in identifying they species. Probably a good thing if you planning a banquet.
I will have a look around here and see if I can find some others.
Bronze.
PS- Field guides are pushing bush tucker now and have special section on what grows where in which seasons and special instructions on preperation. The two above did not discuss prep much as liability was far too high back in the early 90's. Now it's not so Grey -try at your own risk.
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I will have a look around here and see if I can find some others.
Bronze.
PS- Field guides are pushing bush tucker now and have special section on what grows where in which seasons and special instructions on preperation. The two above did not discuss prep much as liability was far too high back in the early 90's. Now it's not so Grey -try at your own risk.
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Leek said:
Some muggle friends I have that are Dr s in plant biology say you have to be very carfull in this area as there are some that look OK and have no side affects for up to 48hrs then it all goes realy pear shaped and you die quick. (No I am not joking)If you find anything on edible mushrooms, please let me know...