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pipestud

Lifer
Dec 6, 2012
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I had to wipe off the keyboard (full of drool), after seeing that leg of lamb - a personal favorite of mine. And now, thanks to Woodsroad, I'm off to the local meat market to get me a few of those for dinner!

 

cosmicfolklore

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Aug 9, 2013
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Lamb is my favorite, but it gets pricey down here. I went in halfsies with a friend and bought a yearling. It was going to be an additional $125 to get it processed killing the savings of buying a fresh lamb, so we felt adventurous, and decided we were going to process it ourselves. So, we drove for two hours to pick it up, and put it in the back of my truck with a camper shell, and drove it home bleating and kicking about in the truck bed. Processing it couldn’t be any more difficult than cleaning a deer. But,, looking into those cute eyes as we began tying it and getting ready to hang it up... now, I was raised where we hunted and even the children had to poke the July pig to bleed them out before we buried it in the pit fire by the river. It was to teach us kids what goes into our being able to eat meat. I also have had to kill many rabbits that we raise for meat, have killed chicken, etc... but there is something different about those lamb eyes... it’s a whole story unto itself with two grown men, getting up the instinct to kill that cute little lamb. And needless to say, we haven’t bought any more farm fresh lambs since then. Pulling the trigger on a deer dozens of yards away is much easier on the psyche me thinks.

 

woodsroad

Lifer
Oct 10, 2013
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SE PA USA
Our local supermarket chain had whole, bone in legs for $2.99/lb right after Easter/Passover. I stocked up. Fresh local pork shoulders are currently .99/lb.

 

cosmicfolklore

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Oh yeh, every inch is used of lamb. Even the dogs get the bones, except the skull, because we usually cook that first on the grill. I don’t care much for the innards, myself. But, The brains, eyes, and tongues of lamb is quite tasty. We usually gnaw the skull down pretty good.

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate
Nov 12, 2014
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As a kid, I remember fighting with siblings and cousins over the eyes. Nothing like lamb.

 

condorlover1

Lifer
Dec 22, 2013
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New York
Lamb! Always reminds me of the joke about the fellow who visits his local doctor with terrible scratches on his groin. The doctor asked him how it happen and he replied it occurred during sex with his girlfriend. The doctor suggestion that perhaps he might try the missionary position with his girlfriend to which the young man asked had the doctor ever smelt a sheep breath! :rofl:

 

bnichols23

Lifer
Mar 13, 2018
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SC Piedmont
" how long do you let it rest? I’ve always been warned to not let my meat loaf. " -- WOOOOoooooddddssss..... I swear to God, between you & condor, you're gonna give this place a worse rep than it has already! :rofl:

 

briarbuck

Lifer
Nov 24, 2015
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Nice! Never done a full leg of lamb on the smoker. Have to try that.
I work on a Large Webber with a slow-and-sear.

 

workman

Lifer
Jan 5, 2018
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The Faroe Islands
Here in the Faroe Islands we eat everything but the gallbladder and the spleen. We eat lambs, ewes, rams, everything. I just can't seem to convince my wife to eat testicles, blood and a few other things that are outside my english vocabulary. Compromises are being made.

 

woodsroad

Lifer
Oct 10, 2013
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Workman, I didn't realize that you were in the Faroe Islands. It is one of my dream destinations, ever since visiting Iceland.
I did have phenomenal lamb in Iceland, at a little hotel in Budir. After dinner we walked out on the lava fields leading up to the sea cliffs, and a band of roaming sheep gave us some very dirty looks.
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May 9, 2018
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After spending a brief while on my handy, dandy, computer, I have a slight urge to want to move there, if for nothing more than the climate alone....It sure does beat the high 90's and 80% humidity we've been having here. Hell, I'd love to walk out the door on a July day and be greeted in the face with a nice, comfortable 55 degrees.

 
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