Don't you have sheep in America?
One thing I have noticed is that on the Fodors trip reports to Britain Americans always comment on the fact that we have sheep all over the place. (We DO have a lot of sheep, it's true).On another...
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A niece of mine once, taking a walk in rural France, stopped for a while to watch a field of sheep. After a while, the owner appeared and asked what she was doing. She replied, "I'm watching the...
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"SHEPPY (n.) Measure of distance (equal to approximately seven eighths of a mile), defined as the closest distance at which sheep remain picturesque."
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Then there was that TV series a decade or so ago titled "Sex, Lies and Sheepdip" -- or at least I saw advertisements on the tube escalators
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crefloors: I'd love to have the recipe for the Cajun lamb. Also, for the mint sauce if anyone has one to recommend. MIL had requested leg of lamb for Christmas dinner this year. Your recipe could sway...
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Mint sauce is a doddle to make here is a recipe. Having said that, most of us are far too lazy to do this and just buy the stuff ready made like this (about halfway down).
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OK, what's caster sugar?(On this side of the pond, it's Cross & Blackwell's mint sauce, which seems to show up in most supermarkets: Cross & Blackwell)
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Castor or caster sugar is the name of a very fine sugar in Britain, so named because the grains are small enough to fit though a sugar "caster" or sprinkler. It is sold as "superfine" sugar in the...
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Thanks, Gardenridge. I use "superfine" for meringues, etc., too, but local supermarket people had never heard of it. Then I discovered they call it "bar sugar" hereabouts.
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The regular sugar here is quite a bit finer than the stuff in the UK and it works fine for mint sauce. No need to look for superfine. I use Balsamic vinegar in mine.
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I use Balsamic vinegar in mine.>>>>>*reads**faints*
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Whatever you do, David, don't go into my foody tip.....
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Whatever you do, David, don't go into my foody tip..... >>>>>*reads**seeks all night psychiatrist for urgent therapy*
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I thought I saw a field of big sheep on our drive through Virginia last weekend -- but it turned out they were just particularly shaggy white cows! (I started to say "gee, those are awfully big...
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There was a tremendously excellent PBS show on tv last night, titled "Chicago:Food". And would you believe there are multitudes of multitudes of sheep/lambs still slaughtered in Chicago. They had...
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Regarding the near-Boston GTG - do you all remember the shudder that ran through me at the thought of that shepherd's pie? The whole thought of putting lamb in my mouth .... blech. I was watching the...
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OK, I'll bite. What is cottage pie? You hid your shudder very well, by the way, I would have just characterised it as a quick return to the menu to pick out something else.
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