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MMmm, that's what I want! Meat from the only mammal that can transmit Leprosy to humans .... ! I think I can do without live OR dead leprosy bacteria.Lannis
…the grappa in my espresso…
You boys ever had BBQ'ed armadillo ? Dusty
Oh, PUHLEESE, Lannis. ....On the dubious merits of your comment, see, e.g., https://consumer.healthday.com/diseases-and-conditions-information-37/misc-diseases-and-conditions-news-203/leprosy-still-occurs-in-u-s-cdc-reports-693260.htmlThat did, however, give me some pause about grilled armadillo (a mammal, btw ).
Oh, PUHLEESE, Lannis. You must be feeling especially curmudgeonly this morning. I am just getting over a bad cold and getting ready to launch to Atlanta -- assuming it has survived the latest "Storm of the Century" -- yet am in a better mood than that. OTOH, the grappa in my espresso did improve my mood considerably. It is my understanding that the general counsel for St. Mary's of the Woods, Daviess County Chamber of Commerce, and, more worrisomely, the American Sheep Industry Association (http://www.sheepusa.org) will soon send you a letter by certified mail. A summons will soon follow. Seriously, yours is odd talk from a man who rides motorcycles, as every leg thrown over a saddle and starter thumbed entails real risks ... even more for those who like Brit iron ... well, when those start. On the dubious merits of your comment, see, e.g., https://consumer.healthday.com/diseases-and-conditions-information-37/misc-diseases-and-conditions-news-203/leprosy-still-occurs-in-u-s-cdc-reports-693260.htmlThat did, however, give me some pause about grilled armadillo (a mammal, btw ).Anyway, even if not hardy enough of a soul for mutton, consider coming for the pork, beef, or chicken. You'd have a fine time. BillP.S. FWIW, 29 January is World Leprosy Day, yet another cause on a planet filled with worthy ones.
So you are taking your golf clubs too?Dean
Bill -I apologize for my posting laziness and the unfortunate juxtaposition of my post.I meant ONLY to impugn the human consumption of armadillo, NOT of mutton, beef, pork, and other toothsome barbequed delicacies. However, forgetting that half-a-dozen posts had been made since the last mention of armadillo, I posted WITHOUT quoting "armadillo" in my post, and so my post showed up in context of the overall thread and NOT in that of armored leprosy carriers.So, to make it clear:1) I fully support and appreciate your invitation to the barbeque in May, and am trying to adjust my calendar so I can make it.2) I believe your intimation that this may well be the finest barbeque in America, and that only a personal sampling, on the spot and at the time, could determine otherwise.3) I would never eat an armadillo, a rat, a possum, or a balut, I don't care who's fixing it. But maybe I shouldn't be so public and positive about it, to avoid hurt feelings. (Although I suspect that there are not many special snowflakes, sensitive to wrong-minded people, cooking armadillos.)Yours snowily, Lannis
Oh wait. Is mutton the same thing as lamb? If so, then I have eaten it and like it. Still haven't had much of a Kentucky experience yet though. Unless watching Davy Crockett on TV as a kid counts.
Mutton is to lamb as Beef is to veal. Mutton is definitely an "acquired taste". Perhaps expert barbeque-ers know what to do with it; if I were depending on my culinary talents to make it enjoyable, I haven't acquired it up to now!!
Can't say I agree with you there - mutton definitely has a lot of taste and especially when compared to lamb. But acquired taste? When cooked right mutton is fat and succulent and a feast to eat. Who wouldn't like it?Haven't tried BBQ'd mutton, but it sounds interesting!
I must never have had it cooked right then, which is possible since after the first time I ate it, it was dry as a bone and like chewing on a slightly rank piece of old inner tube. Just never been in a part of the country where mutton is popular. I do a lot of shopping in our local markets and butcher shops, and I've never seen anything but lamb for sale, never mutton. So maybe I have a new and unexpected taste sensation awaiting me!Lannis
I hope that Yankees from NY can also be considered as participants in this adventure.
I must never have had it cooked right then, which is possible since after the first time I ate it, it was dry as a bone and like chewing on a slightly rank piece of old inner tube. Just never been in a part of the country where mutton is popular. Lannis
It has to be cooked right Lannis. I tend to at least start the process at a low heat in a sealed roasting dish before cranking it up a bit.Must admit, even living in a country where we have something like 30,000,000 woolly muttons running around, most consumption tends to be centred around lamb. The supermarket chains from what I can tell only sell lamb. My favourite would actually be hogget (one year older than lamb) but to even get that a trip to a bonafide butcher would be required.The St Marys BBQ sounds like my kind of hangout but sadly it wont even make it to my bucket list.
****Must admit, even living in a country where we have something like 30,000,000 woolly muttons running around, most consumption tends to be centred around lamb. The supermarket chains from what I can tell only sell lamb. My favourite would actually be hogget (one year older than lamb) but to even get that a trip to a bonafide butcher would be required.The St Marys BBQ sounds like my kind of hangout but sadly it wont even make it to my bucket list.
Such is life for a lamb. <shrug>The Kid and I will make it or not.. depending on my back surgery and recovery. Planning on it, though.. I'm a fast healer.Edit:Ruttin for Muttin gets my vote. :)
Ruttin for Muttin gets my vote. :)
Back surgery? Hope minor, though none really is for those of us "out of warranty." Yesterday, I had a cataract removed and am still feeling sorry for myself.Anyway, sure hope Ruttin' for Mutton includes you and the lamb ... I mean The Kid. His label come from you being the Old Goat? Bill
30 MILLION sheep?! I have occasionally thought that mutton -- at least in my Kentucky ancestors' case -- was the result of poverty. Poor Kentucky dirt farmers, at least, didn't eat lamb that would soon produce wool and, eventually, mutton. At the end of that cycle, and not until, it was mutton time. That may also explain johnrs' "charge like a wounded bull" pricing for lamb, which is true here, too. Ditto veal. Bill