Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff
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@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@dogmeat said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Nepia You're going to pass on the Wuhan stir fried bat?
Love Mutton - when you can get it. Pak'n'Save is good for goat and Mutton.
Another retro option - Hogget - delicious combination of tenderness of lamb and full-flavour of mutton. Can be cooked hot and quick like lamb, or low and slow like Mutton . Haven't seen it in the retail market for years
Hogget is 2 year old? I agree, it's the best sheep meat there is!
I don't know for sure but they seem to stretch the definition of lamb a wee bit which now overlaps into what used to be hogget.
I seem to remember that buyers would mouth the lambs and any sign of the teeth coming through put them into hogget category. It was then best to chuck them back out in the paddock and put a little more size on them to maximise return as the per kg was less.
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@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@canefan @Hooroo can you both please stop talking about lamb shoulders!!! The 2x supermarkets here have none, it's killing me.
I did grab a pork shoulder, which I'll do in the next day or 2. I'll do that over a few hours, usually comes out pretty good, though I've never managed to get the gravy right, it's always too oily. Maybe I need to spend longer skimming it, I dunno.
Bro! Go to Neatmeat. I think they are open. They will do you a great south island lamb shoulder
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@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@canefan @Hooroo can you both please stop talking about lamb shoulders!!! The 2x supermarkets here have none, it's killing me.
I did grab a pork shoulder, which I'll do in the next day or 2. I'll do that over a few hours, usually comes out pretty good, though I've never managed to get the gravy right, it's always too oily. Maybe I need to spend longer skimming it, I dunno.
Bro! Go to Neatmeat. I think they are open. They will do you a great south island lamb shoulder
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Meat box, wholesalemeatsdirect are both in the NI. I'm sure there are vendors closer to you
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@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@canefan @Hooroo can you both please stop talking about lamb shoulders!!! The 2x supermarkets here have none, it's killing me.
I did grab a pork shoulder, which I'll do in the next day or 2. I'll do that over a few hours, usually comes out pretty good, though I've never managed to get the gravy right, it's always too oily. Maybe I need to spend longer skimming it, I dunno.
Bro! Go to Neatmeat. I think they are open. They will do you a great south island lamb shoulder
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12322079 -
@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@canefan @Hooroo can you both please stop talking about lamb shoulders!!! The 2x supermarkets here have none, it's killing me.
I did grab a pork shoulder, which I'll do in the next day or 2. I'll do that over a few hours, usually comes out pretty good, though I've never managed to get the gravy right, it's always too oily. Maybe I need to spend longer skimming it, I dunno.
Bro! Go to Neatmeat. I think they are open. They will do you a great south island lamb shoulder
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GUTTED!!!
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Picked up a nice lamb shoulder to cook over the weekend - any suggestions? Thinking of a slow braise maybe, with a roast carrot salad of some description (have an excess of carrots).
Last night made the recipe that I believe has the greatest disparity between effort and 'wow' factor. Salmon poached in a soy broth. Any moron could do this, almost impossible to screw up, yet it tastes amazing and people think you are a genius.
Pretty healthy too with some rice and asian greens on the side. I recommend.
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@barbarian said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Picked up a nice lamb shoulder to cook over the weekend - any suggestions? Thinking of a slow braise maybe, with a roast carrot salad of some description (have an excess of carrots).
Last night made the recipe that I believe has the greatest disparity between effort and 'wow' factor. Salmon poached in a soy broth. Any moron could do this, almost impossible to screw up, yet it tastes amazing and people think you are a genius.
Pretty healthy too with some rice and asian greens on the side. I recommend.
I've done this one a few times. You need a kettle BBQ or some sort of smoker
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@barbarian said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Picked up a nice lamb shoulder to cook over the weekend - any suggestions? Thinking of a slow braise maybe, with a roast carrot salad of some description (have an excess of carrots).
Last night made the recipe that I believe has the greatest disparity between effort and 'wow' factor. Salmon poached in a soy broth. Any moron could do this, almost impossible to screw up, yet it tastes amazing and people think you are a genius.
Pretty healthy too with some rice and asian greens on the side. I recommend.
Why is every cruel bastard around here buying lamb shoulders all of a sudden !!! We are supposed to be a community people!!!!
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@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Fellas, if anyone has a favorite recipe, send it through. Lockdown inspiration needed, lots of time on my hands!
Must be able to be cooked in a conventional kitchen or on a webber bbq. Kitchen has oven, Le Crueset dutch oven, electric slow cooker.
What have you guys got?
A small shoulder of lamb in Dutch oven. Add stone in green olives (pressed/squeezed) a lime cut in half, hard herbs like thyme or rosemary a couple of whole chillies chopped in half and a cup of white wine or Rose.
Cover and cook low and slow
I swear by this
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i have a really basic one, where you rub the shoulder in oil, season, and load up with garlic and rosemary. Cover it in foil, stick it in the oven on 150 for 4 hours. pull it out, rest it, serve. Never fails to taste good.
If you want to fancy it up a bit, rub it in a mix of yoghurt, cumin, chilli, coriander seeds, paprika, ginger and garlic. Stick in the fridge for 4 hours. then cook exactly as above.
I love lamb shoulder
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@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@voodoo Neatmeat are in partnership with Hypermeat which deliver!
Legend, thanks mate. Looks like they have 4 set packs for sale, have messaged them to see if theyll sub in a shoulder!
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@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@voodoo Neatmeat are in partnership with Hypermeat which deliver!
Legend, thanks mate. Looks like they have 4 set packs for sale, have messaged them to see if theyll sub in a shoulder!
Good luck mate!
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@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Fellas, if anyone has a favorite recipe, send it through. Lockdown inspiration needed, lots of time on my hands!
Must be able to be cooked in a conventional kitchen or on a webber bbq. Kitchen has oven, Le Crueset dutch oven, electric slow cooker.
What have you guys got?
A small shoulder of lamb in Dutch oven. Add stone in green olives (pressed/squeezed) a lime cut in half, hard herbs like thyme or rosemary a couple of whole chillies chopped in half and a cup of white wine or Rose.
Cover and cook low and slow
I swear by this
Might give this one a try. Not sure the place I'm staying has a dutch oven but I'm sure I can improvise some solution to that problem.
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@barbarian said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Fellas, if anyone has a favorite recipe, send it through. Lockdown inspiration needed, lots of time on my hands!
Must be able to be cooked in a conventional kitchen or on a webber bbq. Kitchen has oven, Le Crueset dutch oven, electric slow cooker.
What have you guys got?
A small shoulder of lamb in Dutch oven. Add stone in green olives (pressed/squeezed) a lime cut in half, hard herbs like thyme or rosemary a couple of whole chillies chopped in half and a cup of white wine or Rose.
Cover and cook low and slow
I swear by this
Might give this one a try. Not sure the place I'm staying has a dutch oven but I'm sure I can improvise some solution to that problem.
Any oven dish with either a close fitting lid, a lid you can improve the seal with foil, or just tight foiling.
Obviously the heaviness of a dutch oven keeps a more constant temp for what is inside but the main thing is for it to cook in its own juices.
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@barbarian said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Fellas, if anyone has a favorite recipe, send it through. Lockdown inspiration needed, lots of time on my hands!
Must be able to be cooked in a conventional kitchen or on a webber bbq. Kitchen has oven, Le Crueset dutch oven, electric slow cooker.
What have you guys got?
A small shoulder of lamb in Dutch oven. Add stone in green olives (pressed/squeezed) a lime cut in half, hard herbs like thyme or rosemary a couple of whole chillies chopped in half and a cup of white wine or Rose.
Cover and cook low and slow
I swear by this
Might give this one a try. Not sure the place I'm staying has a dutch oven but I'm sure I can improvise some solution to that problem.
A slow cooker does the same trick. Makes a lovely sauce at the end while it is resting too.
EDIT: I should have kept reading the thread. @Crucial, as per usual, has it bang on.
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This thread is delicious, it's like the haawt food thread... How is it that half the ferns men sound like the are awesome in the kitchen?!
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@R-L said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
This thread is delicious, it's like the haawt food thread... How is it that half the ferns men sound like the are awesome in the kitchen?!
Simple greed?