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Australians told to eat more kangaroo as population hits double that of humans

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Re: Australians told to eat more kangaroo as population hits double that of humans

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Post by gozur88 »

eesmith wrote: post #31
microcolonel wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

California bans all sorts of things. Foie gras, wood stoves, apples from some other states in the union, reference to a nationally recognizable sports team, allowing animals to have sex within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship[0], driving in a housecoat (but only if you're a woman)[citation needed], and the eating of any frog which dies in a frog race (really).

"apples from some other states" How does that work? Is it for worry about pests, or insecticide use? I thought the US Constitution prevents a state from banning products from another state. I looked in the online California Code at https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes.xhtml but found no mention of "housecoat" or "house coat". I also found nothing relevant for "robe" or "robes". Could you point out the relev…

The ag laws are among the few that make sense. Agriculture is big business in California, and we've been overrun by invasive pests a few times now. It makes more sense to keep them out than to try to eradicate them after they become established.

If I had to guess why we ban kangaroo meat, it's probably because too many people think they're "cute".

Re: Australians told to eat more kangaroo as population hits double that of humans

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Post by cyberferret »

A few good wet seasons in the North has also resulted in the crocodile population exploding a little... I am betting that it won't be long before the government is touting crocodile meat as substitute for chicken or similar... ;)

I've had crocodile quite a few times - not particularly tasty IMO - like a bland version of fishy chicken. Though the croc skin boot and handbag industry might get a little saturated...

Re: Australians told to eat more kangaroo as population hits double that of humans

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Post by jazoom »

jlawer wrote: post #26
kirrent wrote: post #2

It's worth pointing out that this isn't some hypothetical. Kangaroo meat is available at most grocery stores and butchers, it's fairly cheap, and quite delicious. It's the red meat I buy most often.

Fairly cheap... but still more expensive then non steak beef, pork or chicken. I would eat a heap more of it, but its often ~ $16 a kilo when I can get chicken breast for $8

Exactly my thoughts. I'd eat more if it was more available and not so expensive. If it's in the supermarket it's only like one or two products.

Re: Australians told to eat more kangaroo as population hits double that of humans

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Post by eesmith »

stouset wrote: post #50
eesmith wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't "lamb" a young sheep? How can it be tough and old? Sheep meat is mutton. Makes a lovely curry.

In the US, there is no distinction made between the age of sheep in the labeling of its meat. No matter how old the animal, it's lamb, not mutton.

Wow! That finally explains why I never found mutton in the US. I've been curious about that for over a decade.

Re: Australians told to eat more kangaroo as population hits double that of humans

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Post by cyberferret »

NamTaf wrote: post #60

Part of the issue with this proposal is that wild roo meet not infrequently contains parasites in the muscles that makes it unfit for human consumpion. You have to be careful, just as with other wild meats. As a result, the supermarket-available roo meat often is farmed rather than wild-caught.

Same issue with the wild pigs up here in the North. Friends who hunt them say that the boar meat is delicious (far better than kangaroo), but it has risks with infections and other parasites that can be transmitted to humans.

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Post by dagw »

barry-cotter wrote: post #47
Jedd wrote: post #29

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Grammatical aside -- historically, aboriginal is an adjective, aborigine is a noun -- so you could talk about Australian aborigines, or aboriginal Australians. Agreed on pest status of kangaroos. They are hugely destructive animals, worse than goats especially as the larger kangaroos can clear almost any fence, plus can do you some serious physical harm if they feel threatened. There's arguably 4-6 species that come…

> I feel that the 'dirty' attitude you're referring to is shared by almost every non-USA society (or at least, non-USA western society), especially amongst those that are informed regarding USA style gun laws and consequences of same. Switzerland, Czechia and all the Nordic countries disagree. ~Every house with an adult male Swiss citizen living there has a gun. Czechia recently added the right to bear arms to their…

Every house with an adult male Swiss citizen living there has a gun.

Not true. First of all it's voluntary to keep your gun after military service, and even if you do choose to keep your weapon it's illegal to have ammunition for that gun at home (with a couple of very small exceptions).

All of the Nordic countries have large national gun clubs

No they don't. They have local gun clubs for recreational target shooting and hunting practice, but I wouldn't call them particularly popular. I don't know anybody who shoots outside of hunting, which admittedly is relatively popular. And basically everybody still thinks that the US notion of people just carrying pistols around with them is batshit insane.

I think the Norwegian one has over 10% of the population as members, to dissuade Soviet and now Russian aggression.

What??? I grew up in Norway and lived almost 20 years there and never heard anyone claim anything even close to that.

Re: Australians told to eat more kangaroo as population hits double that of humans

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Post by marssaxman »

kirrent wrote: post #2

It's worth pointing out that this isn't some hypothetical. Kangaroo meat is available at most grocery stores and butchers, it's fairly cheap, and quite delicious. It's the red meat I buy most often.

I was surprised by the difficulty I had finding restaurants offering kangaroo when I visited Melbourne a couple of years back. I did eventually get to try it, but the meat certainly didn't seem to form a normal part of the local diet. I wondered if there were class connotations about it, or if it were seen as exotic.
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