Meat?

[kleinboet]

Hi guys:
Ignorant Limey here. What meats for general consumption are available in Oz (Victoria). I imagine Beef & Lamb but do they have Pork? Do they have indigenous meats like kangaroo or Wallaby for example? If they do have indigenous meats, how do they compare?

 

[prawn_86]

More meat here than you could imagine. Never a meat i have wanted that i couldnt get my hands on.

Lamb, beef, pork, chicken, quail, seafood, emu, kangaroo, crocodile, camel, deer, rabbit, goat etc etc

As to tastes, it depends if they are farm raised or wild and a number of different factors. Kangaroo is quite rich, crocodile tases a bit like duck.

 

[donkeykong]

Hi guys:
Ignorant Limey here. What meats for general consumption are available in Oz (Victoria). I imagine Beef & Lamb but do they have Pork? Do they have indigenous meats like kangaroo or Wallaby for example? If they do have indigenous meats, how do they compare?

Drop bears pretty good. Goes nice in a stir fry or a curry.

 

[wayneL]

Hi guys:
Ignorant Limey here. What meats for general consumption are available in Oz (Victoria). I imagine Beef & Lamb but do they have Pork? Do they have indigenous meats like kangaroo or Wallaby for example? If they do have indigenous meats, how do they compare?

FYI We don't say "Ignorant Limeys", we say "Bloody Poms"

Re Drop Bears: Keep in mind that shooting them is illegal, so it has to be done on the sly. Try with mango chutney and purga juice.

 

[doctorj]

Re Drop Bears: Keep in mind that shooting them is illegal, so it has to be done on the sly. Try with mango chutney and purga juice.

Also, be careful if hunting drop bears. The drought has meant their staple diet, the kangaroo, is far less common than normal and in drier areas they've been known to attack humans. They like to drop from trees as you pass beneath so put a little vegemite behind either ear - the vitamin b tends to stop them from latching on.

 

[Mofra]

Raldorts are better eating than Drop Bears IMO, but both are good eating.

Kangaroo meat can have a quite pungent odour before it is cooked but this disappears completely once marinated (helps tenderise it too).

Kangaroo mince can be bought at most supermarkets and is possibly the healthiest meat that is widely available (Drop Bear fillets aren't in many supermarkets but their meat is quite healthy too by all accounts).

 

[trainspotter]

Are we talking about eating our national coat of arms?

 

[Boognish]

If you can catch a hoopsnake they are pretty tasty and make excellent BBQ meatlover's pizza crusts.

 

[Wysiwyg]

Raldorts are better eating than Drop Bears IMO, but both are good eating.

What is a Raldort? Never heard of them.

On the subject of Drop Bears.

I remember back in the mid sixties while walking through the scrub in outback Queensland when one of the little buggers dropped from a eucalyptus tree right on my shoulder. It immediately started clawing at my neck but luckily I was a black belt in Gung-Fu. I instinctively delivered a back fist which knocked the Drop Bear from my shoulder and before the sucker hit the ground I performed a spin around hook kick which sent the blighter sailing through the air oohhh, I reckon a good 20 feet into the mulga.

Never had a problem with them again from that day forth. Bush telegraph.

 

[WaveSurfer]

If you can catch a hoopsnake they are pretty tasty and make excellent BBQ meatlover's pizza crusts.

Anyone seen this show before?

Absolutely NUTS!

Phoney or not, he's got kahuna's the size of basket balls

 

[newbie trader]

ah I wish I had been here for the start of this thread but my Kangaroo broke down on the freeway on the way home from work, had to get RACQ out to replace it.

N.T

 

[Buddy]

Did anyone mention wabbit?
I have found that a pair of dead wabbits hanging over the shoulder is good protection against drop bear attack. Drop bears dont like mixametoasties.

 

[awg]

Hi guys:
Ignorant Limey here. What meats for general consumption are available in Oz (Victoria). I imagine Beef & Lamb but do they have Pork? Do they have indigenous meats like kangaroo or Wallaby for example? If they do have indigenous meats, how do they compare?

mate, up the valley a bit, u can score whole tasty roos, just killed off the side of the road...early morning is best, as they are still totally fresh.

best to bleed em first b4 u chuck em in the ute

totally free and legal

 

[newbie trader]

mate, up the valley a bit, u can score whole tasty roos, just killed off the side of the road...early morning is best, as they are still totally fresh.

best to bleed em first b4 u chuck em in the ute

totally free and legal

mmmmm roadkill

Does anyone here know of those 'super butchers'? You may see ads for them on tv. Well allegedly his meat is 10-15 years old and has just been in storage. The guy who runs them has allegedly opened stores previous to the ones he has now where he 'bought' all the meat. It was either around 1.7 or 17m worth and he allegedly never came close to paying the farmers for it (just packed up shop and moved on). If thats true then thats why he can sell the meat for such low prices.

N.T

 

[Sdajii]

More meat here than you could imagine. Never a meat i have wanted that i couldnt get my hands on.

Lamb, beef, pork, chicken, quail, seafood, emu, kangaroo, crocodile, camel, deer, rabbit, goat etc etc

As to tastes, it depends if they are farm raised or wild and a number of different factors. Kangaroo is quite rich, crocodile tases a bit like duck.

I rarely see emu, crocodile, camel, deer, rabbit or goat outside specialty meat suppliers, but it's good to see kangaroo becoming more and more commonly sold. There's one place I know which has alpaca, pheasant and several others I rarely see, but it's about a two or three hour drive away. I haven't found crocodile to be like duck, I find it a bit more like cat. It's lighter than duck and without the distinct ducky flavour.

Looking at that list of meat makes me so hungry, and I just ate!

 

[newbie trader]

I find it a bit more like cat.

When/where did you eat a cat and what did it taste like.

Kangaroo meat is really nice if you cook it properly...if you over cook it etc, it gets very tough like most game meat.

N.T

 

[Mofra]

I rarely see emu, crocodile, camel, deer, rabbit or goat outside specialty meat suppliers, but it's good to see kangaroo becoming more and more commonly sold. There's one place I know which has alpaca, pheasant and several others I rarely see, but it's about a two or three hour drive away. I haven't found crocodile to be like duck, I find it a bit more like cat. It's lighter than duck and without the distinct ducky flavour.

I see Goat all the time at Vic market, not bad for curries.

Alpaca is very good - possibloy the tastiest meat I'd ever eaten (only tried it in Sth America though).

I tried Chocodile in a Vietnamese resteraunt, served with ginger & lemongrass. All I could taste was ginger & lemongrass

 

[newbie trader]

I see Goat all the time at Vic market, not bad for curries.

Alpaca is very good - possibloy the tastiest meat I'd ever eaten (only tried it in Sth America though).

I tried Chocodile in a Vietnamese resteraunt, served with ginger & lemongrass. All I could taste was ginger & lemongrass

If you know of the Bundaberg ginger factory in QLD...I think its in Eumundi? Their restraunt has many of the more 'uncommon' meats, including croc if you'd like to try it again.

If anyone ever goes to Cambodia, see if you can find a 'Cambodian BBQ' restaraunt they have very interesting menu's.

N.T

 

[Sdajii]

When/where did you eat a cat and what did it taste like.

Kangaroo meat is really nice if you cook it properly...if you over cook it etc, it gets very tough like most game meat.

N.T

In Melbourne from time to time, mostly between about 2000 and 2006. Tastes a bit like very flavoursome, succulent pork, but without the 'piggy' taste and a bit more... I don't know how to describe it. Very succulent meat. The best I've had has been barbecued. Crocodile and cat would be my favourite two white meats.

Kangaroo is pretty good, I usually find it a bit gamey, sometimes a little more gamey than I like. When I have gone out and got my own kangaroo meat it has usually turned out very tough, I once got meat from a large male and it was horribly tough (badly cooked over a camp fire I should add), but usually it is great, including almost all that I have bought.

 

[Buddy]

Did anyone ever see the movie called Mondo Cane (It's a Dog's Life)? They showed these guys eating live monkey's brain through a hole in the table. They said it was tasty. Not sure if it's available in Oz. Not for me tho' fraid not.