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    Beauty, Athleticism Driving Boom in Sales of Kangaroo Meat in Japanese Convenience Stores

    Kangaroo meat is selling like hotcakes in Japanese convenience stores. Sales of protein-related products are skyrocketing against a backdrop of growing fascination for weight training. All protein-related products grew 40% year on year at Natural Lawson convenience stores from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2019. And September 2019 sales increased 70% YoY, with kangaroo meat being a prime driver at the chain’s 143 stores in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Tokyo-based Vasel Inc. sells kangaroo meat under the RooMeat and Paroo brands throughout Japan, including the roo jerky selling strongly at convenience stores. “Kangaroo meat is the pinnacle of red meats. Its saturated fats are 20 times better for you than beef…

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    Oh, La La! Kangarou Pizzas, C’est Magnifique! … Plutôt

    Kangarou Pizzas are a French fast food chain. The chain appears to be based in Thionville, with outlets in Metz, Nancy and Varangéville. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the chain specializes in deliveries. It’s logo is a bouncing kangaroo, or kangarou in French! Being from the land of culinary delights, you’d expect Kangarou Pizzas to be a popular choice. Perhaps because of its origins, customers are more demanding, but the chain gets only average reviews on Trip Advisor, with 60% rating it as either “poor” or “terrible,” though it appears disgruntled users were more miffed by poor service than lousy food. Still, it’s nice to see kangaroos making their mark in France.

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    It’s A Long Way To The Shop If Ya Wanna Sausage Roll

    だけど、Punk Doilyなら行く価値が絶対にある！ There’s probably not an Aussie schoolkid who has never sung the words, “It’s a long way to the shop if ya wanna sausage roll,” a derivative of lyrics from Acca Dacca‘s 1976 hit “Long Way To The Top.” I get to live out that lyric today, getting on my bike and heading along the Tama River on a 50 kilometer-plus journey in 35 degree heat to get stuck into an absolutely scrumptious homemade sausage roll from Punk Doily. たぶん、オーストラリアの子どもで「ソーセージロールが欲しけりゃ、店まで遠いぜ」って歌ったことがない子はいないんじゃないかな。1976年に出たAC/DC（アッカ・ダッカ）の名曲「Long Way to the Top」の替え歌だね。今日はその歌詞どおりの一日。自転車に乗って、多摩川沿いを50キロ以上走って、気温35度の中、Punk Doilyの絶品手作りソーセージロールにかぶりつくんだ。 Punk Doily, a friend of the kangaeroo.com site because of its role in boosting Japan-Australia relations, is an Aussie cake and cake shop in…

  • Ramen Cake Will Make You Do Your Noodle!

    Nationwide all-you-can-eat sweets franchise Sweets Paradise make amazing cakes decorated to look like main meals but almost indistinguishable from them until tasted. Sweets Paradise makes an assortment of foods that look like main dishes but are actually cakes, including bowls of noodles, omelets, katsudon and eel. What’s more, the prices are extremely reasonable, at around 1,200 yen, which is about half what you’d normally pay for a similarly sized cake anywhere in Japan. Sweets Paradise has outlets throughout Japan, but also sells its wares online.

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    「牛糞チョコ」が南豪で大ヒット中！

    　メルバ・チョコ（南オーストラリア州本部）販売の「カウパット（牛糞）チョコ」が大ヒット中、と同社が発表した。 　もちろん、本物の牛糞で製作されている訳がないが、同社がそれをモチーフに丸くて、ペタンコ激似のチョコを製菓している。同社によると、大ヒット商品だ。 　実は、牛糞が英語を言語としてちょっとした面白い存在。（オーストラリアを含む）英語圏ではカウパット(cowpat)というが、米語圏でカウパッド(cowpad)という。 　世界各国では牛糞は実際に意外と役に立つ。南アジア諸国では燃料及び発電に使われている。また、アフリカでは虫除けか自宅用の絶縁材として利用する場合が多い。なお、欧米ではカウパット投げやカウパットビンゴなどといって遊びにも度々登場する。 　オーストラリアでは牛が外来種であるため、牛糞の自然処理法は存在しなかった。そこで、オーストラリア最大科学研究開発期間である連邦科学産業研究機構（ＣＳＩＲＯ）が豪州糞虫計画を１９５０年代に始まり、数十年かけて牛糞の自然処理法として糞虫を導入し、環境的な被害を最小限に止まりながら見事に成功を果たした。 メルバ・チョコレート工場の風景（豪テレビ）