Kangaroo steak (for dinner)!!!??????

so you've eaten koala, dingo, cassowari, thorny devil? LOL

I like the strong flavour and it's lean qualities, though haven't had it for some time due to availability. Anywhere in Brisbane that sells it Darrell?

Andrew

Had it a few times, some ok some bad. Comes down to how its cooked i think... medium and its too tough, rare and its too bloody for my liking. I used to be a big steak lover but now prefer lamb steaks anyday.
Also had croc once and loved it! Tasted a bit like fish/seafood with the texture of chicken from what i can remember. Very nice! Were only small pieces though, a croc steak may be a bit too much...

Emu is very nice, not gamy at all and very lean as well.

Try this recipe.

Grind peppercorns onto a plate and pat the Kangaroo into it on both sides. Make sure it is well covered and put it in the fridge for 1/2 hour. Get 1/4 cup of butter and 1/4 cup of your favourite bourbon - I like Canadian Club. Mix butter and bourbon together as best you can and put in foil in the freezer.

Cook meat on a hot BBQ plate until to your liking. It's much more fun if you have a beer while you're cooking it. In the meantime, get your missus to knock up some sauteed potatoes and steam some fresh beans. Place meat on a plate and top with a knob of bourbon butter, serve with hot veges and Bob's your uncle.

Just make sure you cook it outside. Our budgie had the sneezes for an hour after I cooked it inside. Poor bugger!

Kanga is readily available down here (SA) and not expensive compared to some of the rubbish cuts you buy in supermarkets.

Louie.

i was brought up on kangaroo tail roast, rabbit and hogget or older sheep (mutton). good tucker,teachers you to cook slow. but all cooking was slower on the old metters wood stove.even better now with a glass or two of red.

We've found Roo Curry the best so far - can have both the curry and the meat flavours (tend to lose the flavour of beef in some of the stronger curries). There's a wholesaler near my work in Malaga, WA but we also get roo from Woolies and Coles (they stock some of the products from www.macromeats.com.au).

I had crock once and it was really nice , but then again - i was dating a chef and she knew how to cook it correctly ....

my first experience with roo was VERY disappointing ... was at an expensive restaurant in darling harbour .... was over cooked and in some blackberry sauce that just completely took over the taste .....

again ,... the chef i dated for a while -- she cooked me a roo steak .... WOW loved it :)

Boc

Kangaroo pie is my favourite. Fresh, homemade kangaroo pie very nice. Would like to try it in a roast, seen it doen but never tasted it. Cant wait for xmas i will be cooking up my little bunny rabbit if i can find one, love rabbit also.

Hi all
well since I travel a fair bit I have had all sorts of stuff:
ostrich: which is simply great cooked very hot and rare inside
crocodile: well I can leave that
elephant: which tastes very blubberish and not again
whale :ditto
kudu: fantastic
gazelle: as above
turtle: in soup very strong
donkey: fine
Horse:fine
ducks brains and tongues: only once thanks
monkey:as above
dog:sweet but never again
snake: like chicken
buffalo:great
pheasant:great
duck feet: well once thanks

eaten all parts of common animals( cows, sheep, goats, pigs ): throat, bleep es, balls,brains, tails etc etc. Had an eye once ( and frankly never again ).

I'd like to convince myself to try it, but after spending some time shooting roos legally for crop protection, and feeding the dogs on roo leg,,,,,, fair dinkum the number of legs we cut n threw away to get a good un for the dogs...... due to finding them riddled with white tapeworms.

I'm sure the farmed stuff is different... or is it... I know guys who shoot the same roos from the same areas, and there lining up with coolers to take them off you. Do they go in food chain??

Not sure if like the pigs they go to mainly germany, but a clean head shot roo is what they are after.

Sorry if I put anyone off..... but best to know what its all about

gday all


most of us have tried the M at least once?
does that count as feral game?????

Yep roo is great but even better is bambi....no fat at all....more of the good stuff too apparently..!!Rusa s no good to eat but chital is fab....!!

Tried possum once, tasted a bit like penguin lol?????

Good tucker, that roo, especially in a stir fry.

I've tried:
Crocodile....very nice
Goanna....nice too
Flying Fox...well...jury's out on that one
Turtle...yumm
Springbok..Good stuff
Springbok liver thrown raw on the fire..good tucker
Kudu...can be tough
Impala...nice too
African Porcupine...sweet meat
Elephant...blubbery
African Buffalo....tough
Asian Buffalo....good tucker
Horse...hmm, not fussed
Snake(Python)...nice an fluffy
Witchetty Grub....yerr, can leave that one too
Camel....tastes like dust
Burdekin Duck....throw away the duck and eat the saucepan
Bustard...Good tucker
Magpie Goose....delicious



Cheers

My wife used to get minced roo meat from her folks farm and make lasagne with it. Absolutely wonderful.

Even some of my very Italian friends loved it until I told them it was roo (lol).

I was known for bringing something different to the work wind up. One year when our host cooked my steaks on the barbie, the guessing was on. Host got it right with "Oh, we're not eating Skippy are we?" A top steak, and a good fat free meat.

Roo tail makes a great brawn, roo meat a top stew, and the steaks are excellent (choose a young roo of course). Australians have got it wrong; we should be breeding and eating kangaroo. Yum

Motherhen

Who has enjoyed eating roo, rabbit, parrot and wild duck. We eat goat (a nice lean meat) and mutton (lamb a bit fatty and lacking flavour). Even the Old Rooster's domestic pigeon are tasty - a bit like wild duck. Only eating chicken is cannibalism.

darrell

I just get my own..
At least I know what I am getting, as a couple of times that I have brought it, someone has slipped in some "old Buck", and thats realy yuck, and strong.
Cheers
Bucky

Agree with you Darrell, love roo meat, especially the tail cooked in it's skin.

Have tried,
Green ants, lemon tasting, not bad
Honey ants, sweet as
Witchetty grubs, cooked, nutty
Goanna, rubbery chicken
Snake, rubbery chicken
Camel, almost like steak but tough as hell unless it is a young one
Deer, too gamey
Pheasant, too gamey
Frog's legs, similar to chicken drumstick
Snails, taste all of their own
Haggis, not bad if you don't think about the ingredients
Emu, nice tasting but I thought it too fatty
Mallee fowl, lovely, but to the PC, that was in the 50's
Scrub turkey/Bustard, shared with locals in the Gibson, nice but undercooked in the ground
Rabbit, practically grew up on them, still love them
Croc, not bad
Buffalo, loved it, still remember, 'buff or beef?' when ordering a burger or steak sandwich in the Territory

Grew up on a Mallee farm in SA in the 50's, so when Dad killed a sheep, nothing was wasted. Brain, tongue, liver as well as all the 'normal' bits. Used to go to school with sandwiches of cold sheep's liver and Tomato Sauce sometimes. Absolutely hate anything with liver in it now, thanks Mum.
Same with chooks and pigs, still love pig's trotters but have a bit of trouble with chicken feet.

Cheers,
Dennis

KFC......oil change at bottom of the bucket.
Hungry Jacks......beaudy.
Dominos.....all taste the same.
Maccas....cardboard.
Sizzlers.....watch kids cough and sneeze over the servery.
Fish'n'Chips....had real flavour when wrapped in old newspaper.
Chicken cheese crumbed sausages.....mmmmm.

Most interesting dish.....2 week old pie from a servo.

Cheers....Lionel.

i feeling hungry now!

I always thought croc tasted a bit like Chicken .... or American Tourist :)

Maybe you had some of the latter ? :) :)

After reading all the replies there is a lack of pork on the menu! So does that mean that none of you have/would eat wild pig?

Kind regards

Nup......
Ya can stick ya roo, ofal, koala and all the rest of it fair up ya clacker!!!
Give me a scotch, T-Bone, Loiny, or seafood any day.

Cheers

Had frogs once in Malaysia - Ayum Padi is not chicken and rice, it is chicken of the rice field. My reading of the menu was misguided. Very nice it was too, bit like chicken legs with a slight flavour of flathead (local fish).

Had Ruska Tikus, (mouse deer) too. It was cooked and served in bamboo by the Arong Asli (Malay Aboriginals - the blokes with the blow-pipes). Beautiful little animal, would not harm one my self, but if it is cooked and served, one can't insult the host. Tasted a bit like rabbit.

Was in RAAF Hospital (knee operation) for a while, and my fellow room mates were Gurkhas. Their chef used to bring them large plates of beautiful smelling curry. We (Australians) were served the usual meat and 3 veg - a bit boring, especially as hospital food. Asked the Gurkha Chef if I could try the curry. His eyes lit up and a big smile came on his face - he was delighted that I wanted to try his curried goat.
GOAT?
Well I was committed by not asking what it was that was curried. Yes it was very tasty and tender, and I often chose this in preference to some of the Australian menu choices of the day.

Killed a large black Tiger Snake once, skinned and gutted it with the idea of eating it. We were about 5 days away from the nearest road and living on dried food. I couldn't bring myself to prepare it any further. I wasn't all that hungry, and the whole length of the thing seemed to be rib cage with very little meat on it. It seemed too much trouble for the amount of meat on it. I think I would eat it if some one else had cooked and prepared it nicely.
cheers

Yes we eat roo regularly. I hardly eat beef it is tasteless. Roo is the meat of choice for professional boxers due to it's very high protien and almost fat free.

Marinade it for a short time in light olive oil, worcesteshire sauce and cracked pepper. Put it on hot coals and cook it medium in the middle near black on the outside.

Barnesy

Tried and enjoyed:

Croc,
Emu,
Buffalo,
Camel,
Snake,
Green Ants,
Frogs legs
Snails,
ostrich;
pheasant,
bunny,
Any raw fish, prawns, scallops, occy, & squid - Love sashimi

Hate with a passion and most disgusting thing that's ever passed by lips and entered my big gut - Raw jelly fish (imagine the saltiest mouth full of phlegm you could imagine)

Yeah we eat Roo and prepare it like abalone ie cut it thin and beat the snot out of it with a large hammer. or stir fry in thin strips.
If I may digress momentarily, abalone finely minced and fried with peas and onions and served on toast is brill, and they also make fine patties. Like scallops tho, they can go through you like a rocket-propelled chicken vindaloo if over indulged.

cheers
T.R.