ask a silly question...

[Ken Gargett]

i'm told, and one really hopes this is true, that on his recent trip to fraser island (and i thank the gods that our planned week fell a few days short of the royal circus), young harry did the kids' chat thing. bent down and had a quiet word to a local kid. 

the kid apparently got quite the quizzical look on his dial and shook his head slowly and sadly. 'no mate, we don't name roos, we eat them'! 

[gweilgi]

15 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

i'm told, and one really hopes this is true, that on his recent trip to fraser island (and i thank the gods that our planned week fell a few days short of the royal circus), young harry did the kids' chat thing. bent down and had a quiet word to a local kid. 

the kid apparently got quite the quizzical look on his dial and shook his head slowly and sadly. 'no mate, we don't name roos, we eat them'! 

How times change.

In my parents' day, people would no more eat kangaroo or rabbit than they would eat rat.  

[BrightonCorgi]

Do kangaroos taste similar to horse? 

[Ken Gargett]

19 minutes ago, gweilgi said:

How times change.

In my parents' day, people would no more eat kangaroo or rabbit than they would eat rat.  

i think that the families of the kid who supposedly made the comment have been eating roo for many centuries. 

[Lotusguy]

Do kangaroos taste similar to horse? 

More like venison.

[Ken Gargett]

16 minutes ago, BrightonCorgi said:

Do kangaroos taste similar to horse? 

i've talked to chef mates. they are not so fond of it except for certain cuts - don't ask me which, but i think the tail is good. the meat is extremely lean and healthy. if the early settlers had more sense, they would have farmed roo instead of cattle. far less destructive to the environment and need far less water. i think that they take only the tops of grass, whereas, and i am sure someone can correct this if wrong, cattle tend to rip the entire grass plant out. 

[bpm32]

I've only had kangaroo sausage. I think I've read that kangaroo is a lean meat similar to venison, horse, or the leaner cuts of beef? Is it that widely available in Australia? I remember a few years ago people were throwing around the term "kangatarian", but I wasn't sure if it was a joke or not.