Ham or Lamb? The Easter Choice May Be Changing

[elleng]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/dining/easter-ham-lamb.html?

Recipes: Roman-Style Spring Lamb With Fresh Sugar Snap Pea Salad | Sugar Snap Pea Salad With Calabrian Pepper and Fennel

[gopiscrap]

1. Chocolate!!! and Peeps!!!

[elleng]

3. HAHAHAHA!

[we can do it]

6. Chocolate and jelly beans!

[DesertFlower]

2. i'd love to have lamb, but i don't cook.

can't find any restaurants in phoenix that serve lamb.

[Kali]

17. several in this list do, but most are pretty pricey

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/restaurants/20-best-places-to-eat-and-drink-easter-2017-9168693

I saw one that was under $30 that had lamb.

I saw a couple others in this list before it crashed my browser - http://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/dining/2017/04/10/easter-brunch-lunch-restaurants-metro-phoenix/99704616/

[DesertFlower]

21. leg of lamb is not that easy to find

in supermarkets either. i found one once at AJ's back when my mom was alive. it was $55.00 but big enough to cut in half for 2 meals -- it was just 3 of us. my husband passed 5 years ago so it's just me. i don't cook anymore.

saba's mediterrean restaurant on tatum and greenway has shank of lamb cooked in a tomato sauce. i like just plain lamb seasoned with some salt and pepper.

i used to buy lamb chops and cook them in a reynolds plastic bag along with potatoes and carrots. made an interesting meal without pots to clean.

[CountAllVotes]

4. Fried lamb rib chops

Sounds good to me. Haven't had lamb in ages. Chops are going for $12.99/lb. is the reason why. They were $7.99/lb. for a long long time and suddenly this big jump in prices! Why? I don't know but no more rib chops for me!

[Warpy]

5. My dad balked at ham. I balked at lamb, it made me sick.

We usually had roast beef on Easter. It was a great compromise, it always tasted like roast beef no matter what my mother tried to do it.

[elleng]

7. Dad loved lamb,

but as we're Jewish we had it whenever we wanted, not only for any holiday! And ham too! Had a special purveyor when we visited Vermont!

[Warpy]

8. People I know here in NM aren't that fussy about dietary laws, either

unless they're Muslim. We've got 2 Halal meat shops in town.

I don't know why I've always reacted badly to lamb and mutton. There went my fantasy of getting a little land and putting sheep on it.

[elleng]

9. You could raise them without EATING them, you know!

Neither do I care for the 'mutton' taste. 'Clean' lamb's OK with me. Had lamb chops often.

[Warpy]

10. That gets expensive

Once a sheep is past peak wool production, they've got to be meat and there's no market for it.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

18. You can get mutton?

I haven't seen any in the southwestern Chicago suburbs in decades.

[Warpy]

19. The Halal shops might sell it, don't know

Most people who eat it here raise it themselves. Like I said, there is little market for it.

[procon]

11. We raised pigs and lambs so both were on the table.

Now days, we're doddering empty nesters and a small ham is enough to feed us for several meals. Secretly, I'd like to cook a corned beef instead.

[samnsara]

12. i cant eat baby animals...baaaa-baaaaa maaaaa-maaaaa saaaaave meeeee...

[japple]

14. Same here. No sweet little lambs for me, except Lindor chocolate Easter lambs.

I do, however eat mini gummibaren!

[Warpy]

20. You might if you raised them and knew what a pain in the butt

too many rams in a herd could be. Same with goats, most herds are females, only, the billy is kept by one guy who rents him to service all the farms in the area because they're a PIA to keep.

Here in the city, it's chickens. Somebody in the area has a rooster and my neighbor's hens used to try to crow back at him.

[WheelWalker]

13. We raise our own lamb. Pigs not allowed in the city limits.

[safeinOhio]

15. The only red meat in my house

is lamb and goat. If you have not tried goat, it's great as long as you don't use a billy.

[WheelWalker]

16. Agreed.

[no_hypocrisy]

22. Think outside the box:

Goat or rabbit