# Eating Kangaroo **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-kangaroo/392719 "2007-02-18T17:14:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-kangaroo/392719/21 "2007-02-20T02:15:05Z")
In Soviet Russia, kangaroo eats _you_. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-kangaroo/392719/22 "2007-02-20T02:24:43Z")
Yeah, we eat roo almost every week, you can get it at the local Coles. As **hawthorne** says it has to be fairly thin, and a quick sear on both sides and you’re done. As it is so completely lean and fat free you do need some sort of sauce. We usually stir-fry it in a wok with some vaguely oriental sauce and it is simply delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-kangaroo/392719/23 "2007-02-20T07:43:11Z")
If your kangaroo is dry, it’s cooked wrong. If your kangaroo is flavourless, it’s cooked wrong. If your kangaroo “needs” sauce it’s cooked wrong (which is not to say that you shouldn’t eat kangaroo meat with sauce, but if your kangaroo needs to be sopped in something to be edible - it’s cooked wrong). Kangaroo is good meat, if you know what you’re doing with it. The problem is too many people don’t know what they’re doing with it and it suffers for their lack of knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-kangaroo/392719/24 "2007-02-20T08:21:40Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] In Soviet Russia, kangaroo eats _you_. [/QUOTE] It used to be that way in Australia too – [meet the killer 'roo.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5172292.stm) ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-kangaroo/392719/25 "2007-02-20T09:12:01Z")
[QUOTE=FRDE] As for the skins, Roo Hide boots sound a proposition - ‘You won’t jump any higher in them, but they’ll give you one heck of a kick’ - Heck go for the big one, Roo Hide trainers. [/QUOTE] Bushies in Australia are seldom seen other than in RM Williams boots. Which come in kangaroo leather, amongst other things. ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-kangaroo/392719/26 "2007-02-20T09:50:25Z")
I’ve eaten kangaroo, and krokodile too, tasted like frog, brought up on grog, and now its the hide of my shoe! ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-kangaroo/392719/27 "2007-02-20T10:23:05Z")
[QUOTE=Princhester] Bushies in Australia are seldom seen other than in RM Williams boots. Which come in kangaroo leather, amongst other things. [/QUOTE] Not just bushies. Cool city chicks wear them too, along with their Levi 501’s and various other _acoutrements_. Why, yes, I _am_ a cool city chick, thanks for asking. 😃 I’ve never eaten 'roo though, however this thread has inspired me to try it out this weekend. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-kangaroo/392719/28 "2007-02-20T12:07:23Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I’m wondering if there might be some sort of terrific variability in the meat; I found it to be very strongly flavoured. [/QUOTE] Yes, you are correct. There is a lot of variety in the flavour, although I’ve never encountered bland. I suppose the variability is typical of game animals. Plus there are different species of kangaroo. Also the different cuts of kangaroo vary a lot in flavour. Avoid the tail and go for the fillet. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-kangaroo/392719/29 "2007-02-20T12:15:11Z")
[QUOTE=kambuckta] Not just bushies. Cool city chicks wear them too, along with their Levi 501’s and various other _acoutrements_. Why, yes, I _am_ a cool city chick, thanks for asking. 😃 [/QUOTE] You need an Akubra hat, too. All the cool people have Akubras now. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-kangaroo/392719/30 "2007-02-20T20:42:54Z")
When I lived in Oz I enjoyed a bit of roo. As others have said, cooking it properly is the key. Of course, it’s great to eat when you’re feeling down. It puts a bounce back in your step. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-kangaroo/392719/31 "2007-02-20T23:28:08Z")
[QUOTE=kambuckta] Not just bushies. Cool city chicks wear them too, along with their Levi 501’s and various other _acoutrements_. Why, yes, I _am_ a cool city chick, thanks for asking. 😃 I’ve never eaten 'roo though, however this thread has inspired me to try it out this weekend. 🙂 [/QUOTE] And indeed some lawyers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-kangaroo/392719.md?page=1)