Greybeard Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) This may be a better story told than written but I will try anyway. In the late 70's I was working at an IBM plant in France. They had a huge cafeteria which had one or two features of the day plus some other things you could order. I typically ordered steak every day. There were some people from our French division also working with me starting up the machine I was working on and I would sit with them. One of them was a big guy who would have qualified as a biker. So one day I walk into the cafeteria and there was a really nice smell. I could see that they were serving some meat on a stick, with some vegetables. So I passed on the steak and went with whatever it was on the stick. When I got to the table the big guy was sitting across from me and as I was preparing to eat I noticed he seemed to be watching me. Now I am not a very adventurous eater, so I cut off a piece of meat about the size of a pea and stuck it in my mouth. As I looked up, with not the most pleasant facial expression, all the guy said in English was "it's not young lamb". I guess he suspected I wasn't going to like it. I have never tasted anything so overpowering. Years later I could still taste that pea sized bite whenever I got sick. It was steak ever after. Edited March 27, 2017 by Greybeard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Was it old lamb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Was it old lamb? I assume he was saying it was mutton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Just make sure you pluck them first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostbitmic Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Somebody needs to get that guy a girlfriend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I thought mutton was less desirable, tough? It's the lamb that is yummy. Not to much grass mowing if you are slaughtering the mowers before the really can help with the job? Somebody needs to get that guy a girlfriend. I see what you did here! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 You cook mutton different than lamb; with mutton it is best to simmer in sauce for long while. I thought mutton was less desirable, tough? It's the lamb that is yummy.Not to much grass mowing if you are slaughtering the mowers before the really can help with the job? Typically you will produce more lambs than you need unless they are going to be raised for wool. The older mothers get made into mutton replaced by younger lambs; if they do not work out (not good number of lambs, etc) they become mutton early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 You cook mutton different than lamb; with mutton it is best to simmer in sauce for long while. Typically you will produce more lambs than you need unless they are going to be raised for wool. The older mothers get made into mutton replaced by younger lambs; if they do not work out (not good number of lambs, etc) they become mutton early. Is this where a young Clarice Starling begins to scream and tries to save them from the Boyst family farm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 My grandmother had geese; I know how the livestock cycle works. One year that friendly goose who did not attempt to bite was gone - she was not a good egg layer so I now know that producing eggs are what make geese so cranky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 On a side note if you ever stay at Boyst's house don't have Wheaties for breakfast. The combination of being a redneck and a freak led him to misinterpret the meaning of serial rape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Lamb is a great meat. Leg of lamb, lamb chops, sheperd's pie, saag gosht, lamb saagwala are all wonderful when cooked properly. Wifey has a wonderful marinade for leg of lamb. Fresh garlic, soy sauce, Dijon mustard and rosemary. Biggest thing to do with lamb is to remove as much of the fat as you can prior to cooking it. That's where the gamey taste comes from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 (edited) "Meat..waht you mean he no eat meat?" "That's okay, I cook lamb " Edited March 28, 2017 by plenzmd1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 I thought mutton was less desirable, tough? It's the lamb that is yummy. Not to much grass mowing if you are slaughtering the mowers before the really can help with the job? I see what you did here! ;-) cows get the grass. Sheep get the weeds On a side note if you ever stay at Boyst's house don't have Wheaties for breakfast. The combination of being a redneck and a freak led him to misinterpret the meaning of serial rape.Teletubby butt porn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Mutton pie is delicious. In 90s I worked for company for which I would go to RAF Molesworth for work and would stay in little town nearby. Food was terrible there except for kipper on Sundays so I mostly ate from a place with packaged food for lunch. They had these great mutton pastries (sort of like Hot Pockets but but not frozen and delivered daily) and I ended up buying those every day before work and eating them for dinner at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Lamb's kidney's are the best. Sheep's milk makes some of the best cheese IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 "Meat..waht you mean he no eat meat?" "That's okay, I cook lamb " I am Ian Miller to my wife's Lebanese family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Mutton is kind of fatty and overpowering, as I recall. If you can harvest grass fed lambs, you could make a killing. There's a farm around here that does it well and high end restauranteurs from NYC (6 hours away) will come to the farm for their lamb. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2000/04/19/dining/a-springtime-rite-worth-a-year-s-wait.html Unfortunately, Boyst will be selling "weed fed" lamb... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 Mutton is kind of fatty and overpowering, as I recall. If you can harvest grass fed lambs, you could make a killing. There's a farm around here that does it well and high end restauranteurs from NYC (6 hours away) will come to the farm for their lamb. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2000/04/19/dining/a-springtime-rite-worth-a-year-s-wait.html everything would be registered as grass fed and fed only food allowances permitted by the american grasfed association and animal welfare approved programs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Then who is going to eat the weeds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Then who is going to eat the weeds? My Golden Retriever eats weeds. Not grass, just weeds. Then she barfs, never on the easy to clean wood floors. Just on the newest, most expensive area rug in the house. It's uncanny! How does she know? That could have gone in the pet peeve thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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