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i've never had lamb, but the cook looks appealing ... nice.
IMO, the cut, cooking method and cooking time make a big difference with lamb. I love leg of lamb when cooked properly, but can pass on the rest. When not cooked properly (especially if overcooked), I think it takes on a mutton-y taste that I can do without. Legs are fairly forgiving, though, as they can be good both roasted whole and sliced and grilled/seared/broiled like the ones I've gotten.
geeme said:
Best lamb chops I ever had were at the Upstage Cafe in Port Townsend, WA several years ago.
Grilled french cut chops with thai sweet chile/cumin/ cream sauce.
mrs. blues doesn't like lamb.
But she and I ate it like it was the cure for cancer.
I've been riffing that sauce for years now inspired by that.
Here in north Texas, Goat seems to be the next big 'thang.
But I can't seem to be able to find it.
I could get down brown on some goat tenderloin or ribeye.
And with that sauce?
Money.
texas blues said:
Interesting. Not overly familiar with goat, its not very common over here, but strangely id never thought grilling it before.... every goat dish ive heard of is some sort of stew or curry or braise.... a nice juicy goat chop sounds the business. Are they farmed or culled in texas out of curiosity?
Any chance you could share your cream recipe? lamb is quite regular in my household id love to give it a crack
texas blues said:
I would not like lamb. However, once brought me a lamb from Patagonia, raised in desertic mountain area and this seemed not at all to the taste of lamb I know.
Then they explained to me that pastures make the meat has that strong flavor. Texas is similar to La Pampa in its topography. In the mountains fed lamb with herbs and cold do to burn body fat, in addition to travel long distances in search of food. So the lamb cold and mountainous climates have a completely different flavor.
Goat grilled is nice! I like. Here is comon made in the grill. In the center of country, has many restaurants dedicated only to goats
Search in google images "cabrito asado"
Search in google images "cabrito asado"
cypresshill1973 said:
Lamb does
cypresshill1973 said:Goat grilled is nice! I like. Here is comon made in the grill. In the center of country, has many restaurants dedicated only to goats
Search in google images "cabrito asado"
Cabrito is a south Texas staple especially with Rio Grande Valley Mexicans.
The Mexican goats can be very musky though and I've first hand experience.
They can be aggressive and I've been butted in the crotch more than a few times.
Bastiges they can be.
Unlike milch goats that are much less feral and rather tame.
Their meat is sweeter and way less gamy.
I've never had it but dall sheep tenderloin is heralded as the best meat that anyone will ever eat bar none.
True story.
On another note....what's next?
Lamb sliders?
I could dig that.
geeme said:
We'll see.
I haveta' get my pork chorizo sliders on first.
Ground lamb would be next up for you G.
Gimme' some time on that.
texas blues said:
Nah - I haz other plans first. I'm on a kick to get the grocery bill down without sacrificing flavor or texture, which means experimenting with cuts and methods I usually shy away from. The lamb was a splurge at about $11/lb. I probably could have gotten it less expensive at the butcher's a ways down the street, but they have limited hours so it's not always possible for me to get there. And yeah, the price was probably jacked up for Passover and Easter - you know how it goes. Next up is a whole roast chook. No, I don't normally roast whole chook, just get thighs. Oh, I've roasted them before, but am going with a different approach this time. After that: barbacoa.
My apologies for the oversite, Nate. Love the glaze-finish on that meat. But I am curious - jerky meat is most often cut with the grain - how was the chew of it?
this talk of goat and sheep steaks, is making me want to try and get a hold of some geep steak. My Dad's best friend raises this weird cross hybrid of goat and sheep . The meat is really tasty but I have only ever had it in a braised stew type dish, and now I am wondering what it would be like grilled.
I ove lamb,pic at top of the page looks sexy.
nate,i love the thunder cats and that stolen jerky steak looks divine.
goat I can do without. I will eat it and its milk is superior to cow in every way. They are a terrible nusiance of a animal to keep also.They are very cute and funny and they are a all purpose livestock so i aint go no beef with um. But ill eat chicken all day before goat. That being said that pic does look sexy. And I want whatever they are going to serv.
nate,i love the thunder cats and that stolen jerky steak looks divine.
goat I can do without. I will eat it and its milk is superior to cow in every way. They are a terrible nusiance of a animal to keep also.They are very cute and funny and they are a all purpose livestock so i aint go no beef with um. But ill eat chicken all day before goat. That being said that pic does look sexy. And I want whatever they are going to serv.
sicman said:
Some buck goats can be a real PITA but the does are usually easy and most often down right lovable.
At least that was my experience.
Worst animal by far for me to deal with was a shetland pony that wound up on our property and stayed a
whole year before the owner finally came and claimed the little bastard.
Mean as hell.
At the time we had some angus, brahma, and a big charolais bull.
He'd kick all of 'em to get his spot at the watering trough or whenever the grain bucket came out.
Kicked me more than once too.
One of the matriarch brahma cows, #9, (her ear tag) fixed him but good.
She had a nice set of curved but bobbed horns and brass caps and was a "hooker".
The little bastige got in front of her and was feeling crowded and tried to kick but missed.
She caught him with a hook on the kicking leg and sent him flying like rag doll.
I made sure she got extra grain the whole next week!
yeah, we held some quarter horses once at the training track - sweaty, horny, mean fuckers ...
Many ponies have bad character haha. In the farm (of my father) we did have a pony. That if it really was a bastard, not only kicked, but also biting and pulling down those who do not know how to ride well.