This stuff is expensive! Not that I begrudge anyone making a living, and a little goes a long way but this is locally produced (grower, processor, distributor, retail) as opposed to imported (grower, processor, distributor, export agent, import agent, distributor, retail). I hope the grower is getting a good price and the cost to the consumer isn't being swallowed up by the middle men and their profit margins!Anyway, today was cooking day and, after much thought and a few days of sourcing information, I settled on my Australian menu:
- Pumpkin Soup with El Questro Station's Damper
- Nutty Kangaroo Rolls (with macadamias and bush seasonings)
- Braised Chicken with Bush Tomatoes, Native Basil and Native Pepperberry
- Steamed Broccoli with Macadamia and Burnt Butter Sauce
- Smashed Potato with Tasmanian Mountain Pepper
- Carrots with a Tasmania Leatherwood Honey Glaze
- Peas with Native River Mint
and for dessert
- Mini Pavlova's with whipped cream, banana, macadamias and toffee nests
I was making toffee nests so I didn't actually eat any of it (doh!), and for the same reason there are no photos but apparently it was a success. And yes I will actually post some recipes on Yummy Tucker tomorrow and Friday - including those Indian one's I still have outstanding :-)
7 comments:
I loved the broccoli, but why are macadamias so damn expensive? I think its one of those foods they keep inflated...
I bought a 500g bag for $5 which is very competitive when it comes to nuts (and the cheapest of the bush tucker foods) - will bring some in for you on Saturday and keep you in constant supply if you want to :-) Do you want raw or honey roasted?
BTW for that price I regularly have macs around the house :-)
Newness and a high level of processing tend to affect bushtucker prices, I think. And for the bushfoods in the gourmet area, there's the whole "gourmet and therefore expensive" thing.
Many bushtucker foods are still sourced from wild or semi-wild plantings, which takes more work than nice neat cultivations where machines can do the work, for eg ...
Thanks for the info infoaddict - and welcome aboard :-)
all i know is it tasted delicious! and btw i snuck a pav home to a certain plumber i know and he says thank you very much! i'm looking forward to the recipes for this lot so i can make them at home :) except for the wooden spoon toffee gig, that looked far too complicated for me!
I fried up the last of it this morning to make bubble and squeak...
wonder if thats a native thing..looked bloody tribal...
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