Dinner last night. I liked it. My son said "I want to eat more, but I'm too full."

Kangaroo (or other game meat, or beef). I used 600g.
Onions, cut into large pieces (halve, then 3x3 or 4x4). I used 2.
Carrots, cut into rings (5-10mm, 1/3"). I used 3.
1-2 tsp crushed/minced garlic.
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp allspice/pimento
Potatoes, cut into chunks. I used 9.
2 tbs mustard
oil for frying

Brown the meat, add onions, carrots, garlic, and fry for a while. Add pepper and allspice. Fry briefly. Add potatoes and water to cover. Bring to boil, and simmer until meat is tender and potatoes are cooked. The corners and edges of the potatoes should be crumbly, but the chunks shouldn't fall apart. Add mustard, and stir. The potato corners/edges with break up, and thicken the sauce. Serve.

We put some aioli on it.

Inspired by the classic Swedish dish "kalops", a beef stew with prominent allspice (also used in other Nordic stews/soups), and a Danish beef-carrot-potato stew with mustard.

On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 3:49:54 PM UTC-5, Timo wrote:
> Dinner last night. I liked it. My son said "I want to eat more, but I'm too full."
>
> Kangaroo (or other game meat, or beef). I used 600g.
> Onions, cut into large pieces (halve, then 3x3 or 4x4). I used 2.
> Carrots, cut into rings (5-10mm, 1/3"). I used 3.
> 1-2 tsp crushed/minced garlic.
> 1 tsp black pepper
> 1 tsp allspice/pimento
> Potatoes, cut into chunks. I used 9.
> 2 tbs mustard
> oil for frying
>
> Brown the meat, add onions, carrots, garlic, and fry for a while. Add pepper and allspice. Fry briefly. Add potatoes and water to cover. Bring to boil, and simmer until meat is tender and potatoes are cooked. The corners and edges of the potatoes should be crumbly, but the chunks shouldn't fall apart. Add mustard, and stir. The potato corners/edges with break up, and thicken the sauce. Serve.
>
> We put some aioli on it.
>
> Inspired by the classic Swedish dish "kalops", a beef stew with prominent allspice (also used in other Nordic stews/soups), and a Danish beef-carrot-potato stew with mustard.

You made my head explode, with "Nordic" and "kangaroo" in
the same subject line.

But in a good way.

Cindy Hamilton

On 7/1/2016 07:37 Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> On Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 3:10:15 PM UTC-5, Timo wrote:
>> On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 7:34:56 AM UTC+10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> >
>> > You made my head explode, with "Nordic" and "kangaroo" in
>> > the same subject line.
>> >
>> > But in a good way.
>>
>> I'd been reading a recently-acquired thick book on Nordic cooking, had kangaroo in the fridge that I needed to use soon, and put the two together.
>
> Oh, I didn't say it sounded like it would taste bad (not that I've ever
> had kangaroo). Just that I was overwhelmed by cognitive dissonance.

OMG, not cognitive dissonance!

>>If it works with reindeer, it'll work with kangaroo (there have been Australian Christmas cards with Santa's sleigh pulled by kangaroos, so they're obviously interchangeable animals.)
>
> Good one. I've seen Cajun Christmas cards with the sleigh pulled
> by alligators.

I bet it would also work with polar bear or springbok.

--
Bruce

On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 12:10:04 -0800 (PST), Timo >
wrote:

>On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 7:34:56 AM UTC+10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> You made my head explode, with "Nordic" and "kangaroo" in
>> the same subject line.
>>
>> But in a good way.
>
>I'd been reading a recently-acquired thick book on Nordic cooking, had kangaroo in the fridge that I needed to use soon, and put the two together. If it works with reindeer, it'll work with kangaroo (there have been Australian Christmas cards with Santa's sleigh pulled by kangaroos, so they're obviously interchangeable animals.)

"Six white boomers, snow white boomers, on the Australian run."

A favourite Christmas song from my childhood.

JB