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The old people would talk about the need to eat from both murŋyan' and gonyil food groups and the need to supplement their diet with gapu (fresh water). While this balance was maintained, the people knew they were eating correctly. [2]
Aboriginal Australians have eaten native animal and plant foods for the estimated 60,000 years of human habitation on the Australian continent, using various traditional methods of processing and cooking. [1] An estimated 5,000 species of native food were used by Aboriginal peoples.
Indigenous cuisine of the Americas includes all cuisines and food practices of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.Contemporary Native peoples retain a varied culture of traditional foods, along with the addition of some post-contact foods that have become customary and even iconic of present-day Indigenous American social gatherings (for example, frybread).
Bush bread, or seedcakes, refers to the bread made by Aboriginal Australians by crushing seeds into a dough that is then baked. The bread is high in protein and carbohydrate, and forms part of a balanced traditional diet. [1]
Australian Aboriginal bush tucker traditions feature various sweet foods. The four main types of sweet foods gathered (apart from ripe fruit) are: [1] Honey from ants and wild bees ("sugarbag") Leaf scale (lerps, from honeydew) Tree sap; Flower nectar; In some parts of Australia, these customs are still used today, particularly in Central ...
Kangaroo formed an important part of many traditional Aboriginal diets. Kangaroo is called Kere aherre by the Arrernte people of Central Australia: You find Kangaroos in flat country or mulga country. In the old days, people used to sic their dogs on them and spear them. The milk guts are pulled out and a wooden skewer is used to close up the ...
Murnong, a staple in the traditional diet of Ngambri people. Murnong, now rare in the ACT due to land development, were a staple in the diet of traditional Ngambri people. [29] [30] They also ate grass trees, [31] bulrushes, native raspberries, apple berries and native cherries.
Country food refers to the traditional diets of Aboriginal people (known in Canada as First Nations, Metis, and Inuit), especially in remote northern regions where Western food is an expensive import, and traditional foods are still relied upon.