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Article: Australia's Bush Tucker Man chows down on worms, grubs
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 4, 1988
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SYDNEY A real-life " `Crocodile' Dundee" is heading for America.
Meet the Bush Tucker Man, Australia's newest folk hero.
But unlike the character made famous by Paul Hogan in two hit
movies, Les Hiddins is for real, and his TV show on how to survive on
food found in the bush is one of the most popular programs Down
Under.
A major in the Australian army, Hiddins has spent 10 years in
the bush showing soldiers how to survive on tucker, Australian slang
for food. Bush tucker is food that abounds in the bush, such as
"crocky apples," "mangrove worms," "matchbox beans," "supple jack" (a
kind of celery) and "witchety grubs," which resemble giant worms and
taste like cashew nuts.
Snakes and ...