WHEN THE RIVERS RUN DRY.....

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Originally Posted by carjunkieanon

We served up Kangaroo steaks to some guests on Saturday night. They were a family new to Australia so I figured I'd give them our national animal on a plate. Cooked them well too.

They were from Zimbabwe and Botswana. He said when I offered him the roo. "I've eaten elephant, giraffe, and lion, wildebeest, warthog, sure. I'll try kangaroo". I felt somewhat humbled.

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Roo is quite tough and low-fat, so I like it marinated in something tasty.

I have had Zebra, antelope, wildebeest, and warthog at a Brai in Namibia.

The antelope was particularly tasty.

Trouble was the silver backed Jackals wanted to join the party, and would have been on the table if I hadn't thrown some rocks at them.
Regards Philip A

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Originally Posted by 350RRC

Maybe it was roadkill...............[bigrolf]

DL

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I would think that anyone who killed an elephant with their 4wd would themselves become roadkill for the Lions [biggrin]

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Roo is quite tough and low-fat, so I like it marinated in something tasty.

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Casserole is the go! Guests don't recognize it [bigrolf]

Put roo into sausages , rissols, stews or just enjoy the backstrap steaks, They all taste great.
The secretk is to shoot the right roo, Nobody likes to eat an old boomer..

Hi,
Get a small leg, rub in mustard powder, wrap this in bacon and slow cook with onions for about 3 hours.
Cheers

The quality of roo meat is also determined on how it is treated after the roo is killed.
It needs to be hung at least overnight ( a few days in a cool room is ideal).
It also needs to be gutted and skinned as soon as possible as well, Just chucking them on the back of the ute and sorting them out a few hours later is a recipe for disaster.

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Originally Posted by trout1105

I would think that anyone who killed an elephant with their 4wd would themselves become roadkill for the Lions [biggrin]

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Well it was a bit tongue in cheek............. maybe they found an elephant that had just lost a couple of molars and was having a kip.

Be interesting to taste.

As an aside, I do love roo backstraps medium rare.

DL

Wot about the rivers:bat:

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Originally Posted by Tombie

But the benefits outweigh costs long term.

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Actually, I think it's the other way around!

The supposed short term benefits will almost certainly become meaningless over the long term.

One only need to look to the recent past and the monumental catastrophe that is the Aral Sea and what the long term 'benefit' would end up looking like.

Nature has always been good at maintaining a balance, and throughout human history(in it's entirety!!) has always had a propensity to destroy that balance.

Brings to mind the old saying about the definition of insanity: repeating the same processes repeatedly and expecting a different outcome!