Who loves lamb?

(Deborah ) #41

I’m American, and absolutely LOVE lamb! I just cooked 2 beautiful (and ridiculously expensive!) shoulder chops (my fav) the other night. I just broil with garlic salt and pepper. I would eat it much more often if it weren’t so blasted expensive. I rarely order it out because it’s usually chops on the menu and they never give enough to satisfy. :stuck_out_tongue: .

#42

Thanks for letting me know. I will gladly add that to my plan.

(Terence Dean) #43

I actually prefer Mutton or Hogget to lamb because the flavour is stronger.

Mutton is sheep older than 2 years, Hogget is a juvenile lamb older than 5 months but younger than two years. The meat is darker and more gamier.

#44

I dreamt of lamb for months before I turned carnivore. It was a major motivation. Love the shoulder best.

I’m a Brit and roast lamb, lamb chops, lamb tongue (yum!), lamb curries and stewed lamb were a constant throughout my childhood. Definitely prefer it to Boring Beef.

(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #45

I agree most people turn up their noses to lamb. It’s ok more left for ME!!! I love it, we have lamb chops a couple of times a month and when we are having a holiday or something, I will do rack of lamb or a leg of lamb. It is a marketing thing, beef advertises a lot. Also if you eat mutton, the fat is not as tasty as the lamb so if anyone had ever had mutton instead of lamb they think they don’t like it.

BTW, goat meat itself is pretty tasty stuff and the Mexicans know how to cook it. Cabrito, baby goat meat is just as good as lamb is, give that a try, roasted.

I lived in Australia for a while and loved the easy access to really good lamb. My local Costco gets in NZ and Au lamb a few times a year, so I stock up the freezer.

(Brian) #46

Never had it but would like to try it.

(Gabriel G.) #47

Wolves. That’s who.

(Ron) #48

Yup, we have a real problem with that here where I live.

(Empress of the Unexpected) #49

Problem with lamb? or wolves?

(Ron) #50

The wolves. The sheepherders in my state during the summer take their sheep to the National Forest lands to graze on the summer grasses. Due to the over-population of wolves now since the re-introduction, their is a struggle for food availability in the predator world and domestic sheep are a high target source for the wolves. Sheepherders are loosing an extremely high percentage of animals. The gov’t is trying to help with financial
compensation but it isn’t enough and the other problems like finding willing shepherds willing to put themselves is harms way is becoming almost impossible.

(Empress of the Unexpected) #51

Why were wolves re-introduced? And I don’t blame the herders. Is the overpopulation the result of getting the re-introduction all wrong? So many times humans have no idea what they are doing when they try to intervene with nature.

(Ron) #52

They were reintroduced by a push from animal rights activists in 1995 and were kept on the endangered species list (due to politics and animal organizations big money supports) for over 15 years before the federal gov’t finally turned management over to state wildlife commissions. By then our ungulate populations were extremely negatively impacted and since wolf pairs breed twice a year, the impact has bled out to domestic complications.

#53

I love lamp.

(Running from stupidity) #54

I’m a big lamb fan, but it’s seriously expensive compared to beef (Melbourne Australia), and I don’t love it enough to pay the premium very often.

#55

Happy to report that there is a now an entire Navajo Churro lamb in my home freezers!!!

(got a new 3 cu. ft energy star mini freezer too - on sale on Amazon warehouse listing - as was required to fit it all - which will also help for those times when Natural Grocers has a pile of 50% off small farm meats)

This southwestern U.S. lamb is more expensive than Costco’s imported Australian lamb, ironically and sadly. But, the shepherd is a friend of a friend and now that I often eat only one meal a day, it’s a win-win. There’s something quite blessed about local food, when it’s possible. :sheep:

(Empress of the Unexpected) #56

You are making me hungry!!!

#57

Lololol… and I didn’t even talk about cooking techniques and my recent happiness at discovering the Italian secret of using a small amount of anchovies for savory/umami magic in basically any meat or veg dish!

(Empress of the Unexpected) #58

All it takes is lamb! Everything else is icing on the cake.

(Candy Lind) #59

Had my first ever lamb Tuesday night. It didn’t bother me one bit that the lady sitting next to me whined that she couldn’t eat baby animals. :smiling_imp: It was delicious! And the pile of olives I ate didn’t hurt, either.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #60

Yet I’d bet it wouldn’t trouble her conscience to consume baby vegetables. . . . :grinning: