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[ElwoodBlues1]

I don't know how I would handle that EB,, a bit confrontational to say the least! I just can't stand the smell or taste of lamb and once got into a blue with a guy on a public bbq when he threw on his lamb cutlets next to my fillet steak, aaaargh!

Cookie, As a kid I used to love Lamb, nothing better than gnawing your way through a lamb chop or finding the left overs of a Sunday roast in your school lunch in a sandwich. However you never think about where the meat comes from when you are a kid and as I got older the thought of chowing down on some baby animal carcass put me off.
Yeah I'm a hypocrite as I still love my Beef, chicken, fish etc but I can't come at Lamb, Veal and Pork where it's baby animals on the menu. I'm not manic about it and in some family/friend meal situations I will eat a small portion to be hospitable but will avoid those meats where I can.
I don't judge others though and people have different customs, value sets, etc .
Get what you mean with the taste though, when you haven't eaten it for a while it does have a sickly gamey taste/smell to it even when cooking...
My preferred meat is a Scotch Fillet well cooked....not raw and still kicking on the plate like you get at fancy eateries...

[DJC]

This thread has me thinking Greek for dinner, lamb or octopus?

Yes, yes I know, I'm going to hell for eating something char grilled and dressed up in a little lemon and dill that was as intelligent as an octopus!

Mmmm, octopus!

I have a calamari dip that I’m going to try this arvo ?

[DJC]

Yeah I'm a hypocrite as I still love my Beef, chicken, fish etc but I can't come at Lamb, Veal and Pork where it's baby animals on the menu. I'm not manic about it and in some family/friend meal situations I will eat a small portion to be hospitable but will avoid those meats where I can.

The only time I felt uneasy during my brief career as a slaughter man was when the then Premier Dick Hamer sent in a mob of very young calves.  I had to hang down into the crush to reach their heads with the bolt gun.

I rarely eat veal but don’t mind lamb.  When I was a kid, my mum would by “two-tooth” because it was cheaper than lamb.  Tastier too, as the muscle has more time to absorb minerals and compounds from the vegetation.

[cookie2]

Cookie, As a kid I used to love Lamb, nothing better than gnawing your way through a lamb chop or finding the left overs of a Sunday roast in your school lunch in a sandwich. However you never think about where the meat comes from when you are a kid and as I got older the thought of chowing down on some baby animal carcass put me off.
Yeah I'm a hypocrite as I still love my Beef, chicken, fish etc but I can't come at Lamb, Veal and Pork where it's baby animals on the menu. I'm not manic about it and in some family/friend meal situations I will eat a small portion to be hospitable but will avoid those meats where I can.
I don't judge others though and people have different customs, value sets, etc .
Get what you mean with the taste though, when you haven't eaten it for a while it does have a sickly gamey taste/smell to it even when cooking...
My preferred meat is a Scotch Fillet well cooked....not raw and still kicking on the plate like you get at fancy eateries...

As a kid EB I used to enjoy a nice roast leg of lamb served with spring vegetables and a homemade mint sauce but over the years I just turned off it due to that same sickly taste/smell you mentioned.

[northernblue]

I love a bit of lamb.
When I was single I did a lamb shanks that was a panty dropper, certified ???
My Thai wife can’t stand the smell and taste of lamb though, she’s tried but no good.
I’ve hidden it in spicy Indian curries and she picks it straight away.
She was devastated when we drove through SA at xmas, she saw sheep and thought they looked so cute and wanted to eat one, I had to explain that lambs were baby sheep… ?
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[Baggers]

Another hypocrite here.

Love beef -- like EB1 Scotch Fillet is a fave -- lamb (I bags the knuckle!), pork (the crackle is for moi), chicken, duck and just about any seafood... however, I can't eat fish I've caught - just have to give it/them away. Friends have a farm and once offered me some beef from a cow they slaughtered and had broken up. When they said I was welcome to some of 'Betsy' I couldn't eat any.

[Professer E]

I can't eat squid or ?, eating an intelligent creature upsets me.  Those critters can problem solve and recognise words.

[ElwoodBlues1]

As a kid EB I used to enjoy a nice roast leg of lamb served with spring vegetables and a homemade mint sauce but over the years I just turned off it due to that same sickly taste/smell you mentioned.

Yep Cookie, that mint sauce on top made it special with the veggies roasted in the juices of the meat....

[Gointocarlton]

You havent lived until you have had Porchetta from a town called Costano in Umbria Italy. No porchetta comes close IMHO.
As for beef, Scotch Fillet or Rib Eye Med Rare.

[LP]

Goat is actually more likely from a Greek kitchen.

I've had some great goat dishes and various Greek restaurants but not in recent years, it's become a bit unfashionable, like kangaroo it is a real rarity in restaurants now.

Surprisingly, some of the best goat I've had was in Sri Lanka in a slow cooked biryani. I also had a Goat Saag in Goa that was pretty good. I suppose there is a bit of irony in meat dishes being so good in Sri Lanka or India, given most are vegetarian.

[member=57]ElwoodBlues1[/member] I spent a fair bit of my childhood growing up on farms, so circle of life stuff to me, I do know how and where it all comes from there are no mysteries. On the farm every gram of an animal was used, nothing was wasted, besides people, you have dogs, pigs, cats and sometimes even fish, reptiles or raptors to feed, and the thing I rally against now more than ever is waste, if you want to get offended by something that's the thing to hang your hat on as you wander around Coles or Woolies. Traveling the world so much for so many years I've learnt not to judge, except when creatures aren't treated humanely.