On Tue, 9 Mar 2021 20:10:44 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Mon, 08 Mar 2021 22:25:12 -0500, Boron Elgar wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 19:10:47 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>I remember my mother cooking lamb chops once, and that was when my
>>>father was away on a business trip. He hated it. I know if it was a
>>>life long dislike of lamb or the result of spending three years in the
>>>UK during the war and being fed a lot of mutton.
>>
>> I have never had mutton. In all my travels I just did not happen upon
>> it at the right time, right place. I have never seen it in a store,
>> either. There must be some specialized ethnic markets/restaurants that
>> offer it. I'd say I'd pay particular attention to see if I could try
>> it, but it has been over a year now....
>
>I'd like to find it. I looked for for about a year a bunch of years
>ago and all I could find was a whole one, cut up into a "6 way cut"
>(halved, then the hinds, breast/loin racks, and shoulders. But it
>was unclear if it was actually mutton or just lamb.
>
>I think I'd like the extra gamey taste.
>
>-sw

That is a flavor characteristic that can, at times, make venison
beyond me.

Many peeps who dislike even young spring lamb, mention a gaminess to
it, that I have never noticed at all.