Daydreamer123

Thanks Barney, thats interesting. I was a bit worried that just because it was better for the environment didnt mean it was humane for the animals, so pleased to hear that it is!
I was sure it would be, but glad to hear it!

Bernieboy

Let's just say im no longer buying my clothes in baby gap

Burbage

I think most of the cuts are very like duck breast. Very low fat, dense finely textured meat.

Being low fat it probably won't work well in a curry. Fatty meats like lamb, pork or goat are best in curries. Try duck recipes. Might go well with orange sauce.

looky

It tastes alot like Panda but has a milder taste than Koala. You could drive a truck through the country road at dawn, knock down a few on the road and have yourself a fresh supply

bigAPE

Been eating it for years. Even in the UK we used to order it from a specialist butcher. It's great meat, but an aquired taste.

Oddly we ate more of it in the UK than we do here. Eventually I think Aussies will wake up to how good it really is.

Dorutland

When I was working in Hong Kong, there was a restaurant that served kangaroo and emu kebabs - bloody delicious.

Loch Lomond

Panda meat is quite fatty though, similar to polar bear. Very nice all the same

johnnyx0

I've been experimenting with kangaroo meat and had great results with unconventional methods. Get the herb & sauce marinated roo diced on skewers from Coles (it's way easier than getting the steaks and cutting it up).

I stir fry it with whatever I've got in: mushrooms, onions, snow peas, beansprouts, cooked potato, etc. My favourite is curried roo stir fry with mushroom & leek (yeah - sounds odd, I know...) I brown off the meat first with a few cloves of garlic & olive oil and then add a generous amount of curry powder and then a really good splash of white vinegar to the pan, which is apparently an old-fashioned way of making curry. The meat takes in the curry powder and is kept nice and tender by the vinegar and it gives it real bite. Then I add the veggies, stir fry the lot a little longer and hey presto - it's done. Tastes fantastic and the OH always says it smells great & she's a vegetarian!

And it's very lean, full of protein with hardly any fat. Reason for this is that the roos are wild and so spend all day hopping around exercising those muscles and not getting fat like cows standing around chewing grass all day. And because they're wild it also means they're organic and not fed any pesticides or crap that gets given to domestic animals. Roo is the best meat ever - I'll miss it when I go back to the UK for my hols.

Kooky.

I rarely eat red meat but occasionally "I just fancy..." some.

Some of you are saying roo is gamey - if I find meats like venison and goat too strong a taste, will I feel the same about roo?

I do love duck (and I didn't type that with a "u" at first, Freudian or wot) and I like beef, just not in huge quantities.

The_Pom_From_Aus

Daydreamer123;

there is No fat on kangaroo meat at all, the curry should be fantastic

looky

Hmm a woman who likes duck. Guards take that female imposer away!

looky

I would say Polar bear is fattier with the fat insulation for the north pole. It is good on a traditional Japanese pan grill with black pepper and dipped in sweet soy sauce after though

moneypenny20

I don't like it and don't like venison or goat either. Don't do gamey and I think you'll find it very similar to venison. Love duck, lovely meat.

Kooky.

Hmm, think I'll give it a miss. Thanks MP.

NigelWaring

I'm a vegetarian now but have eaten roo at a BBQ when I was working way up north. I'd been used to seeing thousands of them dead on the roads and mainly very high. Had difficulty eating it because I was constantly reminded of what the smelled like when they'd been in very hot sun for a few hours.