On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 19:51:42 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 6/22/2019 7:44 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2019-06-22 6:08 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 6/22/2019 3:06 PM, wrote:
>>>> On* 22 Jun 2019 jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Nothing difficult about this delicious dish.* It's slow cooking without
>>>>> using a slow cooker/crock pot.* Brown 2 lamb shanks in a deep pot in a
>>>>> little hot olive oil.* Remove from the pot and set aside on a plate to
>>>>> drain.* In the same pot saute a miripoix of minced onion, celery,
>>>>> garlic until tender.* Feel free to add bell pepper or other vegetables.
>>>>> I add a dab of tomato paste.* Stir, stir.* Deglaze the pan with a
>>>>> little
>>>>> white wine.* Add the lamb shanks back to the pan.* Add chicken broth or
>>>>> stock to cover well.* Season with salt, pepper, thyme and sage.* Cover
>>>>> and simmer for hours on low heat until the lamb is fork tender and the
>>>>> liquid is reduced.
>>>>>
>>>>> At that point ramp up the heat and add 1/4 cup of pearled barley.* Make
>>>>> sure there's enough liquid added to the pot.* Add some chicken stock if
>>>>> needed.* Cook this until the barley is tender.* Lamb and barley are
>>>>> natural pairings.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>> Sounds great, however naturally I'd use veal shanks... instead of sage
>>>> I'd use a couple three bay leaves and some marjoram.* I'll have to
>>>> research as I've never seen any veal at the markets I've been to
>>>> around here.* My favorite veal dish is breast of veal.
>>>>
>>> Can you really not find cuts of veal?
>>>
>>
>> He should try shopping in Bothell.* You can't get anything there.
>>
>>
>No need to drag Bothell into it. I find it hard to believe he can't get
>any cut of veal at his grocery store. I susect he hasn't asked the guy
>(or gal) behind the meat counter if they have any veal.
>
>Jill

I'm sure I can find a market that sells veal closer to Albany, haven't
looked, just hasn't been important to me.... I don't know if my wife
likes veal