This week I’m doing exotic meats dinners: kangaroo, llama, ostrich, red deer, and yak. Just because I want to try them!

I tasted the kangaroo last night and have to say I was pretty damn impressed. It has the incredibly soft texture of fillet and a very hamburgery taste. There’s no gamey flavor. I would certainly eat it again and am beginning to wonder why it isn’t a staple food in more than just australia. Normally for Americans it’s the gamey flavor that turns all but deer hunters off to new meats, but there was none. It’s incredibly beef like, and much healthier: less than half the fat, most of which is CLA (healthy fat, kangaroos contain the highest concentration), less cholesterol, etc etc.

The cost? $18/lb. A bit high, although ont really that bad if comparing to beef tenderloin. But I wonder what beef cost if it was only produced in the same volume as kangaroo?