Can you eat kangaroo meat rare

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Related Posts. Kangaroo meat is harvested i. At the Australian Institute of Food Safety, we recommend that kangaroo meat is always cooked thoroughly before eating and should never be eaten raw. Kangaroo is quick and easy to cook.

It is best to serve kangaroo fillets and steaks medium rare, due to its low fat content, it can dry out if overcooked. As well as poisoning from salmonella and E. Tenderloin fillet This is the premium cut of meat from a kangaroo and by far the most tender. For best results Kangaroo should be cooked rare to medium rare, and should never be overcooked — with the exception of sausages and mince, which must be cooked thoroughly. If it was a wild kangaroo, the risk for parasite infestation is probably higher than with a farmed kangaroo.

Are these "free range roos"? It would be from either a butcher shop or a supermarket, but I don't think we farm kangaroos though I'm naive of what the supply chain actually is and I'm travelling overseas right now so can't ask so easily. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. The advice re: feeding it to dogs doesn't really apply here - there are things that dogs shouldn't eat chocolate, for example that humans can eat and enjoy : — Ash.

Feeding of these raw meats and offal to dogs can pass on diseases like Toxoplasmosis or Hydatids to humans on the farm. I, too, would err on the side of caution.

AshleyNunn: It's true that some substances that are fine for humans are toxic to cats and dogs, but those are very specific and whether or not it's cooked doesn't normally make any difference. In fact they generally have very little trouble with raw meat; so if there's a type of meat that you wouldn't want to feed raw to your pet, you definitely won't want to eat it raw yourself.

Kangaroos at Risk Kangaroos at Risk 61 1 1 silver badge 1 1 bronze badge. I've edited your answer, because we require that any sort of self-promotion including linking to your own site come with disclosure. Without that, it may be flagged and deleted. See cooking. JanDoggen I assume you just didn't notice, so no worries, but when you're editing links to not show the url you probably want to watch out for ones that are the user's own site, since it gets harder to notice post-edit.

Cascabel Sure. I did not notice the name of the answer author — user If you have good quality meat, from a reputable provider, you are likely to be fine.