Bush Foods

Overview

Jimmy heads 500km east of Darwin to the remote Arnhem Land coastal community of Maningrida. Jimmy visits Maningrida Wild Foods and goes out harvesting with local landowners for various bush foods that are now sold commercially. Traditional owner Leila Nimbadja shares stories from her childhood and takes Jimmy to hunt for long yam. Jimmy catches up with Don Wilton, one of only a few people in the Northern Territory with an Aboriginal Coastal Fishing Licence. Don teaches Jimmy how they cook seafood the traditional way, on hot coals on the beach. Jimmy then talks to Chef Alan Hickey at the popular Darwin cafe Speakers Corner that’s nestled inside Parliament House. Alan says they use Indigenous ingredients as much as possible and he cooks their speciality Maningrida Bush Apple Bundle, their newest experiment with bush food through a partnership with Maningrida Wild Foods.