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I bet most people living out of Australia think of kangaroos as cute furry creatures bounding around our backyards... this myth is far from true - you only see them if you are camping out in the bush, and only really early in the morning or in the night as they tend to hide in the shade of a bush away from the hot sun and human eyes.
Eating kangaroo must be as foreign to most, as eating wild game like pheasant, hare or venison. In Australia, it is a relatively new phenomen, to eat kangaroo, to a lesser extent emu, ostrich or crocodile meat (unless you live way up north Queensland and the Northern Territory, where you can even buy marinated camel steak in Woolworths - one of the larger supermarket chains.
However in Sydney (where I live and can therefore comment on), more and more restaurants are serving kangaroo fillets, usually served rare (no more than medium rare) in delicious red wine sauce. To me, I cannot smell any "gameyness" to it and could easily mistake it for a really good side of beef steak.
A couple of nights ago, I found some kangaroo fillets in Coles (another large supermarket chain) and attempted to try and cook it at home instead of paying extra to eat in a restaurant. It was extremely delicious (and of course, I couldn't tell if I was eating it or beef
But I noticed in the nutritional panel that it specified for every 100g (3-4oz) of fillet:
Calories 125
Calories from Fat 6.3
Total Fat 0.7g
Saturated Fat 0.3g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
Monounsaturated Fat 0g
Cholesterol 54mg
Sodium 56mg
Total Carbohydrate 1.4g
Dietary Fiber 0g
Protein 24g
The serving size for a piece would be around 5oz, which means nearly 2g of carb. I was very surprised to find this meat contained carbs!
I know that if we eat too much meat in one meal (Dr Atkins asks to limit meat consumption to 6oz per meal), then the protein can convert to carbs. I also thought that all red meat did not contain carbs, so how is it possible that kangaroo, a red meat, contain carbs?
I am most puzzled by this and could not find the answer I wanted on my Google search. So if any of you reading this post, especially to any other Aussies out there, if you do know the answer, I would love it if you could share with the forum. I know kangaroo isn't eaten in most of the western world yet, but still, some of you may be curious enough to try it.
For those of you who want extra reading, here's an article called "Beyond beef: Alternative meats pack a protein punch"
Cheers.
Eating kangaroo must be as foreign to most, as eating wild game like pheasant, hare or venison. In Australia, it is a relatively new phenomen, to eat kangaroo, to a lesser extent emu, ostrich or crocodile meat (unless you live way up north Queensland and the Northern Territory, where you can even buy marinated camel steak in Woolworths - one of the larger supermarket chains.
However in Sydney (where I live and can therefore comment on), more and more restaurants are serving kangaroo fillets, usually served rare (no more than medium rare) in delicious red wine sauce. To me, I cannot smell any "gameyness" to it and could easily mistake it for a really good side of beef steak.
A couple of nights ago, I found some kangaroo fillets in Coles (another large supermarket chain) and attempted to try and cook it at home instead of paying extra to eat in a restaurant. It was extremely delicious (and of course, I couldn't tell if I was eating it or beef
But I noticed in the nutritional panel that it specified for every 100g (3-4oz) of fillet:
Calories 125
Calories from Fat 6.3
Total Fat 0.7g
Saturated Fat 0.3g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
Monounsaturated Fat 0g
Cholesterol 54mg
Sodium 56mg
Total Carbohydrate 1.4g
Dietary Fiber 0g
Protein 24g
The serving size for a piece would be around 5oz, which means nearly 2g of carb. I was very surprised to find this meat contained carbs!
I know that if we eat too much meat in one meal (Dr Atkins asks to limit meat consumption to 6oz per meal), then the protein can convert to carbs. I also thought that all red meat did not contain carbs, so how is it possible that kangaroo, a red meat, contain carbs?
I am most puzzled by this and could not find the answer I wanted on my Google search. So if any of you reading this post, especially to any other Aussies out there, if you do know the answer, I would love it if you could share with the forum. I know kangaroo isn't eaten in most of the western world yet, but still, some of you may be curious enough to try it.
For those of you who want extra reading, here's an article called "Beyond beef: Alternative meats pack a protein punch"
Cheers.
Gosh, it took me absolutely AGES to work out that arugula IS rocket, and I only found out last week, about the Aust Aktins site, which gave Aussie-equivalent articles and accepted food list - DUH! :smackhead 
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