My husband took this picture in the country side of Illinois.
While preparing this evening’s dinner I was thinking “why is this lamb so expensive? What are the differences between beef and lamb? How could a meal dealing with lamb be educational? (My educator mind at work).
Reasons why lamb is expensive:
1) The supply and demand in the USA is low.
2) Lambs are baby sheep, not a full grow cow, and are fed milk.
3) The American lamb community is small.
4) A historical view point, cattle vs sheep owners. Sheep owners were the enemy and the supermarkets sided with the cattle owners.
* Ground Lamb can be found at Sunflower market for about $10, not at Safeway. đ
Lamburgers recipe from Doug Kaffmann
Ingredients:
1 lb ground lamb
2 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons of fresh mint
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 small onion
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1) Chop all the ingredients
2) Mix ingredients in a bowl
3) The recipe should make 4 patties ( mine made 5)
4) Cook in sauce pan or grill them
My final meal included lamburgers, saute mushrooms, chopped celery, green grapes, mini peppers and mint water. It’s a simple healthy meal. You will feel like royalty eating lamb any day of the week when it’s not a holiday.
The difference between lamb and beef is that lamb is tastier. Do you agree?
Random Lamb facts:
1) There are more lambs than people in New Zealand.
2) England is famous for sheep racing. Have you ever been to one?
3) President Wilson had sheep graze on the front lawn of the white house.
4) Sheep fighting exist in some countries today.
5) Sheep came to the Americas in 1493.
For more history: http://www.sheep101.info/history.html
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