ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

We’ve some tourists here this morning and we’re serving up a stew
of a much requested delicacy of Aussie kangaroo.
The meat is lean and tasty and the gravy quite divine
and I had no need to shoot him, he was lying quite supine
beside the road this morning when I went to get the mail.
I think he’d been hit by a truck, lucky it missed his tail
‘cos as any one will tell you the tail is the best bit
so I’m quite sure with the tourists the stew will be a hit.

Now any one can serve up a lamb or beef Bar BQ
but it takes a special kind of cook to make a kanga stew,
and whilst lamb and beef are very nice and pork is very fine,
the kanga stew I must admit is a favourite of mine.
Throw some onion chopped up small into an old camp oven
with a dozen or so carrots and a spud . Don't you just love 'em.
Then a dash of salt and pepper and if Italian is you thing
a good big glug of vino will make the taste buds sing.

Upon the burning embers put the camp oven to heat
with coals upon the lid to help to cook the meat
while you go and do some fishing or bushwalking or whatever,
while the roo stew simmers gently, melding flavours all together.
Upon your return you will rejoice, your nose will be a quiver
with the tantalizing smell that emanates from road kill dinner.
Perhaps you could be tempted with a cup of Billy tea
or perhaps a cold one matey, make that two, do you agree?

Smell the tantalizing aroma that is drifting from the pot.
There upon your plate reposes a stew that’s got the lot.
Did you like it? Was it tasty, are you coming back for more?
Well I’ll have a look tomorrow and see what’s at my door.
Maybe echidna or rabbit one can never really tell
if a silly little bunny will get run over as well.
Don’t worry folks we’ve never yet sent tourists home unfed
at the Squatters Rest our caterers will always do their best.

Yes its good old Aussie tucker just like our predecessors ate
and I guarantee there's plenty, so go on, fill up yer plate.
So sit down, rest your bones a while, dig in .. we've all you need.
Fresh Damper Mate or Billy Tea.? Now this is one grouse feed.



Maureen Clifford ©

Top restaurant that one Maureen.

Heather

yes Heather but I don't cook like this any more so you and Darren should be safe mind you Marty could be interested for when the mob gather at his place - I mean to say it would add an additional Aussie flavour to the proceedings and cheap too. Just put another roo in the stew.

YAAAAAAAAAA...UUUUUUUUK.

I eat Kangaroo steak every week at least two meals it is beautiful diced into small pieces and seasoned with garlic and some soy sauce. Serve on a bed of rice with cauliflower ,broccoli, beans and water chestnuts beautiful.


Bob

I'll have a johnny cake instead, thanks.

Johnny who???? Please be specific Neville so we can catch and serve up your request - at the Squatters Rest our caterers will always do their best.

You know Maureen those Johnny Cakes Yellowish Fawny Brown things with those Black things in that they tell you are Currents But we know better don't we? cause there ain't no flies around us when we cook

Bill the old Bugg---r

are you referring to my sultana scones Bill??? I confess to not knowing what a Jonny cake was then found this link

http://bushroots.com/wp/2009/02/jonny-cakes/

and all was revealed - we used to cook something similar over the coals but rolled the dough into a length and then twisted it in a spiral around a green stick - the kids used to like them and if we put a bit of green colouring in them we would tell them it was green tree snake. Nice dunked in Golden Syrup - no different to damper really just a bit quicker.

That's it Maureen. I didn't know the spelling.

As my daughter would say Bill...that's gross.