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Balmain Bugs with Eucalyptus Butter, Wild Rice and Saltbush
Balmain Bugs with Eucalyptus Butter, Wild Rice and Saltbush
Chef Black Olive Area Message Stick

Balmain Bugs cooked in Eucalyptus Butter served on a bed of Wild Rice with Saltbush as seen on ABC Message Stick TV.

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Ever tried Wallaby lasagne? Here you can find recipes with native Australian ingredients. Download recipes from the popular Message Stick chefs, Black Olive, Jacko and Robert Lee. Send us your favourite recipe and we'll post in on the website for everyone to share.

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Jacko Jacko
The Darwin born and bred lad is no stranger to cooking bush tucker. For Jacko and many other indigenous men in 'crocodile country', cooking has always been much a part of the ‘local’ Darwin lifestyle, particularly at weddings, funerals, birthdays and many other sporting and social functions.
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Black Olive Black Olive
Mark Olive, better known as Black Olive, was born at Wollongong in 1962, but his people are the Bundjalung nation from the Northern Rivers of NSW.
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Robert Lee Robert Lee
Robert Lee was born in the small town of Broome in Western Australia. A long time ago, when the road from Port Hedland was dirt and the only way to fly in was with a DC3 airplane.
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