Aussie Bush Tucker Trivia Quiz

Answer: Davidsons Plum

Jam made from Davidsons Plums is a taste sensation! A little tart, it is just great spread on scones and pancakes and as a flavour base in cheesecakes, coulis and in sweet chilli sauces!

Answer: Lemon Myrtle

This lemon scented rainforest tree is a common garden plant (I've got two in my backyard) around Brisbane and South East Queensland. The leaves are used fresh or dried for making lemonade, herbal tea and lemon pepper and the flavour can be up to thirty times stronger than a lemon!

Answer: Bunya Nut

The Bunya Pine is another Queensland native. Aborigines would gather the Bunya Nuts in season from the Bunya Mountains and eat them raw, roast them or pound them to make flour. Bunya nuts are great in casseroles (a favourite), rissoles and damper!

Answer: Native Ginger

The Aboriginals ate the roots and the fruits of this plant, another Queensland native. The fruit tastes a bit like lemonade and the roots taste like ginger, hence the common name!

Answer: Candle Nut

The Candle Nut can be poisonous when raw, with a nasty purging effect that comes from the toxic oil they contain! Roasting destroys the poison and produces a delicious, edible nut. The oil content in the nuts makes them burn with a lot of smoke, hence their common name!

Answer: Quandong

Known as the Desert or Wild Peach, there are three different types of Quandong; the Desert Quandong, the Blue Quandong and the Bitter Quandong. Quandong fruits are red through to blue in colour and are eaten raw or used in jams, pies and as a glaze for roasting meats such as emu, crocodile and kangaroo!

Answer: Native Bee

Sugar Bag is native or wild honey and there are many types of native bees in Australia, and they don't sting! Aboriginals would find the hollow trees the bees lived in and chop them down to get to the hive.

Answer: Wattle

The small, black seed of over forty different species of Wattle are used in breads, desserts and as a spice like ingredient in meat dishes. The seeds are roasted and ground and make a light brown coloured, almost coffee flavoured powder, however, some Wattle seeds are poisonous!

Answer: Kurrajong

The seeds of the Kurrajong are very tasty with a high protein, fat and oil content. When roasted, then ground, they produce a dark coloured flour with a nut-like taste. As with a lot of Australian Bush Tucker, Kurrajong seeds should not be eaten raw!

Answer: Desert Lime

The Desert Lime grows inland in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia. The smallish citrus fruits somewhat resemble lemons, with a sour, juicy centre!