Anyone Eaten Camel?

penski · 14 May 2008 at 14:02

Zip said:
**** loads of camels out that way

Ive never been there my self.

Was it a good meat to eat?

It was delicious. I was working for a few days at a place that specialised in 'bush' food...Croc, camel, kangaroo, drop bear (

)...All sorts.

Had a steak one night and a massive burger with loads of fresh, tangy relish the next. Om nom nom.

*n

Zip · 14 May 2008 at 14:04

Thanks for that Penski.

Atleast i get one answer

33L · 14 May 2008 at 14:07

My Dad is working out in UAE and he tried it and said it was not too bad!

Substance · 14 May 2008 at 16:09

penski said:
It was delicious. I was working for a few days at a place that specialised in 'bush' food...Camel, kangaroo, drop bear ( )...All sorts.

*n

Now now

All this talk of bush and camel is getting me excited

Glaucus · 14 May 2008 at 16:11

I imagine it's similar to goat. If it cooked slow and low temperature beautiful meat. If cooked to fast fatty and tough.

But no never had it.

Glaucus · 14 May 2008 at 16:12

Moredhel said:
I've had kangaroo, was very very nice. Tasted like a rich dark beef.

I tried it once, is it meant to have a fishy taste? I think the icle bit I tried was off. Would like to try it again.
Bison is very nice like beef more flavour.

SteveOBHave · 14 May 2008 at 16:14

penski said:
Oddly enough, I had it in Australia...NT.

*n

Well not entirely surprising. The Northern Territories have the largest wild population of Dromedary (Single Hump) camels in the world and then need to be regularly culled.

Zip · 14 May 2008 at 16:21

SteveOBHave said:
Well not entirely surprising. The Northern Territories have the largest wild population of Dromedary (Single Hump) camels in the world and then need to be regularly culled.

They dont "need" To be culled. They dont cause any more damage then the native animals do.(AFAIK)

They are just worth good money to sell or eat.

A lot actually get sent back to places like Afghanistan due to a camel shortage

LoadsaMoney · 14 May 2008 at 17:55

kaiowas said:
Only reason I came into the thread was to see who said it first.

Same.

I know some people who've smoked a few though.

Chabsy · 14 May 2008 at 18:18

Anyone remember Finbar Saunders?

Fnnnar Fanarr

Sime · 14 May 2008 at 18:29

iJedi said:
only reson i came into this thread was to say toe

lol seems there more than one of me in the world

Wiggins · 14 May 2008 at 18:34

I have smoked them but never eaten them.

Beside, I would never eat anything that would spit at me.

Killa_ken · 14 May 2008 at 18:38

I've only eaten the toe, luckily there wasn't much lettuice to accompany it as I'm not a big fan of lettuce with camel.

edit: damit beaten by 10 people

paulhuk2 · 14 May 2008 at 18:55

Zip said:
Im curious to know if anyone has eaten camel here before?

Ive only heard 2 people say they have tryed it.

One person said it has good marbled meat and its really nice if cooked properly and very tender.

But then the other person ive heard say it smells bad and it had a bad taste to it and was too fatty and tough.

So has anyone had Camel on here and what were your thoughts?

Wouldnt mind trying it my self

I had it on a barbecue in that Outback of yours - Kangaroo steak, Emu burgers and Camel sausages... mmm

close to the "Eat Some Today" sign near Parachilna, it inspired us!

Here it is:

Mad_Jay · 14 May 2008 at 19:04

Zip said:
Me too, And i do like it.

Ive also tried Crocodile pie

I've tried Kangaroo before when I was travelling in Oz and loved it

Also tried Crocodile, which I didn't like as much

Lee2k4 · 14 May 2008 at 19:05

Funny enough I cant find it in any supermarkets

ElectroBlaster · 15 May 2008 at 02:18

Sime said:
lol seems there more than one of me in the world

LOL I wanted to say toe aswell

Tefal · 15 May 2008 at 02:22

paulhuk2 said:
Here it is:

any one else read that as "eat some of me to day?"

D.P. · 15 May 2008 at 08:42

Zip said:
Im curious to know if anyone has eaten camel here before?

Ive only heard 2 people say they have tryed it.

One person said it has good marbled meat and its really nice if cooked properly and very tender.

But then the other person ive heard say it smells bad and it had a bad taste to it and was too fatty and tough.

So has anyone had Camel on here and what were your thoughts?

Wouldnt mind trying it my self

only croc, rattle snake and ostrich

Zip · 16 May 2008 at 04:33

Seems im gonna need to either make a special request at the butchers or drive to the out back then

Ill have to eat Emu at some point, then i have eated both our national Emblems

We dont eat koala for some reason, ive always wonderd why :confused: