zegon wrote: I could not vote for the '50 year old cow' , because they do not live as long.
Speaking of BBQ ...
Do you eat kangaroo in Australia , or 'jumps' you over that ?
Kangaroo is eaten here, but not by many people. I haven't really noticed if it is still in the supermarket (was a few years ago). From what I've read, the meat is very, very lean (and very healthy), but if you cook a kangaroo steak for more than a minute or two on each side, it can become very tough.
Certainly not suitable for a BBQ.
By the way, for any animal lovers concerned, there are more kangaroos in Australia today (estimated population is 50-60 million) than there were before the First Fleet arrived in 1788. This is due to the clearing of forests for farmland. Kangaroos love the same type of grassland as sheep & cattle. So they are not endangered. In fact, they are some of the fastest breeders in the world, since a female often has one joey living outside of the pouch but still feeding from it, another joey in the pouch, and another fertilised embryo in suspended animation in the womb ready to be activated the moment the joey currently in the pouch makes its exit.