My first taste of raw leg of Lamb from Australia

Posted On September 9, 2008

My 7 year old boy was listening to the bible stories we’ve been reading to him and I brought up the topic that the reasons those shepherds took care of the sheep was to get their wool for clothing and to slaughter the sheep for eating. So naturally my boy asked me to buy some lamb so he could taste lamb.

After my meeting this afternoon, on the way home we passed by Shopwise supermarket.  I headed for the frozen meats section and got myself a leg of lamb that weight some 1/3 of a kilogram.  The label said it came from Australia.  I wonder how long it had been frozen.  No matter.  I’m tasting it tonight.

When I got home, the lamb was just ready for eating, already defrosted.  What was interesting and puzzling is why the leg of lamb smelled of MILK?  Duh… is that a marketing technique?  Or does raw lamb really smell like milk?

I got my trusty scissors and started snipping away.  The meat tasted somewhat bland.  There was that faint hint of lamb smell, but not so much, maybe because it had been frozen for some time.  It wasn’t too bad either.  Not good enough for me to want another one really.  Maybe fresh lamb tastes better?  Or maybe I can look for another source?  Another brand?

The raw bone marrow tasted good though.

Lambs are not usually found in my country.  Tonight was an adventure in eating imported raw meat.

I did not let my children taste this raw lamb yet.  Let daddy experiment first.