What Does Kangaroo Taste Like Again
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Australia? Crocs? Shrimps on the barbie? Koalas? Whatever yous think of, kangaroos can't be far downwardly the list.
I recently took a vacation down nether and the bizarre food eater in me had a craving for unique food experiences. In Australia, weird food means bush meat like croc and emu, only the most common and widely available game there is kangaroo.
Kangaroo Rump steak at Oz Turk Pizza'due south & Kebabs
What does kangaroo taste like?
I would say that kangaroo tastes similar a cross betwixt venison and buffalo meat. Information technology has a wonderful gamey taste that adds a lot of flavor without being overpowering… perhaps considering roos live in the wild and feed on grass and shrubs. The texture of the meat is not quite equally dry as deer just information technology'southward leaner than buffalo.
But don't just have my give-and-take for information technology… if you can't make it to Australia in person, y'all tin can now order kangaroo hasty on Amazon.com.
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How is kangaroo cooked?
Down in Oz, I ate kangaroo on several occasions. Past far the best preperation was a tender, juicy, marbled kangaroo rump steak cooked medium rare (encounter photo above). It was cooked by a man who looked like he had been making the dish for decades, who could bring the flavor of the game meat out without drying it out.
Kangaroo Burger at Oz Turk Pizza's & Kebabs
Surprisingly, kangaroo wasn't very easy to find in restaurants – we only found iii-4 in Sydney that serve information technology. Luckily, one of them was a random neighborhood kebab place near our friend'southward place. Naturally, when we went nosotros ordered EVERY kangaroo item on their menu, including a kangaroo burger and a kangaroo Turkish kebab (what we like to call gyros).
I highly recommend kangaroo burgers considering they're pretty delicious and inexpensive, only I would avoid kangaroo kebabs – something about the overly sweet tahini sauce used in Australia rubs me the wrong manner when paired with kangaroo.
Yous have other options for getting kangaroo also. While non as ubiquitous as beef or pork, kangaroo meat is readily available in supermarkets around Commonwealth of australia and tends to be cheaper than the meat of farm raised animals. In the supermarket I visited, I saw kangaroo steaks, pre-marinated skewers, and kanga bangas (sausage).
I of the about interesting ways I had kangaroo in Australia was on a pizza at the popular and touristy Australian Hotel (which happens to accept an amazing rooftop view overlooking the Sydney Opera firm ). The Australian is the place to go if yous want kangaroo, emu, and crocodile in a single meal – they take a pizza for each of them.
Australian Coat of Arms – Courtesy of Wikipedia Eatables"
A pizza at the Australian Hotel that has kangaroo and ruddy pepper on the left half, and emu, tomato, and basil on the right one-half
At the Australian, nosotros decided to club a custom half kangaroo, half emu pizza in honor of the Australian Glaze of arms, which depicts a kangaroo and an emu continuing adjacent. This pizza was amazing! The highlight was actually the emu, which has a very distinct, surprisingly non-chicken-like taste that'due south gamier than the kangaroo. Emu actually doesn't taste like white meat at all, information technology resembled a juicy, lean, withal tender beefiness hasty.
Speaking of chicken… crocodile tastes exactly like chicken in Australia (for reasons explained in the image below) just the crocodile pizza with Thai basil and coconut milk at the Australian Hotel was delicious anyways. PS… all of the pizza described above become down corking with a James Squire Golden Ale (my favorite Aussie beer).
Kangacopia: More than kangaroo products
From what I'm told, kangaroos are much like deer here in America. They are a native species that lives in the wild and they overlap with human populations on the fringes of civilization. Anyone with a license can hunt them and allegedly they volition overpopulate if non hunted (source – MSNBC). Because of the affluence of roos in Australia, they discover the fun down under doesn't stop at food.
Kangaroo Vitamins
Around Sydney, people were sporting kangaroo hats and other leather goods such as wallets and boots (no I'yard not talking about Roos, the canvas shoes with a change pocket congenital in). Another very interesting kangaroo product I institute while perusing an drome souvenir shop was "Essence of Kangaroo"… vitamin capsules that comprise kangaroo meat. Side note: they sold sheep placenta capsules at that same gift store (pictured to a higher place).
In closing, what exercise all of my kangaroo observations lead me to believe?
Stereotypes aside, Australians are genuinely fascinated by kangaroos. They eat and wear kangaroo products, they use kangaroos their as corporate symbols and mascots (come across Qantas Airlines), and even the Australian National Soccer Team is called the "Socceroos".
Every bit far every bit incorporating kangaroos into their diets goes, while the meat is easy to obtain, I don't retrieve many Aussies eat kangaroo on a daily ground. They probably eat kangaroo as frequently every bit Americans eat venison or other game meat.
In any instance, I highly recommend eating some Kangaroo! If it was readily available in Austin, I would be eating it regularly as a leaner and in many ways better tasting alternative to beef or pork.
Take you ever eaten kangaroo? Would yous want to try?
Happy tasting!
Peter
Source: https://thetastingbuds.com/2010/06/crazy-for-kangaroo-in-australia/
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