G'day mates,

I must apologise. I misled 6 billion people (or at least the couple
of dozen who follow aus.food and/or rec.food.cooking). I stated that
goat meat is not available around here in the deep north of the deep
south. I was wrong. A detailed interrogation of likely sources has
revealed:

1. The "butcher" in the local leading supermarket doesn't stock it;
but the bloke who bosses the show went to the trouble of finding out
and informing me that goat meat is available at a butcher shop in the
nearby tourist ghetto of Cairns.

2. The "butcher" in the local second supermarket offered to order some
in, if I ordered "enough" from them. (Without specifying "enough".

3. Real butcher number one just laughed when I asked. (To be fair, it
was the two women behind the counter at the time who giggled. They
seemed to find it very funny that someone might actually eat goat.)

4. Real butcher number two "usually has some, but it hasn't come in
this week".

5. Real butcher number three actually had some frozen in their cold
room on Wednesday.

Okay. Given that the stuff is actually available here, at least
sometimes, the matter comes down to the more serious question:
"What is a good [great?] recipe for Indian-style curried 'mutton'?"

Anyone out there prepared to offer their favourite to the world?
(But pleeease... not too "gourmet"! :-)

Cheers, Phred.

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LID