Brigid’s Garden Program

We have been growing Murnong (Yam Daisies) in our garden. These are a nutritious native root that was grown as a staple food for thousands of years by aboriginal people on Wadawarrung Country. We have waited patiently for the Murnong to be ready to harvest. Last week they were ready and we dug them out of the garden bed using a trowel to loosen the roots. They looked like deformed mini-carrots or parsnips when we harvested them, and they were a lot smaller than we expected. We divided the plants and replanted them in the garden bed so that more would grow for the next harvest.

Using a recipe that we found from Black Duck Foods, we went over to the kitchen to cook our produce. We washed all the dirt off and thinly sliced them. Then we put butter and olive oil into a frypan and heated it on the stove. We added the Murnong (Yam Daisies) and fried them until they were golden brown. Some liked to taste it with spring onion and sprinkled salt. It had an interesting flavour, a little like potato chips.