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There is no food in the Simpson Desert that Europeans would understand how to find and prepare adequately for consumption. Only the local indigenous people would possess the skills to find and prepare the food. For example, desert nardoo provided a satisfying food for the Aborigines of the desert. After explorers Burke and Wills were offered it by the Aborigines, they started to collect and prepare their own, mimicking how they had seen the Aborigines prepare it - but they forgot one vital step, which rendered the nardoo indigestible and quite useless nutritionally.

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