Re: Surprise! You're dinner

Hi Cyndi,  Have been reading the exchanges on lamb and their adults.  
Couldn't help but remember back in 1964 while in Vietnam, I met a guy 
named John Bates from Australia.  He was in the RAAF and was serving in 
a Caribou unit just a little South of Saigon.  He invited me to his 
base, and for supper we had 'Bully Beef', along with a bunch of beer.  
The Australian Air Force's idea of Bully Beef is canned mutton, and 
after eating some (I was drunk and hungry) I can understand your 
hesitance to want to eat any.  Now you talk about nasty, I can still 
conjure up that taste.  Rich, where it is supposed to get into the 40's 
this weekend.

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
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> 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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