607. Kangaroo and 608. Ostrich

For my brother’s birthday, we had an ‘Exotic Meats Barbecue’. We got four different weird meats - kangaroo, ostrich, kudu, and zebra - and everyone tried a little piece of each. The only one I’d tried before was ostrich, and that was as a burger. They all had similar tastes to an extent, they were gamey, and as obvious as it sounds, steak-like. I definitely had my favourites though. Kangaroo tasted good to start but had a slightly odd aftertaste that I’m not sure if I was so keen on. Zebra was probably the strongest of them all (I haven’t tried horse so I’m not sure if it tastes similar, though I guess that it would). Kudu was similar to springbok which I’ve had before and that was pretty nice, as was the ostrich. It was really fun to try all the different meats.

608 down, 1188 to go

This is a rather all-encompassing post so please forgive me for not writing a lot about each food as otherwise you would be reading a mammoth essay! Actually a couple of months back now (as you can probably tell from the fact that we are eating outside in the picture…) I went to Pie’s mum’s surprise birthday barbecue. It was a lovely afternoon and I ate all of these delicious listworthy items:

316. Gravadlax, 317. Nasturtium, 318. Rose Petal, 319. Chive, 320. Butterflied Lamb, 321. Jersey Shallot, 322. Insalata Caprese, 323. Classic Green Salad

It was the first time I’d tasted gravadlax and it was totally delicious, much nicer than smoked salmon in my opinion. Especially in combination with the sweet dill sauce. I really want to have a go at making my own so that might be something I will try over Christmas.

I have to say that the flower petals looked better than they tasted, frankly they pretty much tasted the same as regular salad. They look so pretty though that they definitely make a green salad much more exciting.

323 down, 1473 to go