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Bush Flavours - A Sweet SuccessTasmania is famous for its innovative specialist food producers. One such producer is `The Fudge A'Fare', nestled on a hill amongst tall eucalypt trees overlooking the D'Entrecastaux Channel and Bruny Island south of Hobart. The area is close to the Huon Forests and World Heritage areas. The owners, Sue Melzler and Greg Pitt, have been making fudges since moving to Tasmania in 1995. They previously owned a restaurant in the Adelaide Hills. Sue's background as a chef and Greg's as a craftsman/designer brings to the partnership a multi skilled approach that is complimentary. They work as a team, each with their specialties but being interchangeable as needed. It is from their diverse skills and backgrounds that their innovative and oft times funky approach comes to their work. In their licensed kitchen on their two and a half ha bush property they produce 22 varieties of fudge of uncompromising flavours. The range includes 6 bush flavours. Amongst the range are fudges that have won medals in the Royal Hobart Show - Fine Foods Competition including "Best Confectionary, Gold, two silver, and a bronze. In June, Drysdale House TAFE took samples of Fudge A'Fare fudges including 3 bush flavours to Tokyo and Osaka to present to the food industry there as part of their Hospitality Training Programme. The fudges are very special, made using a high chocolate content and an unusual process to make a soft luscious fudge. It is then coated and hand decorated to create an eye-catching effect with a mouth watering indulgent taste. Generous additions of fruits and nuts adds to the enjoyment.
Their bush range includes: Lemon Myrtle, Native Peppermint, Macadamia Nut, Aniseed Myrtle, Leatherwood Honey and Roasted Wattleseed. These fudges are made using ground leaf, ground seed, crushed nut or honey to achieve a taste and colours that reflects their origins from the land. The leatherwood uses honey that is produced almost next door and makes a fudge that is a white chocolate lovers dream. The fudges are at present mostly sold in Tasmania but The Fudge A'Fare is hoping to expand to the mainland states soon. Enquiries 0362921 055 .Photo: Jan Tilden Editor's comment - heaven!! Zit city. Your dentist will love them!! |
Index 11From the EditorLettersNewsQueensland Bushfood AssociationA word on Buying SeedYarrawarra Aboriginal CorpWhat's fruiting?Native Herb Forum 1.Ethnoecological Research.Illawarra plum.Methods of Growing BushtuckerBushfoods and Farm ForestryBushfood Artist.Backhousia citriodora.FEATURE: Davidson Plum.Principles of Oil Extraction. JQueensland Conference.Solanum centrale association.Somewhat Useful Pages.The Value Adders: Greg Trevena and Fudge A'fareBook Review.Red Ochre GrillFamous Palates |
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Book Review"Selected Plant Food Species and Bush Food Crops" compiled by Christine A. Jones, and "An Annotated Bibliography of Native Australian Bush Foods" compiled by Christine A. Jones I am thrilled each time I come across a new bushfood resource - and these two from Christine Jones have become very welcome additions to my growing bookshelf. Selected Plant Food Species is broken into two sections - the first contains a very extensive listing of edible native foods while the second section has food and medicinal plants and a number of articles on selected species. An Annotated Bibliography has become a regular feature on my desk - this would be by far the most exhaustive bibliography of bushfood and related titles ever compiled. It contains not just the obvious books and articles but literally hundreds of other references gathered over a long period of time. Once again the book is broken into sections - the first lists bushfood books, the second bushfood articles, the third general reference books and the fourth general reference articles. The fifth section is a listing of bushfood crops. Christine also has a publication on native grasses of the Fleurieu Peninsula and Murrarylands (SA) areas not reviewed and she is working on a Fodder and Bushfood crop reference for revegetation in dryland salinity and non-wetting sands in SA. I salute the time and effort which Christine has put into these two invaluable references and encourage readers to make use of them. Selected Plant Food Species and Bush Food Crops - $15 including postage. An Annotated Bibliography of Native Australian Bush Foods - $20 including postage. Order from the author: Christine A. Jones, PO Box 131, Strathalbyn SA 5255
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