Organic bush meat

[cn150]

Does anyone know if any of the fancy butchers in East Dulwich / Peckham Rye sell organic bush meat? The butchers' shops down Rye Lane didn't seem to know what organic was when I asked them.

[DulwichFox]

Bush Meat is illegal (As far as I know)?

No one is going to admit to selling bush meat (Organic or not)

Dulwichfox

[Jeremy]

Do you mean bush meat, or just exotic meats?

If you really do mean the former (i.e. from wild animals) then there's no way it could be certified organic, and it's kind of an irrelevant question to ask anyway.

[cn150]

I was thinking kangaroo or crocodile meat as I have a visitor from Australia coming soon (from near Perth). Is that not bush meat /bush tucker? What else does bush meat mean then? I think you can get farmed roo or croc meat, but I do like eating organic food generally, so I would prefer to get it organic if it is available.

[njc97]

"Bush meat" means wild meat, including monkeys, primates etc. There have been various rumours that you can buy this on Rye Lane, but no idea if they've ever been true. It's very illegal.

No idea about organic kangaroo/croc. But I can recommend iceland's kangaroo burgers, even if they don't say organic on them.

[Jeremy]

I think a butcher is really the wrong place for something like that, you'd be better off buying online. The seller should be able to tell you whether it's wild or farmed.

The point I was trying (perhaps badly) to make was that wild/game meat cannot be considered truly organic because it's not been fed a controlled diet.

[Baggs]

Why do you think your Ozzy visitor will want to eat a Crocodile?

[cn150]

Oh dear - no I don't want any monkey meat. Iceland? - I've never been in there, as I normally only shop at Sainsbury's Local for everything. I think I'd prefer steaks or strips of meat rather than burgers though.

[cn150]

Oh, ok, I didn't know you can buy meat online, though I have ordered a Christmas turkey online once or twice before. Do you know any good meat retail websites?

[cn150]

Isn't that what they eat in Australia? I saw a Ray Mears show once and he was in the Australian outback hunting and eating a crocodile. I was going to get some butternut squash for roasting as well - then I'll cook it all on the BBQ.

[Azira]

No we don't. Well, roo is OK, but croc isn't great.

[Azira]

If you insist though, I rate these guys for other produce generally:

http://www.finefoodspecialist.co.uk/

[cn150]

Thank you - I'll have a look. I've got some Vegeimite for toast in the morning as well.

[peckham_ryu]

Lidl does a wide range of exotic meats in the frozen section. I believe most kangaroo meat is from wild animals in Australia. Apparently many Aussies feel a bit weird about the idea of eating it - a bit like English people tend not to like the idea of eating horse.

[Azira]

No, we don't feel weird about eating roo. It's not as common as beef or lamb, but its less odd than eating venison.

[Pickle]

Maybe your Australian visitors would like to experience British fayre? They're not like Brits abroad, demanding a full English no matter where they are :)

[Pickle]

(Although I can't help but think this thread is a wind up)

[Tradesman32]

Go to borough Market.. There is a vendor there that sells ostrich, camel, crocodile, kangaroo and a few others. I think I might have seen snake there too. Their stall is behind the elevator to roast

[Jeremy]

Pickle Wrote:

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> (Although I can't help but think this thread is a wind up)

I'm starting to think the same. "Isn't that what they eat in Australia?" I mean, come on...

[binkylilyput]

Haha! This is the oddest wind up yet surely?!

But to be on the safe side I would ensure you get some hats with corks hanging off them as Australian's will only eat bush meat when properly attired

[*Bob*]

Don't forget something for the ladies

[cn150]

Ok, Borough Market - I'll try there, though normally I just restrict my shopping to the local area of East Dulwich / Nunhead / Peckham to help maintain the local economy. Where specifically in Borough Market should I go (and what bus goes there)?

[Peckhamrye]

A 343 will get you there safely.

[DulwichFox]

cn150 Wrote:

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> Ok, Borough Market - I'll try there, though

normally I just restrict my shopping to the local

> area of East Dulwich / Nunhead / Peckham to help

> maintain the local economy. Where specifically in

> Borough Market should I go (and what bus goes

> there)?

Good to here you are trying to source Locally reared Kangaroo and Crocodile..

Borough Market 40 bus from east Dulwich

G'day mate.

DulwichFox

[MrBen]

I'm a Scot and when I visit Sydney there's nothing I like more than my host to have prepared a steaming plate of haggis for my arrival.