Quote: Oldrocker @ April 9 2011, 11:49 PM BSTYou really do not know what you are missing.
Shoulder of lamb (the sweetest cut), new potatoes, sprouts or white cabbage, mint sauce and a rich gravy.
Manna of The Gods.
I am salivating just thinking about eating that Old Rocker 
Lamb and mint in f'n lovely. 
Oh, and cows gets my vote also.
Quote: Oldrocker @ April 9 2011, 11:49 PM BSTShoulder of lamb (the sweetest cut), new potatoes, sprouts or white cabbage, mint sauce and a rich gravy.
The odd little Irish guy ran a great pub in my hometown and they served a wicked lamb shank. Other than that it's almost impossible to find lamb on a menu and our grocery stores will have no more than a pound on display at any time.
Male heart skewered with hot peppers, burnt to a crisp on hot fire, I feel hungry, salivating, OH No its just a pig!... such a let down at Womens institute these days.
Sounds like a massive opportunity to open lamb based eaterys in the US
Quote: Will Cam @ April 9 2011, 11:59 PM BSTI am salivating just thinking about eating that Old Rocker
Oooh er missus
Quote: DaButt @ April 10 2011, 3:22 AM BSTThe odd little Irish guy ran a great pub in my hometown and they served a wicked lamb shank. Other than that it's almost impossible to find lamb on a menu and our grocery stores will have no more than an pound on display at any time.
That is weird is it because of all those Westerns were meany cattle farmers murder Mormon sheep farmers?
Lamb shank, or crispy chops don't know which is nicer
Quote: DaButt @ April 9 2011, 6:40 PM BSTAnnual per capita consumption (in pounds):
Chicken - 87
Beef - 66
Pork - 51
Turkey - 17
Veal - 1
Lamb - 0.8
I'm surprised at thoses stats, beef I thought would be much higher, you being the home of the burger, and also turkey I thought would be higher, you being the home of the turkey, and also veal I thought would be higher considering how many wops you have in New York. Lamb I thought would be higher too, don't you have millions of kebab shops like we do?
Turkey and chicken are rising in popularity as people eat healthier. As for kebabs, I'll go out on a limb and say that most Americans have never eaten one. They're pretty much unknown as far as fast food is concerned. I've seen a kebab place or two in big cities (typically in ethnic areas) but they aren't common. Google says there isn't a single kebab-centric restaurant in my city of 2 million people. There are 4 or 5 Greek/Mediterranean/Turkish restaurants in town that have kebabs on the menu but they aren't the focus of the business.
I actually had a kebab from my favourite Turkish restaurant Wednesday. It was an Adana kebab, so I guess I ate my quotient of lamb for the year.
Quote: DaButt @ April 10 2011, 1:34 PM BSTAs for kebabs, I'll go out on a lamb...
I thought the Irish Americans would do lamb.
Yes and they have it with mint jelly instead of sauce.
Smurfs.
This thread really has got legs......
Jelly, get it, munch munch kerboom, 'Oh look there Murphy, there's another family of innocent people we've slaughtered for even less reason than before that peace treaty garbage, ain't that grand.'