[Sca-cooks] Re. Roos and Fire down below....

[Glenda Robinson]

Hi Alban and Phlip,

Yes, Roo is wonderfully tasty. Tastes like a  top quality beef. Makes a
wonderful pie and stew, and is available from most butchers around my way
(usually frozen) for about AUS$10.00/kg.

Even Owen, who's a really fussy eater loves it.  Which reminds me - I've got
to get that piece of Roo out of the freezer and defrost it for a bar-b-que
trial.

Regarding fires: The fires have been licking at my suburb (Blaxland, in the
Blue Mountains) from all directions, but thankfully we've got a wonderful
bush fire brigade. A friend's neighbours was burned down a couple of suburbs
away, a friend of mine has burnt bush 2m from his back fence one suburb
away, and some other reenactor's recently-ex-house burn down there too when
the water supply failed. I'm feeling lucky that my asthma hasn't been
affected by the smoke, but all our throats are sore from it.

After this is over, I don't think there'll be major bushfires in the Sydney
area for a good few years, as there's nothing left to burn.

Glenda.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Eisenstein" <Alban at socket.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 7:15 PM
Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks] Re. Fire down below....


>
> >Almost seriously, are 'roos edible? I mean, beyond
> >merely being something someone could digest
> >(considering what some folks can and do eat, that's a
> >wide field ;-) Can it actually be cooked in such a
> >manner that folks would say, "Oh, this is great- can't
> >wait until I can try it again!!!"
>
> Mind you, while I haven't actually had one, I believe
> they are, yes. I have two reasons for this: one is a packet
> of roo jerky downstairs in my kitchen that I brought back
> from my last trip. The other is a series of stories, soon after
> the recent appearance of Foot and Mouth disease in Europe. From
> what I am given to understand by newspaper stories, the
> exporting of kangaroo meat to Europe jumped by quite a
> bit right around then. . . Dunno about tastiness, but roo
> meat is apparently low in fat and low in cholesterol, and
> therefore better for those watching the amounts of those
> items in their diets, if memory serves.
>
> Alban
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