On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 16:51L <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Thank you for those links Keith. I have never tried
>Kangaroo mainly because it's not kosher, but
>that is becoming less of an issue as my concepts of
>health change and evolve. Secondly it is hard
>to source here in Geelong.
>
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>How do you find 'roo' meat in terms of satiety,
>given that it is so lean?

My own personal experience (no science, just experience), is that once
your body becomes accustomed to fat burning, even an occasioanal splurge
of carbs does not bring on an attack of the munchies.  At the moment, with
fresh fruit at its harvest-festival best here, I can eat a kilo of fruit
at a meal and be quite sated.  That is, I get on with whatever I'm doing
and don't even think about food for three or four hours.  Same with the
kanga.  I generally have it with a salad (see
http://www.evfit.com/mealpic1.htm) and the fat comes from the suet I use
in the pan and from the one or two avocados I toss in there.

Kosher, vegan, halal and other dietary preferences generally seem to be
based on non sequiturs.  That is, arguments about what is best for us to
eat should be based on nutritional criteria first.  Other criteria have no
logical flow through to nutritional choices.  Then ecological
considerations (high on the list for me), economic/availability
practicalities (moderate on my list, and un-Paleo), religious/spritual
teachings (low on my personal list) - these have nothing to do with health
and nutrition, thought we may have good reasons for complying with them if
they make us feel good.

Do let the list know what your children feel about the kangaroo.  My son
(now 22, so really no kid) has had it as a staple for a couple of years.

Keith