# How much lamb do you eat? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 17, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-lamb-do-you-eat/295006 "2005-03-17T17:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-lamb-do-you-eat/295006/41 "2005-03-19T14:17:18Z")
I love lamb and would eat more if I could find a better price for it. Around here is is about the most expensive ‘normal’ meat. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-lamb-do-you-eat/295006/42 "2005-03-19T14:36:07Z")
For any US Dopers who bemoan how expensive it is, blame your government. Australia started exporting lamb to the US (all the best lamb comes either from here or New Zealand) and managed to increase sales in the US. As soon as this happened the US sheep farmers insisted on import quotas so that Australia and New Zealand couldn’t exploit the market they had created. I doubt that your local suppliers can match the quality of southern hemisphere lamb. When I was living in England I was surprised that their lamb is inferior, although I would kill for their pork products (British and European). ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-lamb-do-you-eat/295006/43 "2005-03-19T14:54:14Z")
I like lamb. Husband and sons _love_ lamb. We eat it about twice a month. We get New Zealand lamb from Costco; it tastes great and is not too expensive. Favorite is loin chops rubbed with garlic, rosemary, and other spices, grilled. ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-lamb-do-you-eat/295006/44 "2005-03-19T17:24:01Z")
I actually eat it fairly often due to the fact that my roommate is from a farm, so he’s always bringing various odd and unsual cuts of meat to the house. We eat horse all the time as well. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-lamb-do-you-eat/295006/45 "2005-03-19T18:31:38Z")
Hi all, For those concerned with fatty chops- look into hair sheep lambs. In many places, esp. if you can find hobby farms with Kathadin or Dorper crosses, you could buy & process a hair sheep lamb for under $150-$200 and have a year’s worth of lean, very tender and flavorful (not at all gamey though) lamb. I raise Kathadin/Dorper cross sheep and I love it! Size-wise, not as big as a wool breed but it makes up for it in flavor and lack of huge globs of fat. I fix lamb for myself maybe 1-2 times per month (just have two legs and some stew meat left- next freezer lamb (almost purebred Kathadin) is currently at my friends house getting the fat farm treatment). My primary reason for keeping my sheep is to train my dogs (border collies), but the cheap and excellent meat source is definite perk :). I do eat gyro meat greek salads (great low carb fare) about 2-3 times a week. My favorite chops recipe is grilled chops rubbed with sea salt, lemon and thyme leaves…MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!! ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-lamb-do-you-eat/295006/46 "2005-03-19T18:58:31Z")
Just to clarify a few things in my earlier post … which was made from work (heh), hence the mis-spellings, which is a whole nother post. My SO and my kids are the ones who don’t like/won’t eat lamb - my Mom, Dad, brothers and I all ate lamb when I was growing up though. I’d love to have leg of lamb, but if I’m the only one who will eat it, it’s just too expensive to get. So I take my lamb any way I can get it, which is usually via chops or in gyros or souvlaki. I have been known, on occasion, to sneak some ground lamb into meatloaf - they -never- know when I do that! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-lamb-do-you-eat/295006/47 "2005-03-19T19:08:34Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > For any US Dopers who bemoan how expensive it is, blame your government. Australia started exporting lamb to the US (all the best lamb comes either from here or New Zealand) and managed to increase sales in the US. As soon as this happened the US sheep farmers insisted on import quotas so that Australia and New Zealand couldn’t exploit the market they had created. This is exactly right. Despite all the American rhetoric about free trade, this is just another area where US politicians cave in to domestic lobby groups and perpetuate the hypocrisy of US trade policy. My best friend in Australia used to work in a policy position for the New South Wales Farmer’s Association, and was then a research manager for Meat and Livestock Australia, and one of the biggest concerns faced by Australia’s lamb producers was US protectionism. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Ruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Blue\_Ruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Ruin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-lamb-do-you-eat/295006/48 "2005-03-19T23:36:06Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > How often do you eat lamb? > > I think it tends to be the forgotten red meat for Americans. > > It’s really great stuff, though. A meaty texture, but more “melt in your mouth” than beef. The slightest gamey flavor, but not like goat. > > Most of the lamb I buy tends to come from Australia and New Zealand. I suspect our G’Dopers eat their fair share of the creature with the wooly hair. > > Things I’ve done with lamb (no, not those kinds of “Mississippi things”. . .): > > Ground lamb can be made into “lamburgers” with some spices and grilled. Afghani’s might call that “Kofta”. I serve it with yogurt sauce on a pita and eat it with french fries. > > I use a big leg of lamb to make chili or lamb stew with. > > A think lamb loin chop makes a delicious meal served with rice/potatoes and a green vegetable (that’s what I had for supper last night and lunch today). > > Lamb shanks can make you a version of “osso buco” if you don’t want to use veal. > > I’ve used a type of chop (shoulder or blade or something, a fattier, thinner chop than the loin) for types of Indian stew. > > Not to mention the classic roasted rack of lamb. Ah. so crisp on the outside, so red on the inside. But, pricey for the amount of meat you get. > > Any favorite lamb dishes from the dope? > > I bet we eat Lamb about twice a month, probably almost as much as we eat beef. > > _Lamb lamb wonderful lamb. > Better than jamb! > Better than yambs! > Even better than hamb!_ I’ve eaten lamb three times in my life. I had lamb chops in an Outback Steakhouse once, lamb fall in an Indian restaurant, and once my wife cooked a leg of lamb. I don’t care for the taste - I’ll eat it, but I’d prefer beef, pork, or chicken. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-lamb-do-you-eat/295006.md?page=2)