Showbags Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I think my wife was an aboriginal in a previous life. Last 2 nights she has made a salad and then some vietnemese rolls out of a leaf from the garden that I had never seen or heard of being used before...and that was the Avocado tree leaf...twas delicious it was. She also harvests the lawn out from for some other weedy looking this before it is cut and throws that in both salads and veg dishes. There is another creeper type plant that she jumps out of the car to get on the sides of the road. O/S recently she collected wild herbs from the roadside to put into a dish she was going to cook up. If we were to move to Australia...should I be worried she might go walkabout? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikoman Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) Thai people eat many edible foods from the wild, my family does it all the time. I also believe that was what helped the Viet Cong to out wait the US during the war in Vietnam, a little sack of sticky rice, pick up the rest from the jungle. It has helped supplement their diet in the past, and looking at the 3RD world looming food shortages seems to be in the wave of the future, I think it would be wise to be able to identify wild food sources, should sometime in the future you ever need it. Edible bugs, wild greens, small fish, frogs, snakes etc, would do well for anyone to know if they ever have to survive in the wild. Cheers Edited November 22, 2013 by kikoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Old Croc Posted November 22, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 22, 2013 We have all sorts of strange, yet apparently edible, plants growing in our garden. I can eat a few of them, but most taste like crap to my western taste buds. I've had to buy a gas cooker for outside use because some of these weeds stink up the house when cooking. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 My wife nearly died when she saw kangaroo for sale in coles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macksview Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 when up-country it is one of the joys of my holidays, when the mother in law and her friends, go looking for bush tucker, its is a real community thing, even many dont have to do it,for any economic reasons, it just seems they enjoy it and maybe it is a throwback to a more stress free time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brevity Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I am jealous that you have someone to teach you about bush tucker in Thailand. I would love to know more about wild plants that we can eat. I think vegetables from the market and food stores might have too much chemicals and stuff like that. So free organic greens would be nice and I think some of that stuff is probably really healthy even if it tastes bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showbags Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 I am jealous that you have someone to teach you about bush tucker in Thailand. I would love to know more about wild plants that we can eat. I think vegetables from the market and food stores might have too much chemicals and stuff like that. So free organic greens would be nice and I think some of that stuff is probably really healthy even if it tastes bad. Thats what my mum used to say at the dinner table every night... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim armstrong Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Isn't it great that you can still get bush tucker here. My wife and the in laws are at it all the time. I especially like various types of wild spinach, mushrooms in season and best of all jungle yams. Last year they found one that was 1 metre long and about 10kg. I'm told they get to 60kg Im not so sure about 'mutloom' though its supposed to be a magic veggie that cures everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somchaismith Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Wow! You've found a typical hardworking aboriginal cook. Good luck, mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillageIdiot Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Bush Tucker? ...Sorry, I came in by mistake. I was trying to find the Low Class thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 I put this is the farm thread but might be interesting for a few of you here ?? www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3253e/i3253e.pdf Insects, food of the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasun Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Any relation to Les Hiddins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 We wouldn't starve. paklian is abundant (A southern shrub), We are often brought bush meat, large frogs, squirrel, wild pig, and small deer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 The way the political mess is escalating, unless you want to pack up and fly out, bush tucker skills might become invaluable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple1 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 When living in SE Queensland my wife would often ask me to stop and she would collect leaves etc from plants for cooking that she recognised she use to eat in Thailand, as well as young bamboo. She did not eat insects, but the women from Issan and the North of Thailand would collect some of the insects in Australia and cook/eat them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauGR1 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Few years ago i spent 2 weeks in a Isan village with a former gf.. She a was a bush tucker, and she could find medicinal plants for all purposes. Every morning i used to go on food expeditions with her and all the children of the family.. For me it was just a good excuse for a walk in the wild, but they were collecting any kind of food.. Herbs, mushrooms, bamboo sprouts and fish in the ponds, which were numerous in the village surroundings. Oh, and the joy when they could find a nest of big red ants.. Their eggs seem to be the best delicacy for them... The old mother was the specialist in finding that highly appreciated food. For me it was like a window into the past..And in the future, perhaps. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirbicus Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 I too would like to no more Being a big fan of The Bush Tuckerman myself watching alot of Les' series on youtube. Brings back memories watching that show years ago in Australia We live in a townhouse complex and ladies are collecting green leafy plants from around the very small vacant but slightly over grown areas. I found out that there is a particular Croton shrub you can fry up. leaves only It is the very narrow leafed one yellow and green I know it when I see it Kirby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weegee Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Unripened Mangos...with salt and curry powder....tastes good but WOW....what a gut ache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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