On Thu 04 Sep 2008 04:59:29p, Janet Wilder told us...

> 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

Speaking of breasts... I really like breast of veal, but there's very
little meat on them. They are best prepared stuffed.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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