Australian Aboriginal sweet foods
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Australian Aboriginal people have many ways to source sweet foods. The four main types of sweet foods gathered – apart from ripe fruit – were:[1]
- honey from ants and bees (sugarbag, see below)
- leaf scale (honeydew – lerps)
- tree sap
- flower nectar
In some parts of Australia, these customs are still used today, particularly in Central Australia. Foods collected can be eaten directly as a sweet or made into a sweet drink.