Cooking Kangaroo on the World War 2 Australian Home Front
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Next time let the meat get nearer to rancid and then boil it. I dare say you'll appreciate the difference in the level of digestive distress you'd otherwise have. Recipes that prescribe boiling recognize that a dead mule can have many more kicks left in him at the table.
My understanding is that boiling meat was popular not so much because it was tasty as it was a matter of keeping as much of the calories of the meat as you could. Which would also explain why they recommended doing that in wartime.
would brining the meat beforehand cut through the "earthy" taste?
Peel on the carrots did it
Outback Steakhouse restaurants in the USA don't serve kangaroo. That makes no sense. I know it's an American chain but common.
I am not able to use a ce tain lette I need a new keyboa d. Howeve , I wonde whe e to get kanga oo, I could use a new meat to put into my otation diet.
Honestly the ingredients sounded pretty good, though I'm always wary of cloves. A little goes a long way, and it's easy to go too far… especially with certain ingredients along with cloves.
I have heard that, in Australia, kangaroo is very similar to how we in the US think of white-tailed deer. My wife and I really enjoy our squirrel pastor recipe.
Where did you get kangaroo meat from?
8:12 I assume this is where Curtin’s ability in Civilization 6 comes from.
I was waiting for the reveal that this was all a gag and then 4:32 happened and I'm like, uh, oh, well, I guess we're doing this.
Tastes like dirt!
didn't peel vegetables
Darwin was actually bombed many times a lot more than people think.
I tried some kangaroo at a Brazilian barbeque and I remember liking it
That went in the bin.
If only the flavour profile could be that it was "hoppy"……… 😛
Roast a goose! Nobody in the U.S. ever eats goose!
Please never let go of the phrase "…and hear we are." That's is my cue to perk up and watch how you enjoy eating that meal of history. I do and don't know why it's so interesting for others to taste things.
This is not at all close to what you prepared here, but I will say that a restaurant I used to frequent did kangaroo burgers with pickled beet and fried egg toppings. And it was TRANSCENDENT. So I think the key to working with the flavour is to add a lot of sweetness and richness from other ingredients
Does it taste like dirt because you didn't peel the potatoes?
As someone that has had kangaroo medium rare in Australia, yes it tastes like gamey dirt if it isn't spiced well.
I love your honesty. Not every recipe is a good one. I would love to see a short on grilled kangaroo.
Aussies were eating good back then, dang.
In my neck of the woods it's "Bon" "Ox"
Think- good oxen.
I'm not particularly a fan of gamey meats so kangaroo has never been a favourite of mine, but it is definitely a type of meat that does a lot better when prepared the right ways. I shiver at thinking of eating it boiled 😅. It is a very nutritionally dense meat and relatively cheap here, so there definitely is value in learning how to cook it well if you're an Aussie (my mum tried and failed a lot while I was growing up so I've had a lot of tough kangaroo in my time lol)
“Kangaroo meat is extremely lean.”
I always found it a little hoppy.