I will admit right here that I had some doubts about the lamb. About the taste, I mean. I'm not a fan of strong-tasting meat. I can't help it--I grew up on boneless chicken breasts. I'll eat the lamb from the store, although it is sometimes stronger than I like. I was afraid that our own lamb would have a strong taste that I wouldn't care for. And then I'd have 180 pounds of meat in the freezer that I didn't want to eat.
I am happy to say that is not the case. The lamb chops we had last night were really pretty mild. Like any meat, the fat has a stronger taste, but the meat itself was great.
Finny requested a photo of what she termed "the chop feast." Now you know that I don't usually pause to take a photo in between dishing up and shoveling food in my face. But
just for Finny, I exercised enough restraint to take a picture of my food before I raced to the table to commence the eating. I will warn you right now that it is not nicely plated. I didn't even bother moving the plate away from the dirty stove. Because that's just the way I do things. Half-
assed.
It's getting cold RIGHT NOW. I hope you appreciate the sacrifices I make for you.
I trust you can identify the lamb chop in that photo. The rest of it (in clockwise order) is purple cabbage (I won't call it red cabbage--that's just stupid. It is clearly PURPLE), butternut squash, and a really good recipe for lima beans that I just made for the first time last night. It involved fresh lima beans (from the garden, but of course), roasted and ground pumpkin seeds (but I used the seeds from the squash), green onions (but I used shallots), sesame oil (which I totally forgot about), and lemon. Despite the fact that I didn't actually follow the recipe very closely--at all-- it was yummy. Even A., who detests lima beans, said they were "okay." I call that a success.
I can't think of a snappy closing to this post. It's one of those days.
Over and out.
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It's a testament to your ability to cook--or to A.'s love of food--that he'd try the lima beans at all, given what I understand to be his feelings on the matter.
Oh, I loooooove lima beans. YUM. Brad hates them. His mother always makes them for me when we come visit, and they are the best. I think that has something to do with the 8lbs of butter she cooks them in, but I like to pretend I just love vegetables that much.
The lamb looks a whole lot appealing on the plate than it did in the box.
I don't like lima beans, either, but I think I might try those.
Yummy lamb chops!
Yum, except for the lima beans. I hope it wasn't too cold to eat. (And I think MY name is spelled correctly *grin*).
You do good work. :)
Hey girl...I just found your blog. I was looking up info on making pie crust, found your comments, which led me here. You are FUNNY! I totally love your blog. Your humor is wonderful and I have loved reading through your blogs. I gather you are happy you read Laura Ingalls Wilder too...kind of a preparing of the mind as a child for work and events you never thought you'd experience? ME TOO! But not as much as you! You win the blue ribbon there.
I love lima beans. I like to cook them like a soup with ham & cheese in it. So good...
Anonymous #1--Why, thank you for your kind comments. Though I find it hilarious that you found this site when searching for pie crust help. Anyone who reads here knows that I don't DO pie crust.
Anonymous #2--So many anonymouses. Anonymousis? Anonymousi? Anonymous PEOPLE. I love lima beans, too. I'm working on conditioning A. to them so we can have them more.
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