/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>15390607
it's not very good :[

>>15390608
I'm gay btw not sure if that matters.

>>15390617
actually OP I am but that's really beside the point isn't it

>>15390607
because america is a gay and satanic nation

>>15390607
You should objectively only eat ugly animals like lobsters, not cute animals like lambkins.

>>15390763
>lamb, pigs, ducks
Why are cute animals so delicious, bros?

>>15390607
but where's the sauce?

Did anyone in the last lamb thread get back to me about his experience fucking a capybara? There is a seller 38 miles from me.

>>15390843
ducks aren't cute

>>15390607
Lamb is delicious. People don't like it for the same reason they don't like venison. "Its not meat/cow". Its like they have something in their brains that makes them expect all red meat to taste like cow.

I usually smoke a leg of lamb and make homemade gyro type pita wraps. Tziki sauce, red tomatoes, purple onion, pita bread and smoked lamb. It tastes delicious.

It's too expensive for me to buy and make it regularly.
Costs a helluva lot more than beef/pork/chicken, and I ain't got all that money to spare. I'll treat myself to it occasionally with some lamb shoulder steaks which are cheaper than chops.
I did recently splurge on a big fat lamb leg that was on sale for $3/lb at my local market.
It's not a taste issue, it's a price issue.

>>15390894
Yes they are.

>>15390904
Ah, yes. A baby duck. Totally not cheating.
>"What do you think the cutest animal is, anon?"
"I think bears are pretty cute!"
>"WTF?!"
"No no no! I mean, have you ever seen a bera cub?"
Yeah, retard. Babies tend to look cute. That's not what we're arguing.

>>15390919
The reaction was more what I was going for but here's an adult for you. And also how could you not find bears cute? Grizzlies anyway. So chunky.

I just want to be able to buy mutton in the US, bros

>>15390966
What's the appeal in mutton compared to lamb?

>>15390969
nothing, its greasy and stinks like shit

>>15390969
It has more fat and a more intense gamey flavor. It’s great for stews

>>15390981
I'll need to try it one day. I reckon the fat content in lamb is perfect though and the meat flavour wonderful.

>>15390969
Its good in stews and curries. It has an intense flavor and needs similarly intense flavors to pair with.

>>15390607
Probably because the roast in your pic would cost me $40 easily.
I like lamb but I can't afford to eat it regularly.

>>15390991
Pro tip, you might be able to find it in some Indian restaurants

>>15390999
Would you really need both racks? I bought two half-kilo racks in the last week for $28 something total. One would honestly be enough for two people.

>>15390919
Kys autistic retard

>>15391009
I wish my local Indian would. Their Lamb Vindaloo and Madras is amazing but if your order it late it gets padded out with beef and they still charge you the lamb price.

In the US sheep and cattle herders fought literal battles against each other in the 1800s over rights to grazing land. The cattlemen won, and thus beef ended up being much more common in the US.

>>15391055
Based farmer battle historian

>>15391014
>$28/Kilo
>Do you really need more, that's enough for two people
I can make a big fucking beef or pork roast that feeds the family and has leftovers for less than just the price of that lamb.

>>15391014
twentyeight bucks a kilo isn't exactly cheap, though.
I only cook for myself and I can get a shitload of beef stewmeat or pork shoulder for that dosh.
As I said, I like lamb, but it's just not that much better than the cheaper animals.

>>15391091
Non American here, how much would your average pork/beef meal cost? If I read what he said correctly, he meant that one half kilo rack is enough for two people, so 7 dollars a person. Add in a couple dollars for your sides etc, and while it's not exactly a budget meal, it definitely sounds affordable to enjoy on a weekly basis or something.

>>15390630
OP again here I am actually gay and also trans

>>15391091
>>15391103
I wouldn't eat it every night but for a once a week treat that's more than reasonable imo. Still cheaper than salmon and decent steak.

>>15390617
>>15390630
>>15391110
Stop telling the OP what a faggot you are, we all already know.

>>15391114
>Cheaper than decent steak
Depending on the week the local markets are selling Rib and/or Porterhouse for $6/7lb.
A wonderful steak dinner is still cheap.
>>15391107
Read above and if it's a roast like pork shoulder or a beef roast I can get 4-5 lbs of the stuff for like $10-$15. If converting that roasting cut into a stew then it gets even cheaper per serving since carrots and potatoes are negligible price.
Even a pricier roast would be about what the lamb costs and then still have leftovers (or just be able to feed more people)

>>15391114
I can get a whole fresh side of salmon for maybe $18 a kg. here here.

>>15391133
Damn, guess it depends where you live. I'm the rack guy and porterhouse here is $36 kg. Lamb definitely a lot cheaper. Chicken and pork are definitely cheap though.

>>15391153
Cheapest fresh salmon here I can find looking online right now is $29.50 a kg with upwards of $53 a kg.

Would love to eat more, but VERY expensive in my area.

>>15391169
>$36/kg for porterhouse
You have my condolences fren.
Cows and pigs are dirt cheap here in NY. What yuropoor country are you from where cows are not so easily accessible?

>>15391221
Ausfag. Beef prices have skyrocketed here since covid with no real explanation, justification or evening questioning aside from the odd gay editorial in the food section of news publications.

>>15390607
too expensive

>>15391231
>AUS
I'm so sorry fren
Come to America
I'll make you a nice steak dinner, no homo

>>15390607
They don't grow anywhere near as fast as cattle, chickens, or pigs so not suitable for factory farming in the US. Not sure about NZ and Austrailia, but in the US it's likely going to have more graising in its diet and thus gamier compared to all cornfed pork, chicken, and beef. Most people are not used to grassfed meat anymore.

>>15391279
If your election hadn't been compromised maybe. I think I'll stay put. Things are going to get bad. Not like we won't have our own issues. We needed an ally like Trump to stay strong against China. Now the CCP have one of their pocket puppet faggots installed.

>>15391285
>>15390607
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6154429/
More on the gameyness discussion. Gameyness general means a stronger, less neutral flavor. This comes from differences in fat characteristics, myoglobin concentration, and the development of the muscles.

Most of the meat we eat today comes from very young, inactive animals that eat high calorie diets of processed corn. This makes large, soft flabby muscles with lots of marbling but very little flavor.

Until recently most animals raised for meat production would be slaughtered at an older age and live much more active lifestyles, graising and foraging for most of their calories. They also go through more hormonal changes which influence fat distribution and muscle development.

You'll often hear that some cuts are working muscles and are tough but flavorful while other cuts are inactive, soft, and mild. The same can apply to an entire animal based on its lifestyle.

So I would say the reason lamb is not popular is because we do not raise lambs the way we raise other animals, and because of that their meat is very different.

>>15391285
>They don't grow anywhere near as fast as cattle, chickens, or pigs so not suitable for factory farming in the US.
Chickens yeah but cattle? What? Cattle can take 18 months to reach mature slaughtering size. Sheep around 6 months. Pigs are around the same time frame though in terms of space requirements much less for pigs and they can be fed literally anything.

>>15391371
In absolute terms yes, but I was also taking product yield into consideration.

>>15390607
more expensive than beef and most people don't care enough to try it

>>15390607
Lamb smells and tastes like shit. My dad likes it though.

>>15391388
Are you also taking into consideration size of pasture, feed and water required?

>>15390607
Is it?
I just think it's expensive.

Roast lamb with mint sauce on a Sunday. Yum

>>15390607
it tastes like wool.

>>15391529
U guys still eat lamb after this Simpson episode?

>>15391606
Indeed. Lambs liver is also good eating.

Too tasty. People like bland meats like beef and chicken that only taste of whatever sauce or seasoning you've put on it.

>>15390607
We just had this thread the other day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep_Wars

>>15390607
because retards dont like gamey meats.
i live in turkey and motherfuckers here too say that "lamb smells ewww".
fuck em

>>15390607
Because it takes serious skill to cook properly. My friend had been inviting me over for dinners recently and would often grill lamb on a charcoal grill. The lambchops were heavily seasoned and they were delicious.

I tried to cook some at home and failed miserably. It tasted like absolute garbage. Intensely gamey, just did not taste good at all. I want to try making it again, but knowing how difficult it is to get right is a bit of an impediment. It's good, but it's not so good I want to work that hard to eat it.

>>15390630
To the surprise of no one, ever.

>>15390866
I say go for it

I only really like lamb chops and they're expensive.

>tfw ruined a 4 hour bolognese because I wanted to try lamb

/ck/ tricked me AGAIN

>>15390763
lopsters

>>15390607
anthrax

overpriced af

>>15390607
Is it, though?
is it really under appreciated?

>>15392256
not many countries have sheep, so it's only consumed in a limited quantity unlike cows who are everywhere.

>>15390894
Take it back

>>15390607
Its hard to season, most people can't handle the earthiness. Its good once in a while in my opinion

>>15392554
Kao-ken, more like quack-ken

>>15391444
>size of pasture, feed
Well no because we're talking about factory farming.

>>15390895
What is your sauce recipe? Mine always comes out too tangy or something. Not quite right

>>15391964
>reading comprehension

>>15390919
Are you saying adult bears aren't cute? Fucking Colbert ruined strutting.

>>15390919
>ducks aren't cute
Look at this fucking loser, point and laugh at him

Every Indian restaurant I've ordered lamb chops from cooks the shit out of them. Like super well done. Is this authentic or all they just shit cooks?

>>15390607
expensive

>>15390607
Because most times people are served it, it tastes like literal shit

>>15391107
Like this

>>15390607
doesn't taste different enough from beef for me to justify the higher price and more difficult cooking

>>15390607
It is baaaaaaaaaahhhddd

>>15391300
Can I come punch rangas with you?

>>15390843
Raccoons are cute but I've never met anyone that eats them.

>>15391964
Do you not have any reading comprehension anon?

>>15390607
it aint bad but most ppl dont know how to cook it, 3 out of 4 times i eat lamb the meat is dry tastes like grease

>>15390607
gyros are pretty popular though.
people may not eat a lamb chop, but they'll eat a gyro drunk on a saturday night.

>>15390928
Polar bears are one of the few animals that actively prey on humans as a primary option.

Black bears will maul your pets and throw your trash all over the place. There's a reason a lot of states have no bag limit when it comes to bear hunting.

Bears have a ton of parasites which makes their meat tough to prepare safely for human consumption.

>>15394662
That's most Indian or ME food involving beef, goat or lamb.

They cook the shit out of it until it's falling off the bone so they can get away with not butchering it as precisely as Western and East Asian cuisines tend to.

>>15395116
Most gyro meat is just a mystery mix of finely ground meat with lamb fat mixed in for flavor.

>>15390607
Because people are far too used to eating bland and mass produced meats. The closest people will get to stronger flavors of wild meats is often lamb. But there is a difference from the flavor of wild meats and lamb. Most of the flavor people find off putting about lamb is the barn yard like flavors within the fat. It's a different flavor from wild meats and the flavor is essentially stored kind of differently. Most wild meats don't have much fat throughout the meat, or larger fat caps besides a bit around organs, this excludes boar obviously. Lamb and duck both need to be cooked the same way, that is, to render out the fat. If you render the fat properly, you get the off putting flavors out of the food. Of course, you can just sit all alone in your shitty apartment with an uncooked burger and half of the taco bell menu with a box of hot sauces, like the pathetic fat fuck that you are.

Is Arab food

>>15395311
This might be the most retarded post I've seen in three weeks.

>>15395342
Eat a fucking dick you stupid cunt.

>>15395383
>>15395311
I like lamb. These posts are terrible.

>>15395399
I like lamb too, but that's the info I've gotten from tastelets that don't like lamb and have never eaten wild meats. I grew up eating wild game and had to get used to store bought meats.

>>15395268
Brown bears are actually pretty friendly animals, same with lions and hyenas. The reality is just that we are much smaller than them, so we become a viable food source. Wolves were just the right size to help humans in a hunt, but still small enough that a human can take them in a fight.

>>15395457
I have taken a bear before. He did eat me out though

>>15395383
You talk like a fag and your shit's retarded.

Bears are friendly? Tell that to Timothy Treadwell.

>>15390607
Not necessarily underappreciated, but it's triple the cost of beef.

>>15396356
hello timothy, bears are friendly

>>15396356
Deserved it for wearing those douchebag shades.

Feels good to live in a European lamb country

>>15396356
Bears can be friendly when they know who you are and they're not starving. Dude got fucked up by strange bears who'd suddenly moved into the region because they were starving.