Leg o' Lamb - CC08

ParaHandy · Post by **ParaHandy** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:31 am

sod it ... bollocks ... ahm aboot tae experiment and cook abt a 1.5kg leg orra lamb in ma boat's oven. as far as i know, this has nivver been attempted afore? it'll be lamb+roasties+broccoli. the lamb wull be stuffed wi apricot, thyme etc ...

thus is ma preparation fer ra CC in case thur's nae ither ... wull, it is a wee bit early in the season and the last time i wus up there, the Lord of the Isles chef had booggered aff. war hud broken oot between the various eateries with orra chefs doing musical chairs. hopefully, the rither sweet polish youngster hasnae gan back to her homeland ...

several volunteers fer ra eating hae been organised (next week)

if any advice regarding cooking the animal is available, i'd welcome it.

Julian · Post by **Julian** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:39 am

yeah ok, if this is not a wind up I am not in on..

Remember it is not a new fangled and rather more efficient fan oven.

OTOH, it is back to the good housekeeping and Beeton's cook books, you can be sure the time vs weight figures to gas mark in them will be right for the meat. Is it a thermostatically controlled oven?

ParaHandy · Post by **ParaHandy** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:58 am

Julian wrote:it is back to the good housekeeping and Beeton's cook books, you can be sure the time vs weight figures to gas mark in them will be right for the meat. Is it a thermostatically controlled oven?

hmm .. yes .. & not a wind-up ... but the heat from a boat oven is locally fierce and quite concentrated. think i can cope with that though as have heavy enough tray. time ought to be 1.5hrs. i think 2 hrs more like it .. pos even more

sahona · Post by **sahona** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:43 pm

Di ye nae hae wan o' they Morrocan tangerines tae pit it in? (fur seeven hoors)

Arghiro · Post by **Arghiro** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:46 pm

Make sure the lamb is dead before you cut off iys leg or RSPCA will be after you.

ljs · Post by **ljs** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:03 pm

By my calcerlation it's still 5 weeks to the cc so the lamb will mingin by the time you offer it up to table. Anyway I thought it was going to be fish only as caught by yersel' and er others. A 15 lb mackerel should last for at least a couple of days..

tcm · Post by **tcm** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:40 pm

ljs wrote:By my calcerlation it's still 5 weeks to the cc so the lamb will mingin by the time you offer it up to table. Anyway I thought it was going to be fish only as caught by yersel' and er others. A 15 lb mackerel should last for at least a couple of days..

Well, catching a sheep would by fairly impressive as well. I wd quite like apple with lamb, or creme fraiche if it's mackerel.

claymore · Post by **claymore** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:28 am

Will we be shearing or just getting our own?

jim.r · Post by **jim.r** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:49 pm

that's baad, you'll get lamb basted for that!

Telo · Post by **Telo** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:00 pm

Don't gambol on it.

claymore · Post by **claymore** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:04 pm

I understand that LJS's middle name is Baasil on the grounds that his Dad was a shepherd

ljs · Post by **ljs** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:53 pm

Baasil?
Ram it up yer fleece!

jim.r · Post by **jim.r** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:56 pm

ewe must be joking!

tcm · Post by **tcm** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:23 pm

Oh dear it looks like the sheep's hit the fan

sahona · Post by **sahona** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:38 am

Well done guys, best I've herd for a while. Oh flockit, wrong animal.