exhibition of early Australian cookbooks

... fascinating the stuff you find when you actually sit down and look ... I need to get up to Sydney sometime soon. The State Library of NSW is holding an exhibition of early Australian cookbooks - and of course, recipes for native Australian fare are included.

I do have one collection of a "colonial recipes" which does have some fascinating things to do with kangaroo (it's very complimentary about the taste, and I can't but agree :) ), not to mention wombat (about which it is less complimentary), wallaby, and possum. Not a lot about using native plants and it's those recipes I hope to find. I think they're more to be found in the diaries of the settlers ... lillypilly jam, wattleseed coffee ... those are the records I'm looking for.

But I still want to go to the SL and see these cookbooks :)

Comments

[SonyaSunny]

Hello,
Great job. But not enought info. Where can i read more?

Thank you
SonyaSunny

[Vic Cherikoff]

If you track developments in native Australian foods, I guess you've seen the Noble Rise breads (see this site (www.blandaid.com.au) for the great ads promoting the range) and tried the Outback spices and Mountain pepper variants. Also Berri's Wild Rosella drink with apple and strawberry is full of antioxidants apart from tasting great.

Then there's the cheeses from Tilba which include pepperberry and Alpine pepper and some great sauces under the Taylor's Wild Harvest label.

All these in your local supermarket, just for the picking.

And of course, if you are into super health, check out Kakadu Juice (www.kakadujuice.com/superfoods) for the ultimate antioxidant beverage using wild Australian superfoods.

Cheers,
Vic

[Jason B]

Sounds like you are having fun.