• Mothra@mander.xyz
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    16 hours ago

    Not many, I’ve had crickets, ants, mealworms, venison, kangaroo, I think that’s it for unusual. Not sure if things like duck and eel make it to the exotic list for you. I’ve had kangaroo more times than I’ve had eel though, probably just because of location.

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      16 hours ago

      Haven’t had ants, mealworms or kangaroo but I do keep hearing kangaroo is pretty good. How were the ants and mealworms made?

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        10 hours ago

        My thoughts on kangaroo are, kind of unsurprisingly, that it tastes exactly like it evolved on a different continent than any other meat you’ve ever eaten.

        It’s still definitely in the red meat family, but it’s different and it’s hard to explain how. I’d say it’s maybe more like venison or maybe lamb than beef, but it’s definitely its own thing.

        There’s a lot of cases where depending on how you prepared and seasoned it, I don’t know if I could necessarily tell you with 100% confidence if I was eating venison or beef, and maybe even a couple things you could probably pull that with lamb or goat vs beef. I’m pretty sure I could reliably pick out a kangaroo dish from a lineup 100% of the time.

        It was good though, I would absolutely eat kangaroo again if it was more readily available around me. It’s kind of a stronger flavor that some people might have an issue with.

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        14 hours ago

        The roo is good and I would have it more often if not for the price tag.

        The ants and mealworms were pan fried, sauteed I guess. They were good. Ants were like a zesty citrus crumb and mealworms were sort of like popcorn.