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2b
Little Aussie Battler
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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 Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:27 pm Post subject: Australian bushfood. |
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As the most popular Australian bushfood is probably some sort of meat , can we start a meat appreciation thread ?  I imagine bushfoods such as Barramundi , Kangaroo , crabs , crays and shellfish would by far bew the biggest selling Australian bushfood , or will i be proven wrong ?
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Rimbaud
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| Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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lol ! oh man... 2b i don't know if you are baiting me or what 
it's fine if you discuss Aussie meats (i used to like, what was it?... kangaroo meat in a certain sauce that softens it a bit, cos game meat is tough)
how bout i change the description of the Bushfoods title of this part of the forum to be non-specific about whether it's plants or animals?
and then you can have "free range" to talk about meat all you like |
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indole
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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Hehe
I base my dietary ethical decisions primarily around environmental impact. I quite enjoy a kangaroo steak every now and then and I have eaten emu a few times. Native meat is pretty much the only meat I eat, so I'd like to put in my little appreciative thought for the animals that have fed me . |
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Rimbaud
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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don't know if u guys have heard of this, but there was a movement to collect all the Roo roadkill and make pet food from it. Aussie Bushpetfood i spose. That way the carcasses littering the roads have a certain commercial value too....
so some person would just drive along, scooping up roo carcasses from the highway, for processing into kitty's lunch |
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Rimbaud
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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Indole have you tried Croc yet? If so, What does it taste like? More like chicken or fish?
also i heard Emu meat is red meat, not white meat like chicken or turkey..? |
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indole
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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I have tried a tiny bit of crocodile once. Sorry to use the phrase, but yes, it tasted like chicken.
I have also tried termites, which don't taste like much, except for the soldiers which taste like crap. One thing I haven't tried, which I would like to, is witchetty/bardi grubs.
The emu meat I've tried was in an emu pie so may have been discoloured by gravy/sauce/whatever, but yes, it was a red, steak-like meat. |
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darcy
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we just had some croc meat the other night, its about $30 a kilo which is pretty rich. Its like a mix between fish and chicken, quite good.
I love kangaroo too, i tend to like the more thinly sliced bits though, most of it comes as thick chunks. Try it with bush tomatoes! |
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Benzito
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My partner and I have pretty much just substituted kangaroo for cow, when it comes to meat. That said, I'm an ex-vegetarian, and red meat is hardly ever consumed at our house, let-alone the small amount of white meat that gets eaten. But kangaroo is the shiznit!
I had a crocodile pie on my way up to Byron, last time, that was great! Some place along the north coast of NSW, with lots of Marilyn Monroe, and Crocodile cut-outs and statues around the front of the shop.
Don't use the toilet, it's a permanently installed portaloo. Gross.
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Eat the pies though!
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eataust
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Location: Tarago, NSW
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Emu meat is definitely red meat. Along with kangaroo, they BBQ beautifully - roll the chunks (they always seem to come in chunks, which is annoying) in native herb mixes (Herbie's BBQ mix is excellent), BBQ until still quite rare, let sit and slice thickly. Delicious and excellent cold the next day.
I've cooked whole baby emu - I bought it from the Vic Markets (Melbourne) in 1998. Was about the size of a turkey, similar cost, but not half as stringy. No wing and barely any breast meat to speak of, but the drumsticks were _enormous_ and the skin was almost pork-like in its thick crackliness.
I just carved straight off the drumsticks and it fed 8 easily. Stuffed in a mediaeval style with quinces, pears and apples mixed with ginger and peppers. These days I'd probably try to use native equivalents - native pepper, lemon myrtle leaves, and so on.
I still drool just thinking about that roast emu. |
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Bluetongue
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That roast emu sounds fantastic!
Well I've been mostly vegetarian for the last 23 years or so - vegan for some of that time - and at the moment I'm dabbling in meat. Not the battery produced sort, but free range large black piggies, buffalo, and different native meats. Recently tried emu, croc and roo sausages (separate, not mixed) at a community celebration. Can't say that any of them tasted remotely like my memories of chicken or fish! But all were distinctive and good. Even the dog eats roo these days - a lot leaner and healthier for a labrador. |
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sammyringer
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When a can of cat food says 'New Improved Taste!' , you've got to wonder who tested the new taste... |
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eataust
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*wry* if it involves 'roo, probably my cat. She's been eating roo longer than I have ... finicky little bugger won't eat beef if there's roo around. Makes her a good aussie cat, I guess :)
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