Hi Dave,On (18 Dec 24) Dave Drum wrote to Ruth Haffly...


 DD> I've done a number of differet lamb cuts. Probably my favourite for
 DD> "fancy" is leg-of-lamb. Or minced lamb for a *real* Shepherd's Pie.

 RH> Shepherd's pie sounds good. I can remember my mom making it maybe once
 RH> or twice, as the family grew, left overs for something like that were
 RH> more scarce. Especially after my younger brother was born; he had an
 RH> adult sized appetite as soon as he started solid food.

 DD> If it has sheep meat it is Shepherd's Pie. Any other meat makes it a
 DD> Cottage Pie. I grump at restaurants that get it wrong.

I know, I don't remember which meat my mom used. Could have been left
over lamb; her mother cooked it fairly often for Sunday dinners when we
visited. Mom may have taken leftovers home and made the pie.


 RH> Went to the farmer's market today. Got some turnips, spinach, beets,
 RH> and baby bok choy for veggies. Also got some sage and thyme plants
 RH> (will go outside next spring) and a couple of baked goods--a sopapilla
 RH> bar and a coissant filled with a brownie batter and baked. Had the last
 RH> as part of lunch today afterwards. The turnips are going to go into a
 RH> pot au feu once I get some cabbage (probably next week at Wegman's).

 DD> I only like turnips raw and peeled, then sliced. Cooked - you are
 DD> welcome to my share and all of my allotment of rutabagas.  Bv)=

 RH> They're not as strong in a beef stew or p-a-f. I was going to only get
 RH> a couple but they weighed less than a pound, total so the vendor threw
 RH> in another one to bring it to over a pound, then charged me for only
 RH> one pound, even. I've been buying from him for years now; that's
 RH> typical for him, for anybody.

The pot-au-feu is on the stove as I write. Meat is cooking now, in a bit
I'll add potatoes, carrots, bok choy and turnips.

 DD> Enjoy! Once upon a time, when I was a pre-teen the family was DD>
 travelling to the south part of the state to visit some of my mother's
 DD> relatives. DD> On the way there she instructed us "No matter what
 is served you DD> *will* take a helping and eat it! Without makig faces
 or comments."

 DD> The aunties we visited first servrd, as part of the lunch, boiled and
 DD> buttered sliced turnips. Which we knew Mom abhorred. My sister and I
 DD> kept passing her the serving dish and saying "Have some m ore of these
 DD> nice turnips, Mom. They're great."  Bv)=

 DD> I may have told that story here before. But it's still funny.

You have, and it still gets a giggle. (G)

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Ruth
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