KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Tucker is a word. that Australians use for food. You will hear this word used a lot in more in country towns compared to the city.

Detailed explanation-2: -This week, our word is tucker. This is some great Aussie slang for food that has been in constant use since the 1850s. The original meaning is of a meal, that is, something to be tucked away (in the stomach).

Detailed explanation-3: -Many people in Britain and Australia refer to their main evening meal as “tea” rather than “dinner” or “supper", but generally, with the exception of Scotland and Northern England, “tea” refers to a light meal or a snack.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bush tucker, also called bush food, is any food native to Australia and used as sustenance by Indigenous Australians, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but it can also describe any native flora or fauna used for culinary or medicinal purposes, regardless of the continent or culture.