So Lamb is the traditional 'Sunday roast'. for Easter. In our house we sort of embrace 'different' for Sunday roasts throughout the year and this is no different. We've had a boneless butterflied shoulder of lamb thats been in the fridge for 24 hours marinating in a yoghurt-y indian spiced marinade that tomorrow will go onto the BBQ with wood chips to ensure it's got that proper wood smoke flavour running through it. a nice charring over the direct heat then moved away from the coals with the lid down for indirect heat to finish it off served with home made flatbreads and spiced loaded pilau rice and some raita and tamarind dippy / drizzles. So what are you all having to celebrate the long weekend ?
Just a standard roast chicken in our house. I love lamb, but the wife isn't keen and neither are three of the four kids.
I'd have expected you to be celebrating British/Christian values on a day like today, to be honest! Easter has never been much of a celebration in our family (except for the eggs of course) so it's just a standard Sunday lunch
Two of them are 6 years old, so they only have a little bit. The 13 year old also doesn't have much either. An extra large one usually just does the job. We have started discussing going for two meats at some point in the future though.
Only decided last minute, on a wave of positivity after our shock win at Barnsley (was at our last two games 6-0 and 4-0 humiliations), so called in at Morrisons on the way to City v Bedworth Town in St Ives yesterday (they lost 4-2 but its great not to give a shit for the result). I like and have lamb regularly but the only sensible size decent quality roast option left was a free-range chicken. So I shall stuff it with some thyme and sage from the garden and a half lemon, cover it with a selection of herbs and roast it slowly, before turning to max to finish with a sprinkle of salt and olive oil to brown and crisp it off. The (vegan) wife is on a yoga weekend (local), so will be looking forward to my garlic and herb roast potatoes. I'll do plenty, so there'll be (hopefully) plenty of cold chicken and cold roast potatoes for the rest of the week. Amazing the positivity a Friday result can give to the weekend (and vice versa) ............. until we resume normal service at the Abbey tomorrow.
Ooh yummy - I do like a bit of dim sum Now I'm thinking about the Vietnamese crispy pork spring rolls from Pho in Reading which are epic
Only get lamb when on offer. Huge leg of lamb half price from Tesco. About to tuck into a scrummy roast dinner shortly.
Not that I know of in terms of the lamb thing .... just that it's spring and lamb is the 'seasonal' meat I think??? could be talking bollocks of course
Roasts have their place but our BBBQ'd Keralan Lamb with loaded Pilau, flat bread and dippy stuff is just a different way of doing it I guess
I think its a recent thing in the UK but has long been a big thing in Mediterranean Christian countries. "Lamb of God" and all that plus it was usually lamb that was sacrificed (and eaten) for all sorts of festivals. It's not a great time to eat lamb in Britain. The only grass fed and reasonably priced lamb will be shipped over from New Zealand. Any British lamb will have been born in December and fed cereals and hay/silage indoors to get it ready for Easter - very expensive and not very sustainable. The best quality British lamb ( and best prices) are in late summer/autumn.
