Never had Lamb. Never tried to cook. Besides, Lamb has always had that biblical ring to the name , just cant touch that one for some reason. Weird I know
That's an interesting perspective, although I doubt that all those references to shepherds (metaphorical and literal) were in the context of raising the lambs for wool. But now that you mention it, the tradition of having an Easter lamb presents a metaphor that never occurred to me.
I have always agreed with that @Faye Fox, at least after having raised both. The Bible denigrated the smarter animal and favors the stupid. Maybe God looks favorably on Democrat voters! Who'd have thought....
The market where I get food delivery has them listed, but when I've ordered a lb the last 2 times no dice, they don't have them....I called the store and the meat man, no we have not had them for a lone while....Why advertise them?????? The ones I TRIED to order were $7.99 lb, and they are t he low priced chops. They had another choice and they were like $20something for 2 lb pkg. I didn't even attempt to get those. I would use 1 chop in a pot of the soup I make for a different flavor for the soup. Oh damn. I called. Whole Foods to see what they have to offer for lamb chops, and I don't know w hat cut these were... $23.99 lb. I told meat man they wiil rot there if it's up to regular people to buy. I need to call a neighbor market and check their prices, but they were always pricey before covid...NOW...and delivery is $10.00 We are getting the screws deeper and deeper... Ok t his is getting more hilarious,,,the market has 2 cuts of chops, one is $26.99 lb and the other $49 a lb. I laughed in the man's face, and said do you have millionairs shopping there?
This is "The Lamb Chop story" lots of buyers are told when they first get into the purchasing field. It was told to me: A woman goes into the butcher and asks how much his lamb chops are. He tells her $26.99 a pound. "$26.99 a pound!?!?!?!?" she screams. "The guy up the street only charges $7.99 pound!" The butcher says "Well, ma'am, why don't you go buy some from him???" She says "He doesn't have any today." To which the butcher replies "Well, when I don't have any, my price is only $3.50 a pound!" Anyway...a few years ago my local Food Lion had lamb chops marked down because they were hitting their expiry date. Since I hadn't had lamb for a while, I picked up a pack and marinated them overnight with lemon juice, olive oil, fresh rosemary, thyme, garlic, and salt & pepper. Then I broiled them. They were good!!! For some reason this store continued to carry them, even though they sat unsold until they had to be marked down to move them, so I started having them pretty regularly. Then I got tired of them. Maybe I'll rotate them back into my menus, if they're not real expensive. Lastly, I'll leave you with this: