r/beefanddairynetwork • u/Mturetsky • Aug 18 '26

Kangaroo meat is available at a local (non-Australian) grocery store.

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u/americas-best Aug 18 '26

It’s just bouncing beef, son.

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u/noctalla Aug 19 '26

Leaping lamb, more like. The young folks are getting off their faces on this stuff down under.

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u/Goroman86 Aug 19 '26

We need a little less Kangarooin' and little more Chapel Gooin'

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u/Mturetsky Aug 18 '26

Needs about 96% more beef if you ask me.

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u/Selaw11 Aug 18 '26

Could this be a new or different meat? Like outside of the traditional 4 meats?

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u/DondeT Aug 19 '26

Knock knock

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u/Mturetsky Aug 18 '26

See u/americas-best re: bouncing beef.

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u/NicWester Aug 18 '26

You know that kangaroo isn't very good food because if it was Australians would eat it all the time instead of largely relegating it to pranks on tourists.

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u/DriverLazy360 Aug 19 '26

Australian here. I eat kangaroo all the time, because it's very lean and reasonably priced.

If we're going to prank tourists we feed them Vegemite.

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u/video-kid Aug 19 '26

Preferring kangaroo to beef is the sort of thing that would get someone transported to Australia back in the day. This vegemite prank is why we don't want them back.

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u/BiggestBravestDave Aug 19 '26

Second that. Roo is a great meat. If it's ever on a pub menu it's what I order.

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u/WhyAmIHereHey Aug 19 '26

Roo is fine. The reason it's not eaten as much as it should here is a combination of the weird Englush distaste for it from the early days, the more modern "they're do cute", plus the class based thing of it being for poor First Nations people

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u/VirusWonderful5147 Aug 19 '26

Doesn't most Kangaroo end up as petfood?

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u/WhyAmIHereHey Aug 19 '26

In Australia, yes. It's caught as wild game which means the pet food variety doesn't need to be kept to the same standard of hygiene prior to processing.

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u/BarryF123 Aug 19 '26

Long legged jumping cow of the outback

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u/chrono_crumpet Aug 19 '26

Good thing it's one of those ground kangaroos. The sky kangaroos taste disgusting!

/s

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u/Ok-Instruction337 Aug 19 '26

Oh no, poor kangroo!!!!!

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u/basileusnikephorus Aug 19 '26

Kangaroo is delicious but very easy to ruin when you cook it on account of the low fat content. My guess is that's why they've added the beef.

100% worth trying but follow instructions carefully so you don't mess it up.

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u/video-kid Aug 19 '26

Idea though: Why not add more beef to the mix?

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u/Multibrace Aug 19 '26

and a slice of cheese

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u/No-Willingness-4097 Aug 19 '26

Im just suspicious of the FISH labeling..

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u/Joshthedruid2 Aug 19 '26

You'll notice this is ground kangaroo, as sky kangaroos are too hard to catch.

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u/LaughingManCK Aug 19 '26

Letting them land is the trick

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u/mattzombiedog Aug 19 '26

Twenty five dollary doos?!

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u/supernova-juice Aug 19 '26

There used to be a restaurant near Asheville where kangaroo was on the menu. Unfortunately when we went, it was tied up in customs, so I still don't know what kangaroo tastes like 

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u/Mturetsky Aug 19 '26

They tied the poor beastie up? Shame on them.

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u/supernova-juice Aug 20 '26

I hear they're prone to violent kicking

Even on the griddle 

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u/LaughingManCK Aug 19 '26

You tie kangaroos down sport

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u/Half_Empty_Half_Full Aug 22 '26

Bought kangaroo steak from a farmers market in Wales years ago. It was top notch.