Japanese cannot get enough of kangaroo meat -- roo-tori???

[Taro Toporific]

Roo meat bounds into foreign markets
ABC Regional Online, Australia - Sept 7... It is also planning to export to Japan and Korea. Director Mark Hughes says neighbouring international markets cannot get enough of kangaroo meat. ...

[Bongo]

Yeah, in 1983 I was taken to a Nomiya place in Saitama by students, at which they had Kangaroo sashimi. Tasted rather bland actually.

[Taro Toporific]

[Ol Dirty Gaijin]

Not big on eating road kill.

[GomiGirl]

Kangaroo is great when it is cooked.. but as it is not farmed (ie controlled) I am not willing to eat it raw with all those parasites etc.

As far as I know, most Kangaroos are culled using the night sight rifle on the back of a ute through the bush... correct me if I am wrong anybody.

[kurohinge1]

... As far as I know, most Kangaroos are culled using the night sight rifle on the back of a ute through the bush... correct me if I am wrong anybody.

Or Commodores*

(Warning: Two photos on the linked site may offend the squeemish)
(* "Commodore" = a common model of car in Oz)

[Ol Dirty Gaijin]

Preferable fuel by a slab or two.

Drunk roo shooters in the back of a "tunna". Scariest thing in the world.

[GomiGirl]

Preferable fuel by a slab or two.

Drunk roo shooters in the back of a "tunna". Scariest thing in the world.

not as scary as the pig shooters.. (you can take the girl out of The Hunter Valley... )

[Ol Dirty Gaijin]

Preferable fuel by a slab or two.

Drunk roo shooters in the back of a "tunna". Scariest thing in the world.

not as scary as the pig shooters.. (you can take the girl out of The Hunter Valley... )

Check.
Us Mexicans don't have to worry about razorbacks..... yet.

[gaijinzilla]

Wonder how it compares to that venerable Okinawan delicacy of goat sashimi?

[amdg]

not as scary as the pig shooters.. (you can take the girl out of The Hunter Valley... )

Agreed. I used to date a girl whose older brother went pig hunting with only a Rambo-type knife. (N.B. for non-australians - these pigs have sharp tusks and are very aggressive when provoked).


He got one once too

[kamome]

Preferable fuel by a slab or two.

Drunk roo shooters in the back of a "tunna". Scariest thing in the world.

not as scary as the pig shooters.. (you can take the girl out of The Hunter Valley... )

WTF? Can you guys speak English please?

[dimwit]

Not big on eating road kill.

Road kill can be quite tasty if it is cooked right and, of course, the paint is removed.



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[Caustic Saint]

not as scary as the pig shooters.. (you can take the girl out of The Hunter Valley... )

WTF? Can you guys speak English please?

You'll have to forgive me. I've been a bit busy with looking for work and haven't been making sure she comes to her English lessons.

[GomiGirl]

Strine = Australian English Slang

slab (of beer) = case of beer
ute = utility (a car with a small cab at the front and open tray at the back used on farms and as work vehicles. It is smaller than what seppo's would call a "Pick-up" but the same sort of idea)
seppo = an American citizen (from rhyming slang - septic tank - yank)
roo = a kangaroo
rooted = to be very tired
razorback = a type of wild boar found in the Australian bush
tunna = a one tonne truck (see ute above)
Hunter Valley = an area north west of Sydney famous as for wine making and coal
mexicans = people from southern states of Australia (usually Victoria) ie South of the border
cobbler = a tradesman who repairs shoes aka the shoe repair guy
not to be confused with:
cobber = chocolate covered caramel (my favorite chocolate)


Pick the girl who makes dictionaries for a living......

[Taro Toporific]

cobbler = a tradesman who repairs shoes aka the shoe repair guy
not to be confused with:
cobber = chocolate covered caramel (my favorite chocolate)
.....

Yikes "cobber"? I never heard of it ---Ya learn something every day. Now I've got something new to get me sumo butt size.


GOOGLEFIGHT.com

"caramel cobber"
(0 results)
versus
"cherry cobbler"
( 49 400 results)

The winner is: "cherry cobbler"


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cobber
( 30 700 results)
versus
cobbler
( 352 000 results)

The winner is: cobbler

[GomiGirl]

A cobber is a type of lolly that can be found at the corner store and used to cost around 3c each when I was a kid. They were really expensive as jelly beans used to be 2 for 1c at the same time.

But they are similar to Fantales (yes that is the correct spelling) which are covered in paper printed with tales about your fave movie stars. A fave at the sat'dy arvo flicks.

sat'dy = Saturday
arvo = afternoon
flicks = movies
lolly = sweet or candy

[gomichild]

And while we are into linguistics...shouldn't the subject of this topic have been yaki-roo?

(fantales - drool! I really crave fruchocs though)

[GomiGirl]

Sometimes a cobber is listed in slang dictionaries as a mate or a friend.. however NOBODY ever uses this word except Paul Hogan in Crocodile Dundee.

oh and ps.. they are PRAWNS on the Barbie and not shrimps..

don't come the raw prawn with me mate!!

[GomiGirl]

(fantales - drool! I really crave fruchocs though)

Nah.. caramello koalas!! they are the BEST..

[gomichild]

Hmmm Caramello Koalas are divine - but how about them strawberry freddos??? Yum!

[GomiGirl]

Strawberry Freddo's... now you are talking.. but the mint freddo's were nasty.

Love the map - I notice that SA is highlighted!!

[gomichild]

I think they are a Croweater thing though - like Haigh's choccie froggies....dammit there is NO chocolate in my apartment right now!!!

*mails home for an emergency care package*

[GomiGirl]

Speaking of Croweater food.. are Potato scallops called Potato cakes in SA like they are in Victorian fish and chips shops?

I really really miss potato scallops.. (or potato cakes depending on where you are from)

[gomichild]

I think we call them potato scallops - but dammit I forgot to eat fish and chips last time I went back so I forget.

[Marvin Feltcher]

I miss potato cakes....chocolate royals, Polly Waffles, Jaffas, cobbers (which we Victorians called mates, or did in my era at least), jelly babies, licorice all sorts, creamy soda, teeth, black cats, snags...shit, I could go on for hours.
By the way, GG, there's also other meanings for rooted. Like, "this EH is rooted," which means this old-style Holden car is buggered (not literally, it just doesn't work any more), or "I rooted her in the back of the EH," which was sort of common practice where I grew up because we didn't have love hotels.

[Ol Dirty Gaijin]

If you have a HR, it's wide enough to root them in the front.

Other than roos, what else would sell here in Japan. Never heard a Japanese complain about a TimTam, couldn't imagine an Iced VoVo or a Monte Carlo would take off.

Vegemite Mochi anyone?

[GomiGirl]

Spotted in a shop in Shibuya last weekend..

Look closely and you will see...



UGH Boots - imported directly from Aus - even with the little flag showing their origin.

OMG they are following me!!! I left Australia to run away from the UGH boots and the moccasins..

[gomichild]

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I think you'll appreciate this story GG.

(Actually I think Ugg boots are very comfy - maybe you have to come from a chillier state to appreciate them)

[Ol Dirty Gaijin]

Do you think if we can find the relatives of the first guy to eat Fugu and survive, we can get them to try and eat cane toads?
Boom export.

If we cannot find a way to eat them we could sell them as golf balls.

Roadkill bastards HERE