Lizard Bake Medley

They make a ritual of hunting the lizard, gathering the various other ingredients, even digging the clay, and collecting the wood. This is a collective event, a whole family or even tribe contributes to the ritual. Need some type of lizard, sweet quandong berries, bunya nuts, desert lime, pepperberry, wichetty grub, warrigal greens, yams, and sea celery. Bush bread is often cooked as a side.

• This is a dish that combines lizard meat, and a variety of fruits, nuts, greens, and grubs. The first thing to prepare is the lizard. It needs to be cleaned, but the skin is left on.
• A fire is prepared, and part is burnt down to coals.
• Yams are covered in clay and tossed on the coals.
• Other ingredients are either chopped up or left whole and stuffed in the abdominal cavity of the lizard, it is tied shut and covered in clay then placed on the coals and covered with them too. The fire replenished the coals as needed. Cooking takes multiple hours, it is often turned so it is cooked on all sides.

Various other animals can be cooked the same way such as birds, kangaroo, crocodiles, etc. There are many fruits, nuts, and vegetables that can be substituted, depending on the flavor profile wanted.

History

It began when individuals met in the desert while wandering, each contributed something to the meal. Some shared fruit, vegetables, meat, nuts, seasoning, etc. They all helped prepare the meal and then all enjoyed it. Eventually, people joined into groups, families, and tribes.

Components and tools

The ingredients need to be found or caught in the area, as well as everything else that is used in the preparation of the ritual.

Participants

Each family now takes on specific roles, like gathering and preparing a specific step.

Primary Related Location

Dinoterra

Important Locations

• Wildlands

Related Ethnicities

• Dinoterran, Carnisaur
• Dinoterran, Joined
• Dinoterran, Unjoined
• Human
• Wild Halfling