Lamb recipes

[#juan]

There's also nothing wrong with choosing to support local farmers for economic and environmental reasons.

While I don't know what the "environmental reasons" might be, I certainly support local Farmers where I can. You would think shipping costs would knock the New Zealand product right out of the market but it doesn't. Every Spring I buy at least one whole lamb, cut and wrapped, from a local farmer so I know the local farmers can be competitive. I support our farmers but I'm damned if I'll subsidise them. I leave that to our government....;-)

 

[karrie]

While I don't know what the "environmental reasons" might be, I certainly support local Farmers where I can. You would think shipping costs would knock the New Zealand product right out of the market but it doesn't. Every Spring I buy at least one whole lamb, cut and wrapped, from a local farmer so I know the local farmers can be competitive. I support our farmers but I'm damned if I'll subsidise them. I leave that to our government....;-)

environmentally speaking, buying something from across the world that requires shipping and refrigeration, is irresponsible if the exact same thing is available next door minus international shipping.

 

[#juan]

environmentally speaking, buying something from across the world that requires shipping and refrigeration, is irresponsible if the exact same thing is available next door minus international shipping.

Refrigeration in this day and age is not the risk it maybe once was. Many products are frozen for months before they get to the consumer. All meat products require refrigeration at some point. It is probably irresponsible to pay unnecessarily high prices when you don't have to.

 

[karrie]

Refrigeration in this day and age is not the risk it maybe once was. Many products are frozen for months before they get to the consumer. All meat products require refrigeration at some point. It is probably irresponsible to pay unnecessarily high prices when you don't have to.

I said environmentally... shipping uses energy, plain and simple, especially when it's refrigerated shipping. The other issues you point to are something else.

 

[gerryh]

of course, it's so much more responsible to support the economy and growers of a foriegn country rather than your own.

 

[#juan]

of course, it's so much more responsible to support the economy and growers of a foriegn country rather than your own.

Gerry you know I didn't say that.

B.C. grows a hell of a pile of apples but we import apples from both New Zealand, Australia, and the U.S. Why? Who knows? I don't buy them.

I buy all of the meat for our table and I am price conscious. Why should I buy frozen lamb from Canada at a much higher price than frozen New Zealand lamb. If the price is not a factor I buy the best quality. At equal or close to equal price and quality, I buy Canadian.

 

[Albertabound]

You have to try this. Cut the lamb into 2 inch cubes. Dice 5 medium onions. Salt and pepper the lamb cubes. Don't be shy with the salt. Put the lamb and onions in layers in a sealable container adding salt and pepper to the onions, once again don't be shy with the salt. Store in the fridge for 3 days (the salt is a preservative, that's why you don't want to be shy with it) bbq it as you normally would. You will not believe the taste. Russian Shisliki

 

[gerryh]

I buy all of the meat for our table and I am price conscious. Why should I buy frozen lamb from Canada at a much higher price than frozen New Zealand lamb. If the price is not a factor I buy the best quality. At equal or close to equal price and quality, I buy Canadian.

Why? To support Canadian growers and suppliers. That's why.

 

[#juan]

Why? To support Canadian growers and suppliers. That's why.

I support them as I said, but they have to be competitive.

 

[talloola]

I support them as I said, but they have to be competitive.

That's right juan, I'm glad I don't really like lamb much, because when I see it,
fresh in the supermarket, the price blows me away, I can't afford those steep
costs, and the frozen lamb from new zealand is cheaper. I don't buy either
one, but if I did, I would be trying the less expensive one, unless I could find
the fresh local product on sale, and, as you say, a whole one from a local farmer, which is probably a bit of a saving.
I will always support our local growers, but there is a limit, and common sense
should apply.

 

[gerryh]

you're right juan....I don't know what I was thinking.... it would be the same with the tomatoes I buy then....don't know why I bother with the BC tomatoes when american and mexican tomatoes are cheaper.

 

[#juan]

you're right juan....I don't know what I was thinking.... it would be the same with the tomatoes I buy then....don't know why I bother with the BC tomatoes when american and mexican tomatoes are cheaper.

You know Gerry I recognise your sarcasm, but right now the best tomatoes on our market are B.C. Hothouse tomatoes which I prefer over the American or Mexican tomatoes even if I do pay a bit of a premium. Let's get back to the topic...

 

[#juan]

That's right juan, I'm glad I don't really like lamb much, because when I see it,
fresh in the supermarket, the price blows me away, I can't afford those steep
costs, and the frozen lamb from new zealand is cheaper. I don't buy either
one, but if I did, I would be trying the less expensive one, unless I could find
the fresh local product on sale, and, as you say, a whole one from a local farmer, which is probably a bit of a saving.
I will always support our local growers, but there is a limit, and common sense
should apply.

That is right. We should expect good quality and competitive pricing from farmers right in the area.

 

[talloola]

That is right. We should expect good quality and competitive pricing from farmers right in the area.

Yes, exactly, and I do believe that some local growers take advantage of us,
charge far too much, knowing that most of us will support them, well some
of us recognize that strategy, and will not support it.

 

[AnnaG]

Gerry you know I didn't say that.

B.C. grows a hell of a pile of apples but we import apples from both New Zealand, Australia, and the U.S. Why? Who knows? I don't buy them.

Politics. An Okanagan apple is more expensive to buy in the Okanagan than an Okanagan apple shipped to WA for packaging and then shipped back. When we were in the Okanagan, we paid fruit stands for our Okanagan apples rather than paying less at Safeway for the same apple. Politics does stupid things.

 

[AnnaG]

You have to try this. Cut the lamb into 2 inch cubes. Dice 5 medium onions. Salt and pepper the lamb cubes. Don't be shy with the salt. Put the lamb and onions in layers in a sealable container adding salt and pepper to the onions, once again don't be shy with the salt. Store in the fridge for 3 days (the salt is a preservative, that's why you don't want to be shy with it) bbq it as you normally would. You will not believe the taste. Russian Shisliki

Shishliki means BBQed salt lick?

 

[#juan]

Shishliki means BBQed salt lick?

Now that is funny..;-):lol:

 

[Mowich]

I love lamb but am not able to buy locally so I do purchase New Zealand lamb. I especially love the crown roasts and the medallions. I am enjoying the great recipes on this post and will be trying some of them out.