On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:25 [log in to unmask] wrote: >I really miss my lamb which used to >be a staple but is now quite pricey >to indulge in on a regular basis. > >Leonie Leonie. I'm in Canberra and there are three types of kangaroo meat available here. The commonest is from Macromeats in Adelaide http://www.macromeats-gourmetgame.com.au/ They do some non-paleo products (chemicals and the usual sugar and salt added), but they also do straight fillets and one of our staples - mince. The mince is under $AU7 a kilogram. Macromeats' kangaroos are Reds from the north of South Australia. There is another firm that packages their products in red and blue plastic sachets (forget their name). Their meat is from Eastern Greys and has a slightly stronger flavour. Excellent stuff, but twice the price of Macro's. Thirdly, there is our other staple - kangaroo trim - the bits and pieces the other manufacturers have left over when they remove the prime fillets and steaks from the carcass. I buy trim frozen from either of the two organic butchers in Canberra. It works out to about $AU7.50kg. It's Eastern Grey as well and is - for flavour, versatility and value - our favourite. All these are about as Paleo as you can get: the kangaroos are living almost exactly as they lived before Europeans invaded and stuffed up Australia, so the omega balance is good, the flesh is lean etc. See http://www.aussiegamemeats.com.au where they have useful information on the comparative stress levels of game meat and farmed/slaughtered meat. See also http://www.kangaroo-industry.asn.au/products/prod_frame.htm For some nutritional comparisons including SFA:MUFA:PUFA ratios. Australians interested in Paleo foods are about the luckiest folks around to have ready access to this extraordinarily good product at a very low price. We have kangaroo most days, sometimes for all three meals. Keith