[Sca-cooks] lamb at feast (was: fish at feast)

[S CLEMENGER]

We have problems like that with fish, as well.  We're waaay too landlocked 
for fish to be cheap here, let alone fresh.  Lamb, on the very rare 
occasions I've seen it for sale, starts at like $8/lb.
-Maire


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Decker" <t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] lamb at feast (was: fish at feast)


> Lamb can be very unpalatable if overcooked or held too long.  However, 
> from
> an Ansteorran point of view, it is more likely that cost is an issue.
> Bone-in lamb, runs two to three times the price of boneless beef roast.
> I've noted that the feasts where lamb was served were in places where the
> lamb was price roughly equal to beef.
>
> Bear