Words & TermsFood and drink
bush doughnut
Damper dough cooked over a campfire, often on a stick and finished with golden syrup, likened to a doughnut.
In a sentence
They twisted damper around sticks to make bush doughnuts.
Where it came from
A transparent compound: bush marks the camp or outdoor setting and doughnut reflects the sweetened dough preparation or resemblance. NSW National Parks independently uses bush doughnut for sweetened damper cooked on a stick; camping material supports the same comparison.
- Initial era
- 2000–today
- Where used
- Australia-wide
- Use today
- Current but uncommon