last time i checked sheep were usually raised for wool, not food, but i suppose some are eaten when they die. it is just a guess though since i never had sheep, although we always buried the chickens when they died instead of eating them. too tough when they got that old.
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then you get to start collecting the extended versionā¦
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Thereās an old Bill Murray bit where they force him to get baptized and ask him if he rejects satan and all his little wizards and he responds with āsureā but in the tone of āyeah whatever.ā
I had to try very hard not to do this at my wedding.
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Raised for wool yes but also meat. Itās mutton and itās delicious!
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I have personally experienced this twice.
Once in my building where the standpipe on the top floor burst because of the extreme cold and flooded the whole building from top to bottom. We were spared the worst of it but it was really bad.
Another time I went to a party at a new build downtown and the pool on the 15th floor had burst and soaked all the way down.
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yeah, but those are separate. the ones for wool are allowed to get old. the ones for food are killed sooner. but those are localizations and i allow that i have been wrong before and most likely are here as well. it took me years to figure out that other folks have just as legitimate ways as i know about. strange how it took me so ling to figure this out. thanx for helping reinforce it.
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Yeah it was ugly. Everyoneās floor was destroyed and many peopleās contents were thrashed. And drywall and hallway carpets and and and.
I got a frantic knock on the door from a Neighbour and was like āand you expect me to do what about this.
We left for Cuba the day after it happened so we missed most of the real chaos but it was still a nightmare. This wasā¦6?ā¦years ago.
The pool thing was funny because they had cut out all the soaked drywall so the party was in a construction site. It was a christening or something. Baby related, I guess that makes it a baptism now that I think about it.
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Itās interesting too, to me anyway, that it changes geographically and culturally. I think lamb is delicious but itās not very popular around here for some reason.
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Iām pretty sure itās was social status thing back in the middle ages. More people raised sheep, not only for their wool, meat, leather, and milk but because it was cheaper and less time before slaughter than a cow. Iām quite surprised that sheep and lamb arenāt more popular here in the states.
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I could definitely see this as being the case and find it very interesting.
The other day I was talking about conspicuous consumption after Mrs Foreigner got her nails done. I compared it to ancient Chinese footbinding. Behold how rich I am I donāt even have to walk I have people to carry me. Big nails: see how little manual labour I need to do because I have people to do it for me.
Then she asked me to help her put together a piece of ikea furniture because she couldnāt do it herself because sheād break a nail. We laughed and laughed.
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Holy shit now I need to go to Kentucky to get some mutton bbq.
Makes total sense though. Infinite variation.
I read somewhere that as your palate develops you gain a taste for stronger flavours. Young children hate olives for example.
But thereās also a guy I know who eats nothing but chicken burgers soā¦who knows.
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Mama sheep to baby lamb at the meat farm:
Your dad was right, youāll never ammount to mutton.
The gamey flavor (Imo its the scent, as your nosebuds often tell your taste buds how to feel) is the big difference
Try different cuts though before you swear it off. I donāt love lamb racks or chops, but a braised shank I do like. I worked with a chef that saved all my lamb trim and fat and used maltodextrin to powder 50 lbs of trimmings to interject that gamey-ness elsewhere. Itās a preference I guess.
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Thatās neat. Where would someone wish to inject gameyness? Stews maybe?
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I have no idea, he flew back to his restaurant with a bunch of it.
Iāve had things like asparagus and carrots with brown butter powder.
Itās how they powder cheese for doritos and cheetos and shit. You can powder any lipid/fat with it. Iām more the type that when I want cheese, 99% of the time i want actual cheese.
Itās cool though
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I think itās a trick used for cannabis infusion nerds too
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One of my sisters worked as a cook on a shearing gang in NZ for a couple of years. They definitely ate some of the sheep, but only a tiny fraction of the entire herd. It was their only source of protein at that distant shearing camp.
Mutton is a bit much for me personally, but I do loves me some lamb!
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