SC - Lamb!!! (and kids)

[Decker, Terry D.]

Beef and pork are the cheap meats here in Oklahoma, mainly because they
are raised here.  The price of pork may be going up, because corporate
hog farms are trying to locate in Western Oklahoma bringing the
attendent pollution and waste problems.  There has been a lot of verbal
dispute and political jockeying to get solid environmental regulation in
place, and recently we have had the first reports of shots being fired.
So the cost of "improving" hog farming in Oklahoma could send the price
up.

Lamb is usually imported from Colorado or New Zealand.  Currently lamb
is high dollar, going for $3.50 U.S. a pound in the local markets and is
even higher in Witchita, KS.  I think the only reason we have lamb is
the large number of Middle Easterners in Oklahoma.  We could probably
get better prices if everyone took the sheep rancher's slogan to heart,
"Eat more lamb, 100,000 coyotes can't be wrong."

Goat can be had, if you know a farmer who raises them.  The only event I
know it was served at was the 1st 2nd Annual Wolfstar Tourney, slow
grilled over the fire.
 
Bear


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>From: 	Alderton, Philippa[SMTP:phlip at morganco.net]
>Sent: 	Thursday, December 18, 1997 8:34 AM
>To: 	Cooks
>Subject: 	Re: SC - Lamb!!! (and kids)
>
>Around here, pig/hog roasts are very common because they are fairly cheap.
>If I were to suggest a lamb roast, everyone would look at me as if I were
>out of my mind, both because of the expense and because it is NOT a
>preferred food. I think it might have something to do with the fact that
>most people who serve lamb cook the blazes out of it ; most cookbooks have
>timing for medium and well-done, but none for rare.
>
>I'm surprised that pork is so expensive down there. The Irish call the pig
>"The gentleman who pays the rent", which caused my county Sheriff a great
>amount of amusement when I told him that in another context. Pigs are very
>prolific, +/- 10 per litter, 2 litters per year, and easy keepers, since
>they eat almost anything, whereas sheep only drop 1-3 lambs once per year,
>and require a fair amount of tending in comparison. Out of curiosity, how
>much is a leg of lamb/lb vs. a fresh ham/lb and  pork chops/lb vs. lamb
>chops/lb down there?
>
>And when am I moving down there with you so we can make $ raising pigs
>while dining on lamb and seafood to our heart's content?
>
>Luv to ya, Charles,
>
>Phlip
>
>phlip at morganco.net
>
>Never a horse that cain't be rode,
>And never a rider that cain't be throwed.
>
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>: Somebody said
>: 'hardly anyone eats lamb'
>: 
>: Really? Australia 'lives on the sheep's back', so the Australian Sunday 
>: roast is lamb. (And the BBQ chops, and the roast rack of lamb, and the 
>: lamb rogan josh, and the kebabs, and the souvlaki)
>: 
>: But I don't think there is much of it in (non-'Indian') asian fare, 
>: although goat is reasonably popular. For some reason we don't eat much 
>: mutton - most butchers need to be warned in advance so they can get it.
>: 
>: But the basis of many of our feasts is something roasted on a spit. A cow 
>: is too big, and pork is expensive. Deer is a bit hard for some people to 
>: come at, but a sheep(lamb) or a goat is the one which everyone is happy
>with.
>: 
>: How does this compare around the globe (or even around others in
>australia?)
>: 
>: Charles Ragnar
>:
>
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