Comments on: Easter Sunday in Maple Park http://www.garazon.com/2009/04/12/easter-sunday-in-maple-park/ In the Arms of a Cyprus... Brit Angel... Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:49:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike http://www.garazon.com/2009/04/12/easter-sunday-in-maple-park/comment-page-1/#comment-591 Mike Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:50:08 +0000 http://www.garazon.com/?p=628#comment-591 The next night after I posted, Alton Brown on his show "Good Eats" (on the Food Channel) showed how to prepare a rack of lamb. I'd already seen it, though. When I was a kid, we raised goats for about a year. (think my dad traded a generator for a breeding pair) I learned how to milk one and also learned that they are extremely tasty if barbequed! Dad would drink some of the milk but I fed the cats and dogs and my show pigs what was left. I also learned it's hard to have a goat-proof pen and that they LOVE to stand on the tallest thing around, which was usually my car! The next night after I posted, Alton Brown on his show “Good Eats” (on the Food Channel) showed how to prepare a rack of lamb. I’d already seen it, though.

When I was a kid, we raised goats for about a year. (think my dad traded a generator for a breeding pair) I learned how to milk one and also learned that they are extremely tasty if barbequed! Dad would drink some of the milk but I fed the cats and dogs and my show pigs what was left.

I also learned it’s hard to have a goat-proof pen and that they LOVE to stand on the tallest thing around, which was usually my car!

]]> By: alison http://www.garazon.com/2009/04/12/easter-sunday-in-maple-park/comment-page-1/#comment-582 alison Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:28:11 +0000 http://www.garazon.com/?p=628#comment-582 The lamb chops are usually so small and after cooking they seem to wither down to hardly a mouthful ,In Cyprus they are a little on the pricey side and to me after they grill them on the Bar- b- que they get too dty and crisp, however folks there do have them a lot, although the Cypriots tend to buy pieces that the butcher hacks up and leaves bone and fat on them then they get skewered and cooked, if they are not overcooked they do usually taste good , back in the UK in years gone by my mom always bouoght the leg of lamb and had it roasted in the oven and then served traditionally with mint sauce , personally I would choose chicken pork or beef over lamb but its nice to have a change and Easter is usually the time Brits will buy lamb to cook for the Sunday lunch. Good luck Mike if you try those chops again , just dont overcook them. The lamb chops are usually so small and after cooking they seem to wither down to hardly a mouthful ,In Cyprus they are a little on the pricey side and to me after they grill them on the Bar- b- que they get too dty and crisp, however folks there do have them a lot, although the Cypriots tend to buy pieces that the butcher hacks up and leaves bone and fat on them then they get skewered and cooked, if they are not overcooked they do usually taste good , back in the UK in years gone by my mom always bouoght the leg of lamb and had it roasted in the oven and then served traditionally with mint sauce , personally I would choose chicken pork or beef over lamb but its nice to have a change and Easter is usually the time Brits will buy lamb to cook for the Sunday lunch.

Good luck Mike if you try those chops again , just dont overcook them.

]]> By: Mike http://www.garazon.com/2009/04/12/easter-sunday-in-maple-park/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Mike Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:50:28 +0000 http://www.garazon.com/?p=628#comment-581 I've had lamb only once in my life; back when I first got out on my own, I saw some chops in the supermarket and brought them home and cooked them in a skillet. I remember them vividly because there was a couple small pkgs. of mint jelly with them. I also remember not liking them all that much, but I think that was probably due more to my overcooking them, thinking they were like pork chops. I may very well go see if the store has some...am sure they would....and give it another go. I've never seen them on a menu, but this IS the middle of beef country. Chatting with Minnie (Mouse), I found that lamb is quite the common/usual dish in the UK. I’ve had lamb only once in my life; back when I first got out on my own, I saw some chops in the supermarket and brought them home and cooked them in a skillet. I remember them vividly because there was a couple small pkgs. of mint jelly with them.

I also remember not liking them all that much, but I think that was probably due more to my overcooking them, thinking they were like pork chops.

I may very well go see if the store has some…am sure they would….and give it another go.

I’ve never seen them on a menu, but this IS the middle of beef country. Chatting with Minnie (Mouse), I found that lamb is quite the common/usual dish in the UK.

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