Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> Janet Wilder > wrote:

>> They sell breast of lamb here for a very reasonable price. It must
>> figure into a Mexican or Border dish that I don't know about. It looks
>> very fatty, though.
>
> It is very fatty. Mom used to make stew out of them, but she'd roast
> them first in the oven with a lot of water to render off most of the fat.
>
> She made the most divine "shepherds stew" out of lamb breast.
>
> The rendered fat was hard as candle wax... We'd mix it hot with bird
> seed and put it out for the wild birds in cakes.

Hmmm. I might give that a try. Thanx
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Janet Wilder
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