The skin of Southern Glen Stripe Garlic has purple blushes. Inside, the cloves are large. The garlic belongs to the Purple Stripe sub-group of hardneck garlic. Early harvest. History Notes Southern Glen Stripe Garlic was bred at the Gatton Research Station in Queensland, Australia.
Australian Food
Tri Star Squash
The shape of Tri Star Squash is sort of like a big round ball of dough that has just been punched down in the middle. Your eye can make out three large distinct lobes forming the shape. The whole squash is rumpled looking, with bluish-grey lumpy rind, sometimes even with warts on it. The weight…
Tweed Wonder Beans
Tweed Wonder Beans need a long growing season; 110 to 120 days from seed. The plant tolerates some colder weather while growing. Tweed Wonder Beans are good as a green bean. When dried, the long, oblong beans inside are dark purple.
Vegemite
Vegemite is a yeast spread, an Australian competitor to British-made Marmite. It is a very shiny, very dark, reddish, deep-brown spreadable paste. It is so thick that if you were to tip a jar up, it might take hours or days for it to run out of the jar. It is salty-tasting, but milder than…
Verdale Olives
A type of olive tree grown in Provence, France for making oil from. Its large olives have a good, strong olive flavour with very little bitterness, making the oil seem almost a bit sweet. In Australia, the trees are also grown for making table olives from. They are picked early, while they are still green…
Wattle Seeds
Wattle Seeds are seeds from Acacia trees in Australia. They are considered an Australian “bush food.” The seeds are hard, glossy, and black, and grow in pods. They are not grown commercially; they are collected from the wild. Not all Acacia trees produce edible seeds. Some have seeds suitable only for livestock. Some varieties in…
Witjuti Grubs
In some parts of the world, if a friendly local invites you for some grub, you really have to ferret out what the invitation is actually for. Witjuti Grubs are the larvae of leopard moths. They live in the trunks and roots of certain acacia trees, particularly the roots of the Wichetty Bush (aka “Acacia…
Yabbies
A Yabby is a freshwater crustacean in Australia, similar to crayfish. Some Australians call any freshwater crayfish a “yabby.” They have more meat on them than many other crayfish. The tail meat is 15 to 20% of the body weight. The claws are particularly desirable if the yabby is a larger one. They are found…