Tie me kangaroo down sport...then kill it and eat it!!

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Originally uploaded by Daryl Makk.

I have tried kangaroo a few times since I got here. It is very tasty. It is very lean so if you ever order it never go beyond medium rare.
This pic is from the staff/comic BBQ held at Waynes place in Melbourne. Wayne is the manager of the club in Melbourne where I have worked for the past month. An awesome guy.
I bought some roo meat from a local butcher and brought it to the BBQ. I am amazed at how many Aussies have never tried it. There are so many kangaroos that they have reached pest levels in many areas.
I can tell you, if I lived here I would get my hunting licence and be out once a month to cull them. To all you whiney animal rights types who are against this sort of thing....get phucked ok?(see kids, not a swear now!!) Your rants, protests and emotional outbursts are the product of misguided cultists and improper data. Your opinion is void.

Now for those of you who are wondering about the roo.The taste is sort of halfway between lamb and very lean beef. DO NOT over cook it as there is very little fat and it dries out easily. It is good with teryaki as a marinade.
There is also a butcher that makes a very nice lean roo salami too. Tasty and you would never guess it was wild game.
I have never been a big fan of domestic meat. I find it is mostly flavorless and don't care much for the modern assembly line way many are raised. At least hunters give the animal a sporting chance as they are harvesting a free one, not an enslaved animal.

I have seen roos in the wild and I can also say they are worth pursuing with a camera. Not as easy as it sounds as it is a very skittish animal that flees easily and flees fast! I have never seen anything cover ground like that before. An impressive sight when they are in full flight. Some leaps are up to 6.6 meters (21 feet). A hell of a jumper eh? Even hunting with a camera is not easy.

Yes, I travelled over 14,000 km to eat another country's national animal. It seems many here are keen to do the same to our national animal...especially when I told them ours is the beaver! I suspect many Aussies hitting our shores soon. I wonder if they know I was talking about the flat tailed rodent??