SC - Easter Dinner

[Ron and Laurene Wells]

Hello.  What are you having for Easter Dinner today?  I started to buy a 
ham, but kept thinking that they wouldn't have eaten Ham on the first 
Easter, and I didn't think they had Turkey's in Israel at the time either 
(I believe Turkey's are New World birds, and wouldn't have been introduced 
to the middle east until the 1600's at earliest?).  They don't sell goat in 
our Fred Meyer, but Lamb was on sale (probably for that very reason?) so I 
bought the first "Leg of Lamb" that I have ever bought, and we are having 
this for Easter dinner tonight.  I just put it on the stove in my deep Cast 
Iron pot (like a Dutch Oven only with a handle, I don't know what it is 
really called) and put a skillet over the top for a lid because the roast 
stuck up too high for the regular lid.
    I looked in all the recipe books for Leg Of Lamb recipes and all of 
them called for wine.  I don't have any wine, and the stores are all closed 
today.  I didn't have any grape juice either.  Or apple juice.  And I 
thought that much Huckleberry Vinegar would be WAY too strong, not to 
mention expensive.  So... I used Orange Juice (thinking the flavor of lamb 
is kinda strong like duck, so maybe the orange would work with mutton just 
as well).  I don't kow if they had oranges at the time of Christ in Israel, 
but ... well, I wasn't real confident in using plain water so I used the 
juice.  The spices I added were Fennel, Mint, Fenugreek, and little White 
Pepper.  And salt.  Hope I didn't ruin the lamb!!!  Now I will let it cook 
a few hours and see how it turns out.  Probably have dinner about 5 or 6 
tonight.

Well, hope you all had a really nice Easter!  Ron stayed home with us after 
all (He normally works on Sundays) and we are really enjoying having him 
home!  We got to go to the service and everything.

Take care.  May the Peace Jesus won for us on the cross and the 
unconditional love of God bless you this Easter Sunday!
- -Laurene