What does "Lamb" taste Like?

Tootie


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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 00:01

I ask because I've forgotten....



Kuzu dont taste like Lamb !

What does it taste like ?

I cant taste anything really....



Can you?

MrsSnakes



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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 09:28

We get our lamb (kuzu) cutlets from Supreme and we think they taste like lamb, in fact very nice!!

dizzycows


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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 10:36

The lamb/sheep in NC are a different breed to what most of us have got used to. The sheep in NC are what lamb should taste like. They are longer maturing animals......

Groucho



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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 11:09

The sheep's diet, whatever herbs and vegetation grows on the island as opposed to manufactured dried foods widely used in the UK, gives the meat a very scented flavour which some find too strong for their liking... lacking in taste? I don't think so but a lot depends on the method of cooking.

TRNCVaughan


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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 11:51

There is no lamb here, just mutton.

Have you seen the goats/sheep at the side of the road? When they stop milking they go in the pot! Billygoats fetch far more money than lambs as they weigh more!

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 11:58

It's all scrag end to me! How they justify the prices that are charged is beyond me. About time NZ Lamb was allowed to be imported.



Richard

deputydawg


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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 12:22

Maybe most of the Lambs here have been led to the slaughter in the housing market. Plenty of Mutton sold as Lamb in restaurants though

Groucho



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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 12:58

Vaughan,



How do they get such small lamb chops off an old sheep?



If you go to the butcher and see the carcass you can see whether it's lamb or mutton....

ruggy


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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 13:09

Vaughan, at last ive got ya !! You said there was no Lamb, just Mutton, then you say Goats fetch more than Lamb !!! do you mean Mutton?. See ya for a beer later.

Deniz1


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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 13:21

A Ram not a billy goat

mikelapta



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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 13:49

Never mind NZ lamb,My last 10 years in Wales,were in the West by the sea.There were fields dedicated to the Grass Institute,This time of year the sheep had been chummy,and first lambs were gambolling in the fields,eating and munching "The green,green grass of home "by Christmas

And by March,delicious lamb chops in the butchers...unbeatable.

Now I go and sniff the mint in the garden to remind me.

TRNCVaughan


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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 14:15

ruggy



msg9



A slip of the tongue - I meant kid not lamb.

Kids/lambs may fetch more per kilo but goats/sheep weigh more!!



Your round, then.

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 14:29

Leave my girlfriends alone, not open for discussion!



Richard

dizzycows


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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 17:13

If you look at the breed of sheep in NC they are long legged, they do not get very fat and take at least 6mth longer to get to the size to kill. Their bones are a lot finer, so smaller chops ....

LordJim


Joined: 12/10/2010
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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 17:16

39 tl per kilo at supreme

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 17:43

Re : Msg 11,



Agree with mikelapta.



"Green, green, grass" of certain varieties and quality is a key, hence world famous Welsh, Scottish, NZ lamb.



"Lamb chops" I bought on several occasions in NC were tough, rather fatty mutton with a lot of bone and not enough meat on them + extortionate price = I don't want to repeat that experience.

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
03/11/2010 17:56

Oz lamb is good too, they're making big inroads into the USA market.



Richard

TRNCVaughan


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Message Posted:
04/11/2010 10:34

I remember being anchored in Aden bunkering on the way to Freemantle from Tilbury. About 1/4 mile away a converted passenger ship was anchored with thousands of sheep on board. The sh*t that went into the sea, including dead sheep, absolutely reeked when the wind went round. These poor creatures were destined for the middle-east and could not be remotely compared to Welsh or NZ lamb. How they justify the price of "lamb" here, God only knows.

dizzycows


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Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
04/11/2010 11:40

TRNCV, understand what you are saying about the price, but would you really like to be a sheep farmer in NC? They are only getting perhaps one lamb per year per ewe, how many lambs would you need to sell each year to make a living? Look at how many sheep/goats the farmer has, look at what food he has for the sheep, nothing compared with the likes of NZ or GB... Look too at the breed, it is a bred that has long legs for walking, carries very little fat, but can produce fair amounts of milk...

Do think a lot of people think these peasant farmers are ripping off every one... but if some of you were to give it a go, sheep farming, in NC.. I think you all would pay considerably more .....

TRNCVaughan


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Message Posted:
04/11/2010 11:50

Dizzycows,



The quantities might be very different, but if UK can import and sell NZ lamb at a reasonable price, I'm sure the TRNC can.

Farmers/wholesalers/butchers cannot expect to be paid a relative fortune for their product if it can be imported for far less. I understand that the sheep here are different than those eleswhere, but if they are best for milking and not meat, then they should stick to local milk/chesse and import lamb for eating.

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
04/11/2010 12:04

Try 'Cig Kofte', you might get a bit of flavour!



Richard

LordJim


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Message Posted:
04/11/2010 12:04

Farmers are getting aprox 10-12 tl per kilo per live animal and lambis being sold at about35 tl per kilo.

dizzycows


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Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
04/11/2010 12:28

How can they import from GB or any where else, embargoed is what's the problem.. If you only have ex amount of the product it is at premium rate, same as any other product in the world...

dizzycows


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Message Posted:
04/11/2010 12:33

Forgot to say too that the sheep are dual purpose, that is the sheep would feed a family, meat and milk, just as the breeds of cattle, dual purpose breeds are always at a premium as they do two jobs.. If the sheep farmers were to keep the sheep just for the meat it would be more intensive,... you all take your choice .. cheap meat.. intensive.. free range/dual purpose more expensive .....

TRNCVaughan


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Message Posted:
04/11/2010 12:58

Embargoes don't affect imports - only exports.

Shepherds graze their sheep/goats because it's cheaper than feeding them cereal feed. Max return for min outlay. Unfortunately it makes for stringy, tough old beasts.

dizzycows


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Message Posted:
04/11/2010 14:30

These farmers have not seen any other type of farming for their sheep. The young ones dont want to do what their farhers have done, the bright lights of the boom time in 2004 onwards has given all of NC taste of a different world..

If you want a different farmer, he needs to be educated to the benefit of improving his flock! Embargoed has stopped the development of NC. Where can a farmer sell his produce if he did import better stock? Where would he have benefited in the past... When you have a license to import goods (meat) the tax is much too high, so your cheap lamb becomes expensive...

Of course its cheaper to graze the hills, have you asked how much the cereal is? It would be uneconomic to feed these type of sheep cereal to fatten.

Woodspeckie


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Message Posted:
04/11/2010 17:16

What does "Lamb" taste Like?

Delicious when it is Welsh or English,with mint sauce, new potatoes, spring cabbage & Carrots & Swede, was out Sunday lunch this week.

YFred


Joined: 06/05/2009
Posts: 1471

Message Posted:
04/11/2010 17:23

I may be biased but there is nothing that tastes like lamb or sheep cooked as Lurucina Kleftiko. There are two people who advertise this outside their shop. One in Lefkosa and another on the old Gonyeli Girne road. Try it and you will see what I mean. But of course you can always visit Lurucina and try the original from my friend Mustaka.

Welsh and English are OK, but Kiwi I don't thinks so.

Goonerboy


Joined: 01/04/2009
Posts: 723

Message Posted:
04/11/2010 17:27

New Zealand and Australia : Where men are men, and sheep/lambs are nerveous



Why do welshmen wear Levi button-fly jeans?

Because a sheep can hear a zipper at 100 yards.





There's u'r extra taste....!



Lamb greek side, from a butcher not from a supermarket : 10.50 a kilo or 21tl a kilo

Woodspeckie


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Message Posted:
04/11/2010 17:30

The best Kleftiko we had was at a little cafe on the Guzelyert to Lefkosa road, from the roundabout in Guzelyert take the Lefkosa road, maybe about a mile or so on the left hand side there is this little old cafe on it's own, a turkish friend took us there, wow it was something else, the old man chef in there shown us the old wood burning clay oven out the back, when we called again on another day he had cooked chicken again it was delicious.

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
04/11/2010 17:30

Vaughan

'I remember being anchored in Aden bunkering on the way to Freemantle from Tilbury. About 1/4 mile away a converted passenger ship was anchored with thousands of sheep on board. The sh*t that went into the sea, including dead sheep, absolutely reeked when the wind went round. These poor creatures were destined for the middle-east and could not be remotely compared to Welsh or NZ lamb. How they justify the price of "lamb" here, God only knows.'



I worked out of Perth and travelled to Freo on a regular basis and often stayed overnight, the stench from the sheep ships berthed in the port awaiting transportation to the middle east was horrendous.

The ships were like multi storey car parks packed to the brim with the poor animals. Put me off of Oz lamb for life.

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
04/11/2010 17:33

Msg 28

Well no, you wouldn't would you! So much for your knowledge, Mr Jack of all trades, try the jack in your right hand!



Richard

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
04/11/2010 17:55

Msg 31

NZ stopped the export of live sheep in the early '80s by granting an Islamic Priest a work permit to reside in NZ to bless the sheep which were killed in the Halal manner, then frozen and exported to the Middle East markets.



Richard

Pugwash


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Message Posted:
04/11/2010 18:04

Usual silly posts on here which ends in people cussing each other!



The "lamb" here is not "lamb" as in the UK but Sheep/Mutton, that is why it is different and tastes different as mentioned above because what it eats. It is fine but you need to cook your meat differently al la Kleftico manner.

dizzycows


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Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
04/11/2010 18:42

Haven't tried the kleftiko yet when over, nearly did last time, unfortunately didn't order, but will try when over next me thinks...



So long as it tastes as good as the chops and the other cuts that you get, I will be well happy...



Pugwash you are so right about the mutton bit. The sheep are a longer maturing type, bit like myself lol