Bush tucker

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Bush tucker, also called bush food, is any food native to Australia and historically eaten by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, but it can also describe any native flora, fauna or fungi used for culinary or medicinal purposes, regardless of the continent or culture. Animal native foods include kangaroo, emu, witchetty grubs and crocodile. Plant foods include fruits such as quandong, kutjera, spices such as lemon myrtle and vegetables such as warrigal greens and various native yams. Traditional Indigenous Australians' use of bush foods has been severely affected by the British colonisation of Australia beginning in 1788 and subsequent settlement by non-Indigenous peoples. The introduction of non-native organisms, together with the loss of and destruction of traditional lands and habitats, has resulted in reduced access to native foods by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Since the 1970s, there has been recognition of the nutritional and gourmet value of native...

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