Whats better a MCFeast or Whopper?

[Hazbeen]

I have jumped aboard the Kangaroo bandwagon (sorry Dutchy, that's NOT North Melbourne...)- high in protein, no fat, & it is an aniMAL that needs some population maintenace.

...and, most importantly, it's DELICIOUS!

mmmm, skippy, yumm

[therisingblues]

it's quite simple- we were meant to eat meat.
we were not meant to consume dairy products, nor any processed foods in general.
we get all our dietary goodness from nuts, fruits, vegetables & meat.
we wonder why our country is in an obesity epidemic- it's due to long-term ingestion of processed foods.
The chip companies tell us our kids need a packet of chips for recess, the biscuit companies tell us we need a few biscuits with our coffees, etc....
This is all done in the name of shareholder profits- the irony being, it's the CEO who gets the obscene golden hand-shake.
We will lose this battle as long as until natural foods are more profitable than processed foods.
.

Ah, Dr Atkins I presume?

I have jumped aboard the Kangaroo bandwagon (sorry Dutchy, that's NOT North Melbourne...)- high in protein, no fat, & it is an aniMAL that needs some population maintenace.

Bloody oath!
Kangaroos are in pest proportions! We want to shoot a few to keep the numbers down, why not eat the things?!!! People kill cows everyday, thousands of the buggers! Not only that, many of them suffer terrible deaths through drought and damage to their environment through their hard hooves, causing a loss of fodder and loss of precious top soil.
How hard is it to make a kangaroo happy? It could be the biggest drought in years and Kangaroos will thrive because they are adapted to the conditions. To my thinking it is far crueler to raise cows. Kangaroos are the perfect animal to eat.
Eat more 'roo!

[Punk Rooster]

it's quite simple- we were meant to eat meat.
we were not meant to consume dairy products, nor any processed foods in general.
we get all our dietary goodness from nuts, fruits, vegetables & meat.
we wonder why our country is in an obesity epidemic- it's due to long-term ingestion of processed foods.
The chip companies tell us our kids need a packet of chips for recess, the biscuit companies tell us we need a few biscuits with our coffees, etc....
This is all done in the name of shareholder profits- the irony being, it's the CEO who gets the obscene golden hand-shake.
We will lose this battle as long as until natural foods are more profitable than processed foods.
.

Ah, Dr Atkins I presume?

ah, Germaine Greer I presume?

[therisingblues]

it's quite simple- we were meant to eat meat.
we were not meant to consume dairy products, nor any processed foods in general.
we get all our dietary goodness from nuts, fruits, vegetables & meat.
we wonder why our country is in an obesity epidemic- it's due to long-term ingestion of processed foods.
The chip companies tell us our kids need a packet of chips for recess, the biscuit companies tell us we need a few biscuits with our coffees, etc....
This is all done in the name of shareholder profits- the irony being, it's the CEO who gets the obscene golden hand-shake.
We will lose this battle as long as until natural foods are more profitable than processed foods.
.

Ah, Dr Atkins I presume?

ah, Germaine Greer I presume?

Lemons are good for the health too, I hear.

[Psyber]

....... Not only that, many of them suffer terrible deaths through drought and damage to their environment through their hard hooves, causing a loss of fodder and loss of precious top soil.
How hard is it to make a kangaroo happy? It could be the biggest drought in years and Kangaroos will thrive because they are adapted to the conditions. To my thinking it is far crueler to raise cows. Kangaroos are the perfect animal to eat.
Eat more 'roo!

All true, but farmers have some trouble farming them commercially because of the cost of adequate fencing. We get 'roo meat now relatively cheaply because small supplies are easily maintained from wild stock, or those enclosed in high cyclone fences around such places as military sites, that do need to be culled, so costs are minimal. If they were to be farmed for the mass market those sources would not be enough and the costs of the fences to restrict breeding stock to farm paddocks, or of rounding loose 'roos up from all over the countryside would make it less viable economically.

[RustyCage]

....... Not only that, many of them suffer terrible deaths through drought and damage to their environment through their hard hooves, causing a loss of fodder and loss of precious top soil.
How hard is it to make a kangaroo happy? It could be the biggest drought in years and Kangaroos will thrive because they are adapted to the conditions. To my thinking it is far crueler to raise cows. Kangaroos are the perfect animal to eat.
Eat more 'roo!

All true, but farmers have some trouble farming them commercially because of the cost of adequate fencing. We get 'roo meat now relatively cheaply because small supplies are easily maintained from wild stock, or those enclosed in high cyclone fences around such places as military sites, that do need to be culled, so costs are minimal. If they were to be farmed for the mass market those sources would not be enough and the costs of the fences to restrict breeding stock to farm paddocks, or of rounding loose 'roos up from all over the countryside would make it less viable economically.

What happens to all the Roos that are getting culled at the minute? Do they end up as food or just left to rot in the ground? Do they keep the furs?

[heater31]

....... Not only that, many of them suffer terrible deaths through drought and damage to their environment through their hard hooves, causing a loss of fodder and loss of precious top soil.
How hard is it to make a kangaroo happy? It could be the biggest drought in years and Kangaroos will thrive because they are adapted to the conditions. To my thinking it is far crueler to raise cows. Kangaroos are the perfect animal to eat.
Eat more 'roo!

All true, but farmers have some trouble farming them commercially because of the cost of adequate fencing. We get 'roo meat now relatively cheaply because small supplies are easily maintained from wild stock, or those enclosed in high cyclone fences around such places as military sites, that do need to be culled, so costs are minimal. If they were to be farmed for the mass market those sources would not be enough and the costs of the fences to restrict breeding stock to farm paddocks, or of rounding loose 'roos up from all over the countryside would make it less viable economically.

What happens to all the Roos that are getting culled at the minute? Do they end up as food or just left to rot in the ground? Do they keep the furs?

a media report referred to them as defence contractors so I presume that they are professional roo eliminators and are able to dispose of the carcasses as they see fit.

[RustyCage]

....... Not only that, many of them suffer terrible deaths through drought and damage to their environment through their hard hooves, causing a loss of fodder and loss of precious top soil.
How hard is it to make a kangaroo happy? It could be the biggest drought in years and Kangaroos will thrive because they are adapted to the conditions. To my thinking it is far crueler to raise cows. Kangaroos are the perfect animal to eat.
Eat more 'roo!

All true, but farmers have some trouble farming them commercially because of the cost of adequate fencing. We get 'roo meat now relatively cheaply because small supplies are easily maintained from wild stock, or those enclosed in high cyclone fences around such places as military sites, that do need to be culled, so costs are minimal. If they were to be farmed for the mass market those sources would not be enough and the costs of the fences to restrict breeding stock to farm paddocks, or of rounding loose 'roos up from all over the countryside would make it less viable economically.

What happens to all the Roos that are getting culled at the minute? Do they end up as food or just left to rot in the ground? Do they keep the furs?

a media report referred to them as defence contractors so I presume that they are professional roo eliminators and are able to dispose of the carcasses as they see fit.

If youre going to kill them, you might as well make some use of them

[heater31]

If youre going to kill them, you might as well make some use of them

some dogs in Canberra are going to be living the high life for a few weeks then

[RustyCage]

If youre going to kill them, you might as well make some use of them

some dogs in Canberra are going to be living the high life for a few weeks then

haha, probably!

[therisingblues]

....... Not only that, many of them suffer terrible deaths through drought and damage to their environment through their hard hooves, causing a loss of fodder and loss of precious top soil.
How hard is it to make a kangaroo happy? It could be the biggest drought in years and Kangaroos will thrive because they are adapted to the conditions. To my thinking it is far crueler to raise cows. Kangaroos are the perfect animal to eat.
Eat more 'roo!

All true, but farmers have some trouble farming them commercially because of the cost of adequate fencing. We get 'roo meat now relatively cheaply because small supplies are easily maintained from wild stock, or those enclosed in high cyclone fences around such places as military sites, that do need to be culled, so costs are minimal. If they were to be farmed for the mass market those sources would not be enough and the costs of the fences to restrict breeding stock to farm paddocks, or of rounding loose 'roos up from all over the countryside would make it less viable economically.

I have heard this before.
Couldn't we just let them run around wild and go out and net some when we need to? Set up a trap, then go in and sort out which are mothers with joeys so we can let them go, and eat the rest!

[smithy]

Where i work each night there is 2-3 shooters bringing home a tray load of dead roos.
They chop the heads and aggots off and leave them behind for the birds etc and I think they make $30 a roo.
AS for the skins I'm not sure.
Kangaroo meat does taste nice though and as Punk mentioned is good for you too.
I used to love kangaroos until 3 months ago when one popped out of the bushes, arms outstretched ready to kick the sh*t out of me until a road train came along and scared it off..