[Sca-cooks] Mutton (tolerance question - OP)

Terri Morgan online2much at cox.net
Sat Apr 30 15:38:09 PDT 2011


One of the things that has baffled me as an adult is that I cannot eat
mutton, lamb, or veal. It's not that I'm allergic to it - I'm not - but that
the immediate effect of putting some in my mouth and commencing to chew is,
ah, unfortunate and will ruin the meal for everyone at the table*. I cannot
figure out why this should be so. It is not connected to 'texture', as it
happens with almost every dish I've tried, stewed, roasted, sliced thin,
minced, whether or not I was aware of what meat it was. I've tried many - it
all smells so good! I've not had 'a bad experience' in my youth. In fact, I
had never had veal until I was at a feast and found myself reacting to it.  

So I'm wondering if someone here with more experience would have an idea
what would cause this. Maybe if someone did, I'd be able to find a way to
change the effect and eat some of the goodness you all enjoy so much. I DO
love the flavour. And then my tummy violently voices its opinion before I've
even swallowed.

It is said that lamb or mutton is the 'safest meat to offer' because of its
lack of cultural taboos. I find it embarrassing that I cannot eat it. Got
any ideas?



Noodling on a Saturday,
Hrothny
*I throw up. 




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