On Wednesday, December 31, 2014 2:34:44 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> Posted this last night, but it got mixed up with a thread that Julie
> had posted with the same name. From now on, I need to remember to add
> a date if I ping you so it doesn't get buried in another thread.
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> Tonight's meal - 12-30-14: (thick) lamb shoulder chops,
> "semi-roasted" potato (cut in half, coated with EVOO and seasoned,
> then put cut side down to bake), broccolini and tossed green salad.
>
> I'm not taking back any derogatory thing I've said in the past about
> Australian lamb, but do you remember I said earlier this week that NZ
> lamb being almost indistinguishable from American? I bought thick cut
> Australian lamb shoulder chops from Safeway the other day and cooked
> them tonight. OMG - they were wonderful and hubby loved them! Tender
> and delicious, no odd mutton/gamey flavor. I wouldn't be able to tell
> them from NZ and I'm not sure if I could tell either from American at
> this point (remembering what a big difference there was between
> ranches with grass fed beef when ChrisD and I attended a grass fed
> beef tasting together). If this trend continues, I won't need to go
> to a different grocery store just to buy lamb anymore and I'll even
> buy it from Costco when I'm there!
>
> Added benefit: you sure can't argue with the price! Don't
> know/remember if you said what you paid, but mine cost $4.99 lb @ full
> price which is a mere shadow of the $11.99-$14.99 I pay for lamb
> T-bone chops.
>
> I still haven't found a whole shoulder roast (the lamb equivalent of
> pork butt), but I hope they become more available. I think I'll ask
> the butcher next time I'm in and see if I can buy one whole. I've
> seen recipes that use a (boned) shoulder roast whole that I'm
> interested in - but of course their lamb shoulder came from la-tee-da
> from a stand alone butcher shop or the grower instead of a grocery
> store butcher counter. I know I can ask at the butcher counter for
> cuts I don't see in the case, so I'll do that the next time I'm over
> there.
>
> --
> A kitchen without a cook is just a room

Why don't both of you half-wits just use subjects a little more descriptive?