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Default Supper tonight..... rack of lamb

On 3/6/2019 5:00 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In article >, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> Sounds tasty! I have yet to buy a rack of lamb. They're rather hard to
>> find here. I can find lots of cuts of lamb but the rack of ribs, not so
>> much. Perhaps closer to Easter (for some reason it's symbolic). I'd
>> love to give this a try.
>>
>> Anything in particular side dish suggested to go with it?

>
> Something minty? Mint ice cream or Junior Mints? I haven't eaten lamb
> in thirty years, but I ate and loved it as a kid. My wife hates it
> so...


Never did understand mint sauce or mint whatever with lamb. I was
thinking more like asparagus or even steamed artichokes.

> Ducks Unlimited used to have a lamb feed in the Spring. Whole lambs
> were roasted on a spit. As I was a part of the organization then,
> that's the last time I ate lamb. Oh, lamb and mountain oysters.
> I ate a hard roll sandwich full of mountain oysters, before someone
> told me what they were. I thought they were short fat sausages. They
> tasted fine, but I don't yearn for them.
>
> leo
>

Uh, no thanks to the mountain oysters.

Jill