I think you needed a "if you do eat it, why?" question on this poll. It's become apparent in the comments that a lot of people have given this thought, and knowing my reasons for eating it encompass the flipside of five of your six "red meat, but not 'roo" options, it'd be interesting to see what others' thoughts on the matter were.
I think we have another Skippy roast in the freezer. I think I know what I'm cooking on the weekend...
I was mostly curious about why people wouldn't eat it - I've encountered an attitude that 'roos are friends rather than food (much like the way people here, but not in France, tend to feel about eating horsemeat) and I wondered how widespread that was. Apparently, among my flist, not very...
*nods* But that's the thing (said the fox-thing, coming back to this discussion days after the fact). Part of the reason I eat 'roo is precisely because I take issue with the idea that some animals are "food" and some are "friends," and that the eating of the latter only is unthinkable and something for animal rights to get up in arms about. Perhaps I should be conducting my own poll about how widespread that sort of attitude is - your poll and its comments have me quite curious by this stage. *wry smile*
I would be uncomfortable about eating, say, dog, although I'm quite willing to admit that that's more of an emotive stance than a closely-reasoned one. I would try horse, but then I've never been around horses long enough to try forming an emotional bond with them.
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Date: 2007-08-24 05:11 am (UTC)I think we have another Skippy roast in the freezer. I think I know what I'm cooking on the weekend...
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Date: 2007-08-30 04:00 am (UTC)Meanwhile, I still hope to try horse some time...
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Date: 2007-08-30 08:58 am (UTC)