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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
are you sure you are getting lamb and not mutton? there is a very distinctive change in the flavor once it hits adolesence. I LOVE lamb and gag on mutton!
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There is only one small import store within an hours drive from me that even carries lamb. Otherwise I'd have to drive to Kobe, almost three hours from me now (and risk another quake,) to find the next shop carrying it.
"They" say it's lamb. The taste, to me, is not as heavy as most mutton I've had. (I do like mutton curry.) And the chops are really tiny, with 'eye' just about an inch in diameter. I'd call it lamb. The shop, which is a two story import food store, only carries 3-4 trays of chops, and 2-3 trays with what could be shoulder or rump. They cut meat differently in Japan so it's often hard to tell from which part of the body the meats are from. Almost all cuts are boneless, especially beef and pork.
My wife has a VERY well developed sense of taste (hey, she married me, right?
) and as soon as she walks in the door knows every ingredient I've put in the pot. On the plus side, she is a great help to me in correcting seasonings.
Stitchawl