Rack of lamb ... hey, it's good !!!!

Village Idiot

I grew up somewhat poor .... not destitute by any means, but probably lower middle class. My mom would buy lamb from time to time, but now, I know it is called mutton. I hated it !!!! I can't even stand the smell of it.

Then, I married a farm girl. She grew up eating farm raised lambs and has tried to get me to eat some for years. I have refused.

However, for her birthday, I decided to cook her a rack of lamb. I bought a rack at Costco and cooked it tonight.

WOW ! It was really great !!!. I followed some recipe I found on the internet and made a Red Wine Sauce. I even had mint jelly on the plate, just in case I needed to hide the taste, but I didn't need it.

I am a convert !!!!

(and thanks to Pato for the interlocking presentation).

Desert Oasis Woman

:laugh: welcome to the mystical land of lamb!!

My mom would never serve it because of mutton she ate while preggers with moi! Met Ku while dining on lamb chops and been lovin it (and him ) ever since!

Photo Egg made some Killer Lamb Racks in Plano :woohoo: Maybe we could get him to repeat for the Austin After Party :evil:

cookn biker

Thanks for this post Gary. I've had it in Wyoming when I was in 6th grade. With the mint sauce. I'v tried it as an adult a few times and quite frankly, I've been on the fence. Got a chop in my freezer, keep looking at it. May be time to give it a whirl!
Plate presentaion looks great!!

Unknown

Looks great - well presented. I think I can smell it from here and it smells/looks great. Ha! Ha!

When I was younger we had mutton from time to time - in stews, soups, etc. My Scottish Mum knew how to stretch a dollar. It's my understanding that what we buy as lamb today is young lamb and IMO tastes great. It's my understanding that older sheep are referred to as mutton which IMO has a completely different taste.

Michael

Village Idiot

Molly. Unless you know the history of that lamb chop, I'd say to chuck it and go buy a "known" young lamb chop or rack. It's really good if you get a young one.

Village Idiot

Well, yeah, Michael. You know what mutton is too. I'd rather eat Alpo.

Village Idiot

Desert Oasis Woman wrote:

My mom would never serve it because of mutton she ate while preggers with moi!

You were blessed, Kari.

cookn biker

I can do that! Got a butcher close.

Unknown

Gary:

This is obviously a case where the meat didn't get better with age.

I used to dread having mutton - to make matters worse - my Scottish mother would overcook it and it was bland. That being said, as a child of the depression, she made some killer soups! To this day, we keep soups (no mutton) on the stove during our long Canadian winters. Sticks to your ribs baby!

Michael

Village Idiot

lol. My mom was a child of the depression too, and that's probably why we got mutton and scraps to eat growing up.

As an aside, she's 94 now, and probably won't be alive a week from now. It's tough to see them go. They saw so much in their lives.... the depression, WWII, etc. ....... the greatest generation, for sure. God bless her !

Little Steven

Michael,

We got Mulligitawny soup, Scotch Broth and curried mutton. My grannies used to cook it to death but my Mom made masterpieces out of it.

Steve

Unknown

That's a sad time in life - God bless your mother! We lost Mum in 1992.

Any man that would make a special meal for his wife's birthday is o.k. in my books. I'm sure your mother must be proud of you.

Thoughts and prayers to you and your family.

Michael

Village Idiot

Thanks, buddy.

Unknown

Scotch broth - still one of my favourites!

I don't know if my other favourites had names, Mum would just put any left overs, etc. in the soup pot and left it on the stove.

Lucky for me, I married a girl that learned to make soups just like Mum! Now if I could only get her to cook on the egg! Ha! Ha!

Michael

Irreverent

I guess you've figured it out: lamb and mutton are NOT the same thing!

Nice presentation!

Florida Grillin Girl

I have said all along you can't be that much of an idiot! Nice cook and now you know how wonderful lamb can be, Good for you.

Faith

Village Idiot

Thank you, Faith ! I hope to meet you at an Eggfest soon. You are one of my idols in Eggostomy !

Village Idiot

Yep. Thanks. It only took me 35 years. (hence my forum handle).

NoVA Bill

Hey Gary,

Lookin' good!

I too remember mutton from my yute. Yuk! However from time to time (maybe 4x over 10 years) I'll butter fly a leg of lamb, marinade it in red wine and dried mustard and cook it lo-n-slo. Never rad about it. However I had the popsicle lamb chops at EggtoberFest and I am now a convert for good!

Beli

Gary I'm glad you went for it....& that you liked it..oh & happy birthday to her!!!!

Misippi Egger

Great job ! The presentation is outstanding!

Now that you've had a taste of how good rack of lamb can be, you HAVE to try the recipe on the Dizzy Pig website. It is da bomb. I've served it on several occasions and non-lamb lovers have gone for seconds! :woohoo: :woohoo:

Ross in Ventura

Great cook Gary

Ross

Nature Boy

Thanks Clark. We won first place in the Anything But category out of 50 pro teams doing that recipe with Tonia's Goat Cheese Mashed Potato recipe.

But them lamb lolipops are good many ways. Beers to ya.
Chris

Bacchus

I am of the mindset that Mutton is Sheep meat. And that Lamb is extremely young sheep...the "veal" of sheep.

Is that correct?

eenie meenie

Gary, that is a beautiful birthday meal for your wife. Nice camera work! I grew up on a farm and my grandmother would cook lamb as a treat for me.

I'll have to mosey on down to Owensboro, KY for their BBQ mutton sometime. That's something I've never tried.