Re: Surprise! You're dinner

Come to think opf it I have made a very good traditional Irish stew - which is lamb. 

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net> 
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Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Surprise! You're dinner



You're probably right about the lamb-&-rice diet dog food.
About gamey taste, I think that's a myth perpetrated by persons who've never had it. I would include my father in that group. He used to dismiss "lamb, ram, sheep, goat, and mutton" as though they were foods no civilized person could cozy up to. As a consequence, I never had lamb until I was married. Now, all these years later, I've done my best to overcome that gastronomic ignorance. And mutton remains elusive, although I've had it a few times in Basque restaurants in Stockton and Merced and a pseudo English pub in Bethesda.
In retrospect, what I should have considered, when I culling ewes the sheep farm, was to send one of the meatier culls to the local butcher rather than the livestock auction. We fed them grass and the best alfalfa we could afford; they were likely quite tasty. 


On Feb 22, 2008, at 10:55 AM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:


I would not be surprised to find that "lamb & rice" dog foods are really
mutton and rice. Most Americans don't even like lamb, and mutton
conjures up vague ideas of gamey-tasting meat you eat when everything
else is rationed. We've never had it either, when ours start getting a
bit past middle age we sell them. Once they've been around for a while
we don't like the idea of eating them. We're not attached to them really
but...we do feel differently about them than we do the lambs.

Cyndi

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of james singer
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 2:06 AM
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Subject: Re: [CHAT] Surprise! You're dinner

In part because they're all grass fed. What I don't understand is why
it's so difficult to find mutton.

On 2/21/08, David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net> wrote:

"Lambs are awfully cute,"    And tasty too!  Nothing better than a

good spring rack of lamb.


 Here's a question for all of you husbands out there...oh wait, I mean
 those of you into animal husbandry: We got millions of sheep in this
 country. Why the heck is lamb so expensive?


 DF


 ----- Original Message ----
 From: Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
 To: gardenchat@hort.net
 Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:02:02 AM
 Subject: RE: [CHAT] Surprises

 Lambs are awfully cute, good thing they turn into sheep or the

freezer

 would be empty. We do keep a couple lamb covers around for

emergencies.

 They are like little felt sweaters. This year we are unprepared, I
 wasn't expecting any births for another week; we haven't cleaned out

the

 lambing pens or even done inventory on our box of supplies.
 According to the forecast it's probably going to rain again tonight

so

 the other two ewes have a chance to pop 'em out during the wet. Based

on

 physical signs they are close, but according to the calendar they

ought

 to wait a couple weeks. Dumb sheep, can't read the calendar... :-)

 Cyndi


 -----Original Message-----
 From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
 Behalf Of Jesse Bell
 Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:29 AM
 To: gardenchat@hort.net
 Subject: Re: [CHAT] Surprises

 you need to knit some lamb sweaters for your babies!!!! I saw a

pattern

 for one. Keeps 'em warm when mamma isn't around them. So cute. I love
 the babies.....



 james singer <islandjim2@gmail.com> wrote:
  Lambs are so cool. The best. Ans it's not a bad time for the ewes to
 lamb. While sheep are not exactly smart, they will stay in the
 barn/cote when it's cold--and the lambs will stay with them.


 On 2/21/08, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT
 wrote:

I guess I should read the weather forecast more often. After a

 gorgeous

weekend a front moved in and it has been steadily getting colder. I
watched the sky all yesterday hoping for clear skies so we could

see

 the

lunar eclipse last night, and we had nothing but scattered clouds

all

day. I was pretty surprised to get home and find water running down

 the

roads - it must have rained hard at our house sometime in the

 afternoon.

The sheep are back in the swamp and the horse pens are mostly a

lake.

Sigh.
We did see the eclipse though, nice and clear.
So this morning we were supposed to leave for work early, but

husband

goes out to feed and comes back to say one of our sheep has lambed
during the night. She couldn't do this when it's warm and dry, no,

had

to be when it's wet, windy and cold. We checked them out - one ewe

 lamb,

already on her feet but not quite dry yet. I was hoping for twins

but

one healthy lamb is fine too. She was still in the time window

where

she might deliver another, but probably not, and we had to get

going.

Wonder what we'll find when we get home tonight?

Cyndi



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