Butcher tips big bird will take flight with foodies as he chucks another emu steak on the barbie

Is there a more Australian way of hatching a business deal than over a barbecue?

That was how emu farmer Ian Marston from The Rock in the NSW Riverina convinced his local butcher Tim Driscoll to get on board with selling meat from his birds.

 “I tried some emu steak at the barbecue, and I’ve loved it ever since and now eat it once a week,” The Rock Butchery’s Tim Driscoll said.