Those parents are hopping mad!
ā¦I will show myself out the door.
Alsoā¦ kangaroos are weird animalsā¦
Yeah, theyāre weird, but their meat is lean and nutritious! I personally donāt like it much unless marinated but canāt see any harm in serving it to any omnivores, including schoolkids.
How do you make them into lunch, though? Wonāt they just box you to death?
Wait, where the fuck is this guy getting kangaroo meat? And on a public school lunch budget, no lessā¦
My thoughts, exactly.
Close relative has an āexoticā meat farm?
Nah, they gut you with their big front feet/claws instead of boxing you to death.
@Melz2 @HMSGoose no idea, but minced/ground roo meat is relatively cheap and in just about every major supermarket here.
Whereās āhereā for you? Are you Aussie or Kiwi?
Omg. 
Are you American or Canadian?
Just kidding!
Australian, from Melbourne, Victoria.
Can I plead the fifth?
As of the last 2 years or so, being American has become my āflairā; I donāt really like to talk about itā¦
ā¦because their kids were bouncing off the walls.
Me too, see you outside.
āKangarooā is just a euphemism for people meat?
I would think not. As far as I know there really are farms that raise kangaroo for eating in the US. Also bison, and elk, and alligator, and emuā¦
Very interesting.
[Checks internet for closest exotic meats farm to his home]
This is why you never share your secret chili recipe!
Man, I feel bad for the chef. Itās a ādonāt do it againā type of offense, at most! Unless thereās some detail Iām missing about the provenance of the meat, itās a completely edible animal. Itās not even like horse, where people have a strong emotional objection based on their status as work animals. No one would have batted an eye if some school chef threw some venison in the chili in middle America during deer season, but somehow kangaroo is just the worst?
(Why am I worked up about this? Answer: I have no idea.)
Having eaten kangaroo several times in Australia, I can attest that itās plentiful, lean, healthy, and excellent meat.
But having tried to source it here in the states, I have no idea why this Nebraska school chef was putting $15-$25/lb meat in chili.
