Aboriginal Food
Witchetty grub endoxyla leucomochla an australian aboriginal food it is the larva of a cossid moth 10x8 25x20cm print 10101059 framed prints posters canvas puzzles metal photo gifts and wall art.
Aboriginal food. Other insects eaten by aboriginal australians include cicadas and caterpillars. A wide range of plants and animals were eaten by australia s aborigines and insect foods included certain ants grubs moths and beetles while streams provided fish and eels in some regions. Tips on healthy eating for aboriginal people try more often. Country meats moose deer caribou.
They like collecting acacias lemon aspen seeds herbs fruits and nuts roots of eucalyptus fig trees grass trees apples quandong and lilly pilly. One of the most well known traditional aboriginal foods is the australian witchetty grub which is actually native to central australia where the watarrka region is located. Oatmeal mush for breakfast. The witchetty grub remains a common snack or meal addition in australia and is high in protein and nutrition.
Preparing the food the aboriginal women are very clever. One of the most famous bush foods is the witchetty grub. A fishery for food social and ceremonial purposes aboriginal food fishery. The way they grew the food first started with farming and then in factories.
Honey ants in western australia. Fish meals two or more times a week. Can and preserve fruit to use in the winter months or buy canned or plain frozen ones. Birds were eaten including waterfowl scrub fowl the cassowary and the jabiru.
Grubs provide protein in areas where it is hard to come by. Other grubs eaten by aboriginal people include worms ants and numerous other types of insects. Whole wheat flour berries and raisins in bannock. Whole wheat pastas and brown rice.
Facts about aboriginal food 6. For example cows sheep potato and corn. Similarly pascoe argues australians should be consuming more native fauna like kangaroo and wallaby that was also once an aboriginal food instead of hoofed animals such as sheep and cattle which were introduced by settlers. Barley in moose stew caribou stew or fish head soup.