Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Wed 08 Apr 2009 06:02:33p, Dave Smith told us...
>
>> Terry wrote:
>>> Wife bought a couple of nice-sized lamb chops which will be Easter
>>> dinner. Trouble is that we've never made lamb before and are not sure
>>> what to have with it. Suggestions? Comments? Physical threats? :-)
>> I would suggest that anything that you usually eat with red meats would
>> be fine with lamb. I like to have asparagus with lamb, and a salad with
>> blue cheese dressing. If you are using mint in the cooking I wouldn't
>> worry too much about wine. Any decent full bodied red would be fine.
>> There is no point in going overboard with a wine because the mint will
>> obliterate the nuances.
>
> I agree with asparagus, and I'd also want butter roasted new potatoes. I
> like a mint sauce (not mint jelly) served with it.

I hadn't mentioned potatoes because I only eat them occasionally, but
spring time lamb with asparagus...... boiled new potatoes.