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From: Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: I survived pre-historic times today
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 10:16:25 -0400
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On 6/6/2025 5:04 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2025-06-05, Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> On 2025-06-05 12:45 p.m., Ed P wrote:
>>> On 6/5/2025 1:18 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think it'll be Turkish food for lunch today.  The menu at
>>>> the Turkish cafe changes daily, and they have my husband's
>>>> favorite dish today:  a spicy lamb ragu over a roasted eggplant
>>>> puree.  It sounds so good, I think I'll get the same.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.aysesturkishcafeannarbor.com/menu
>>>>
>>>> I used to be stuck on the roasted salmon, but I'm branching
>>>> out.  This is part of my plan to learn to like lamb.
>>>>
>>>> It's possible I won't have dinner, after this feast.  Or perhaps
>>>> just a small salad.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I like lamb chops.  The few times I had other cuts, was not really
>>> liking it.
>>>
>>> There was a time we had lamb chops most Tuesdays.  The local supermarket
>>> put them out for the weekend and Tuesday morning, the ones not sold went
>>> to half price.  After a time, they no longer sold lamb chops.
>>
>> I don't understand people's aversion to lamb (and mutton). But then, I
>> was brought up to eat it as well as an array of offal.
> 
> Lamb was never served in my childhood home.  To me it has an
> unpleasant, strong, gamy taste.  Same thing for venison.  Even
> the back half of beef (round, for example) has an unpleasant
> liverish taste that I avoid.
> 
> After the day I barfed peas onto the dining table, they stopped
> trying to make me eat things I didn't want.  They decided it
> wasn't worth the hassle.
> 
> Why am I trying to learn to like lamb?  Because it's offered
> at the restaurants at which we dine and I would like to have
> more options.  Perhaps someday I'll even cook it at home.
> 
You might enjoy an Ethiopian lamb stew.  I don't know the name of it 
offhand.  When I lived in TN there was an Ethiopian couple who owned a 
little convenience store near where I lived.  The wife made a delicious, 
nicely spiced lamb stew and shared some with me.  The stew was mopped up 
with homemade injera bread.  It was delicious!

Jill