Eat kangaroo to 'save the planet'

**Space Wolves** · August 10, 2008, 03:04 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7551125.stm

OH REALLI:hmmm:

**Ishoss** · August 10, 2008, 03:54 AM

So how many kengus would go into 1000 burgers? :S

**Turnus** · August 10, 2008, 04:52 AM

Well there are millions that we want to cull so I hope everyone likes introducing feral kangaroos to their countries.

**Niles Crane** · August 10, 2008, 06:15 AM

Kangaroo tends to be quite tough and tasteless. I can't say I would recommend it, not unless you've got nothing else to eat.

**Malek** · August 10, 2008, 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by Octy

Kangaroo tends to be quite tough and tasteless. I can't say I would recommend it, not unless you've got nothing else to eat.

dude you clearly are over cooking it. kangaroo needs to be served medium rare, so it is rich and full of flavour and as tender as a freshly slaughtered calf. Otherwise as you said it becomes tough, rubbery and tasteless.

**LegionnaireX** · August 10, 2008, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by Space Wolves

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7551125.stm

OH REALLI:hmmm:

I believe this is a prime example of environmentalism gone completely over the edge.

Livestock has been farting and

for the past 8,000 years and the world didn't end.

Whoever wants to take my steak away from me will have to pry it from my cold, dead, hands.

**Thanatos** · August 10, 2008, 04:19 PM

I wouldn't mind eating some kangaroo, I'll try almost anything once.

**Francebunkerer** · August 10, 2008, 04:27 PM

Livestock has been farting and

for the past 8,000 years and the world didn't end.

On a smaller scale that is.

**Dance the older** · August 10, 2008, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by Thanatos

I'll try almost anything once.

Wanna come over later?

**Viking Prince** · August 10, 2008, 05:36 PM

Before you get too excited -- Which roos are we talking about? I am assuming the larger animals. How adaptable are they to other habits?

All points made regarding methane and the environment -- both pro and con -- are valid to some degree.

This is an interesting marketing idea for roomen (or what ever the equal to cattlemen). It will nat catch on though. Reminds me a bit of the ostrich craze a few years ago. I still see some ostrich farms when travelling in the western USA, but really! Beef, pork, poultry will always dominate -- they are farm animals and not wild, diseases are well kow and mostly treatable, they are easy to propagate and feed, and they have established cooking customs and tastes.

**Kiljan Arslan** · August 10, 2008, 06:16 PM

How dose it taste?

**ThiudareiksGunthigg** · August 10, 2008, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by Kiljan Arslan

How dose it taste?

Delicious - sort of like a slightly gamey beef or something between beef and venison. It's also virtually fat-free and more protein rich than beef. It's particularly good as the basis for a Bolognese pasta sauce; much better than beef because of its richer taste. If Octy thinks it's "tasteless" then either his tastebuds are completely dead or he's been served roo by a really bad cook.

Originally Posted by LegionnaireX

Livestock has been farting and for the past 8,000 years and the world didn't end.

Can anyone else see the flaw in that argument?

**LegionnaireX** · August 10, 2008, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by ThiudareiksGunthigg

Can anyone else see the flaw in that argument?

Enlighten me.

**ThiudareiksGunthigg** · August 10, 2008, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by LegionnaireX

Enlighten me.

Numbers. Compare the number of cows on the planet now to a few centuries ago. Then scale up the amount of methane accordingly.

Got it now?

**Windblade** · August 10, 2008, 09:05 PM

Kangaroo is very nice. Its cheaper than beef too. There was a time a few years back when I used it when ever I could because of how cheap it was. Chuck it in a pie and it's good. Have it with mash and veg, it's good. Roast is quite nice, but if you get a bad cut then roasting is not the way to go. Roo just has more taste.

Also, there's something about eating your coat of arms that makes you feel just a bit more Australian.

Never tried crocodile though...

**~~removeduser_426582376423734~~** · August 10, 2008, 06:18 PM

Meh. People can stop eating cows but as long as they drive their 4x4s to Sainsburys to buy kangaroos instead of beef it won't change a thing.

**Thanatos** · August 10, 2008, 10:42 PM

You guys have made me hungry for Kangaroo.

**dwringer** · August 11, 2008, 03:58 PM

This thread actually made me crave a nice "beef" hamburger from McDonalds. Probably enough kangaroo in there to last me the rest of my life anyway

**C.M.** · August 11, 2008, 08:23 PM

I stopped burning my old tires, i've done my part for the environment.

**boofhead** · August 11, 2008, 09:06 PM

Roo meat is great, healthy meat. It's a game animal rather than a fat, domesticated beast. They are all muscle (well, over 98% of the meat is fat free) and therefore very healthy.

And they breed like....well, kangaroos. In fact they are a pest more often than not.

As far as Octy's "tasteless" comment - don't overcook it, and ever heard of marinade?

Personally I love using roo mince as a base for spaghetti bolognese. Mmmmmmmmm

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