Went out to london for my Mother's birthday last weekend
I'm at uni, so didn't know whether I could go until the last minute, and as such didn't know where we were going.
Turned out to be a food fair.
I'm somewhat of a foodie, managed to spend about double my normal weekly shop (on stuff where I still had to do my weekly shop on top of that), on wild boar, salami, ostrich (if anyone knows a good recipe for ostrich casserole meat, gaz me, current plan is to rework a good beef in red wine I know), kangaroo burgers (disappointing, filled with enough flavourings that they could have been made from anything), 5 different types of pesto (2 of which are "indian pestos" (i.e. posh curry sauces), and 3 different chilli sauces.

So to compensate for this excess I decide to use up my odeon reward points for my weekly(ish) cinema trip. And then promptly proceed to book the tickets for the wrong day, so I have to pay anyway...
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Thu 13 May 2010, 13:51, 13 replies)

don't know about casserole
but ostrich mince makes great burgers and bolognese type dishes
nomnomnom
( real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy, Thu 13 May 2010, 14:15, closed)

The smell of green pesto
makes me want to be sick. I'm odd.
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Thu 13 May 2010, 15:29, closed)

5 herb pesto is nice
An entire jar, drunkenly applied to the last handful of pasta left in the cupboard, less so...
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Thu 13 May 2010, 15:43, closed)

I'm fine as long as it doesn't have basil in it
For some reason the smell of basil makes me retch.

Drunken pesto eating never goes well! Stick to chips :P
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Thu 13 May 2010, 15:54, closed)

Pesto without basil?
That's just oil and a pine nut isn't it?

Try waitrose fresh fancy one. It's miles better than the cheap shit in a jar.
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Thu 13 May 2010, 16:05, closed)

It's no good
I can't be in the same room as someone eating it. Some idiot has decided to start putting it in plane meals, that's no fun for me at all! My friend reckons I have a smell receptor missing which means I can't smell it properly cos when she waves the strong sulphur compounds under my nose in the lab everyone else starts gagging and I can barely smell the stuff!
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Thu 13 May 2010, 16:37, closed)

I think that may be...
substance abuse?
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Thu 13 May 2010, 16:51, closed)

Ha! I wish!
No, I'm just a chemistry student with a poor sense of smell and no life! :p
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Thu 13 May 2010, 16:59, closed)

Do you get smelling assistance in marked practicals?
Had a friend who needed it for his A-Levels due to burning his nose out doing some experiments at home (no substance abuse, but probably came under some form or explosives law knowing him...), had half the class carefully listening out for what the teacher said so we could compare it to the table of test results we all had with us (the best thing to bring into an open book exam is the syllabus telling you exactly which tests they can ask you about and giving you all the details they can ask)
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Thu 13 May 2010, 21:07, closed)

That's hilarious!
Home made explosives have to be the best ;) No, sadly I'm at the stage where you shouldn't really be smelling stuff in case it kills you, all good fun! In fact there are only 2 exams left between me and my degree, hence me being on here, talking about pesto...
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Fri 14 May 2010, 10:36, closed)

Kangaroo Burgers are shit
Had them a couple of times, and you're right, they could be any meat. Far too much added flavourings.

No suggestions with the ostritch meat, other than the fact it's very lean, so make sure you casserole it with lots of liquid, which should keep it tender, and cook it on as low a heat as possible.
(Ukulele Kris from up t'north, Thu 13 May 2010, 22:57, closed)

Roo steaks are good
Just whack on a bit of salt and pepper and chuck 'em on the barbie. Delicious, and way leaner than regular steak.

Kangaroo/wallaby mince is good for making burgers and spag bol, too. I fed it to some of my seppo housemates once and they loved it, up until they found out they'd just eaten Skippy.
(oball needs Satan more than he needs me, Fri 14 May 2010, 1:38, closed)

Need a food QOTW sometime
Had kangaroo as a roast before (done by my mother, I was about 12 at the time), and it was lovely. A couple of my sister's friends were over, and Mum made them guess what it was at the end of the meal, and then had to confirm it to all of her other friends the next Monday at school.
So definitely know that the meat is good enough to make into a good burger without blasting it with e-numbers.
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Fri 14 May 2010, 15:06, closed)