Kangaroo

[Missy75]

I was a vego up until a couple of months ago when I had to start eating red meat for health reasons. Someone told me today to give kangaroo a try as it is a much more sustainable meat - QLD clears huge amounts of land for cattle.

Has anyone tried it? It's hard enough getting my head around eating the standard old steak, let alone skippy, but I am willing to give it a go. Any suggestions of how to cook it?

[chunkydunks]

MMM yummy. I have roo roast in the freezer. Its beautiful, very lean and high in iron. It should be cooked no more than medium rare because it goes tough if cooked too much. Sliced thinly and done in a stir fry works well too. I love the steaks, DH like the fillets but we both love the roast. And its cheaper than beef too.

[NibbleCurlynBub]

:no: I won't.

I have a rule against eating anything cute and fluffy. :o

[chellegoth]

I don't understand why people will baulk at eating skippy but will still happily eat lamb :confused:

Kangaroo is the only red meat I eat now, it's heaps better for you and better for our environment. Anything you can do with other red meat, you can do with roo. Now before it is cooked, it stinks. Really bad. But it taste good. It may take a few goes to get right as if you cook it too long, it can be a bit chewy.

[Amberlea]

I used to buy roo all the time - I find it much more tender and tastier than beef.

I normally just fry it and serve with a nice sauce, or saute it in red wine until medium.

You can do anything with it that you would with beef.. its harder to kill though unlike beef.. Its the only meat I cant turn to rubber :D

[Jakois]

I don't understand why people will baulk at eating skippy but will still happily eat lamb :confused:

Kangaroo is the only red meat I eat now, it's heaps better for you and better for our environment. Anything you can do with other red meat, you can do with roo. Now before it is cooked, it stinks. Really bad. But it taste good. It may take a few goes to get right as if you cook it too long, it can be a bit chewy.

:iagree: with Chelle.
It really is yummy.

[Milliner]

Check out this (http://www.macromeats-gourmetgame.com.au/) site

We had roo for the first time on the weekend. I made a pie and some hamburgers. It did taste different and I had to get my head around eating roo but I just thought it's 98% fat free and kept eating.

[SassyMummy]

I've had it.

I'm not morally against it, and it's very healthy... but I simply dislike the taste. Even when cooked properly, it tastes a bit gamey... and I guess it is really.

I'm not much of a fan tbh... but then, I'm not much of a beef fan either.

If I AM going to eat red meat, I prefer lamb.

[Nex]

Thin strips of roo, marinated and then cooked as a kebab on the bbq

Delicious!

[WorkingClassMum]

Rosted until pink juices with native herbs, or rosemary and sage

thin strips stir fried

Mostly I treat it the same as lamb

It can be a strong meat taste until you're used to it

It's way better for the Australian Environment in many ways

Kangaroos do not damage the land the same way as cattle or sheep and kangaroos don't emit methane (a green house gas). They also need less water, and eat the native vegitation and don't need pasture to be sewn

BTW - they are not cute - a cornered roo can kill a man or dog by disembowlment and have been witnessed to drown dogs and dingos. They are much more capable of self-defence that any cutsy lamb or calf.

[chellegoth]

BTW - they are not cute - a cornered roo can kill a man or dog by disembowlment and have been witnessed to drown dogs and dingos. They are much more capable of self-defence that any cutsy lamb or calf.

:yes: When you have been growled at by a big roo, they stop being cute.

[~Candy~]

I have never tried roo. I've seen the report on tv and they were getting random ppl to try it and they actually liked it..it's ment to be nice and tender. I just can't bring myself to buying some and trying it....I'm used to buying roo meat as PET mince..LOL (and it stank!!)

I also find it a bit strange..eating our icon for Australia ..lol

[LotusMum]

We have it all the time. We have it as roast, steaks, stirfry and the sausages. My girls are gluten free and the sausages are always gluten free so thats an added bonus!
Kangaroo is much better for both you and the environment. I say go for it!:yelclap:

[Missy75]

Lots of great ideas there guys, thanks. Might give it a go this weekend.

[Whippet]

I had kangaroo fillets last night. I'm not a big fan of red meat but I have it once a week now ... mainly for the health benifits. (Lots of iron which I need)

I slice the fillets into 3-4cm wide strips then pan fry them for about 6 minutes each side. I prefer my meat well done, so no pink bits however last night I cooked it a little pink and it was quite nice.

I like the flavour - prefer it over beef - but Mum's lamb roast will always be my favorite.

[bronny-jane]

i have always said i would never eat roo...
but i was tricked into it the other day.. a stirfry

its more tender then beef.. wasnt what i thought it would be.. ok it was pretty good.. im going to shower now:laughing:

[mummyof5]

I have never tried roo. I've seen the report on tv and they were getting random ppl to try it and they actually liked it..it's ment to be nice and tender. I just can't bring myself to buying some and trying it....I'm used to buying roo meat as PET mince..LOL (and it stank!!)

I also find it a bit strange..eating our icon for Australia ..lol

The additives make the pet mince smell worse.
I love roo, and kids much prefer it too, get all excited when we are having it, lol.

[Twinkle]

I'm against eating roo for several reasons, one very big issue for me is that all to commonly, a Mother roo is shot and taken for her meat leaving joeys behind to starve to death...not on imo.:no: