09/07/2022
You are just too deadly Aunty Dale 😍
Aunty Dale is a renowned Indigenous chef and cookbook author and owner of My Dilly Bag which is located on the Sunshine Coast at Forest Glen Village (down the driveway between the bakery and Sunny Coast Grammar School.
Love all of her native infused products, from oils, pasta, relishes, jams, meats, native plants and a wide variety of native herbs and spices and all things nices 😋Aunty Dale's cookbook, Coo-ee Cuisine is a really great starting point if you are a little overwhelmed with how to implement bush foods into recipes which are simple, delicious and no fuss.
Pop down to the store to have a yarn with Aunty Dale, she really is a powerhouse of knowledge on all things Bush Foods or check out her workshops which she runs regularly at the store.
www.mydillybag.com.au
🥣🍴 Modern take on ancient foods 🥣🍴
The connections that sharing delicious food creates is a special thing in itself, but when you're also learning more about the culture behind the cuisine it can be a powerful force.
Indigenous chef and cookbook author, Aunty Dale Chapman, prides herself on providing a comfortable environment at My Dilly Bag in Forest Glen, to share knowledge about bushfoods and indigenous culture.
"I think that's what keeps me going all these years, is being able to see the smiling faces, the change in people's attitude to about knowing where bushfood comes from, how Aboriginal people use it traditionally, and how we can really embrace it now in its contemporary form," Aunty Dale said.
"It's really empowering for me, but I also think that they get empowered as well."
Lemon Myrtle shortbread, bunya nut pesto and wattle seed cheesecake are just some of her tasty creations.
Aunty Dale was born in Dirranbandi in south west Queensland on Yuwaalaraay and Kooma tribal lands. But has lived on Gubbi Gubbi/Kabi Kabi land on the Sunshine Coast, since 1976.
In school, she was taught that aboriginal people were primitive. She shared the story of how her ancestors harvested native grains and stored them in vessels in purpose built sheds, as well as using native plants for food, medicine and cultural purposes.
"It wasn't just oh, gee, all of a sudden a kangaroo jumped in my path, and I'd better eat it, you know," Aunty Dale said.
"It was it was traditional practices and techniques and, and that language of passing on knowledge from one generation to the next. That is why Aboriginal people are the oldest living practising culture in the world."
Aunty Dale is a member of the First Nations Bushfood and Botanical Alliance of Australia, a network that connects with indigenous farmers to help them build sustainable businesses.
"Through the development of this organisation we've been able to identify all of these businesses on our online presence so people are more informed about who they buy from," Aunty Dale said.
She praised the new curriculum that introduces children to First Nations knowledge.
"I truly believe Australia is going to be a kinder nation, and a more generous nation than what it has been in the past."
