Tully high school students grow, gather and serve up Deadly bush foods feast

Fancy some saltbush arancini with Burdekin plum relish and bush lemon aioli? Key points: Tully high school students host a Deadly bush foods dinner for more than 200 guests The four-course menu showcased bush foods collected from the local area Local Aboriginal elders helped students grow and gather the ingredients They were just some of the dishes served up by students from North Queensland's Tully State High School at their Deadly bush foods dinner. "It's exciting to create authentic dishes with bush foods that have been around a lot longer than ourselves and that have cultural significance and stories behind them. " "In Year 8, we just started this because we liked cooking and eating the food; now, it's turned into a big thing and could possibly be the start of our careers," he said. "I'm actually going to put you under the pressure, we're going to design these dishes, you're going to understand how a prep list works, you're going to understand food orders, it's on you."