Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
One vent thread is good enough for me. Easy to navigate to, and if I have anything say, regardless of the magnitude of the vent, I know exactly where to go.
...and if you don't, I'll happily tell you where to go!
One vent thread is good enough for me. Easy to navigate to, and if I have anything say, regardless of the magnitude of the vent, I know exactly where to go.
When I'm after a rack of lamb, which isn't often, I go for the Australian lamb at Costco. Australian lamb is from a smaller animal so the rack is smaller. It's more grass fed vs. grain fed in the USA so it actually tastes like lamb rather than beef. I buy lamb because I want the taste of lamb.
P.S. What part of the lamb do they use for stew meat packages? I ask this because my local Albertsons carries Superior Farms (USA) lamb cuts. Their shoulder chops DO have a pretty good lamb flavor and texture, but their packages of lamb for stew are just awful. They're just big chunks of what looks like beef cubes (hardly any fat or sinew on them). Please excuse my long post.
It's worth it as an occasional treat.
I don't have a Costco card but will get one and check their lamb to make my lamb curry. I've been making this dish since the 70's with mostly good luck, that is, up until about 7 years ago when US lamb raisers changed the way they feed their stock. It used to be that US lamb was fed grass feed up until near slaughtering time when they switched to hay feed. Nowadays, US lamb growers start feeding hay feed right off the bat (I've read). This results in US lamb that hardly needs any hand trimming of fat and sinew. It also results in lamb that has no lamby taste and stews up with a fibrous like texture that's just like beef. Properly raised lamb has a non-stringy non-fiberous texture when stewed up, which is what I loved about the lamb I used to buy for stew. It has simply come down to the prohibitively high cost of properly raising US lamb now. As far as going to a private butcher store to buy lamb, wow...they charge way too much for lamb. I'll check out Costco's lamb and maybe even buy shoulder chops (if not priced too high) and cut them up for my lamb curry stew.
P.S. What part of the lamb do they use for stew meat packages? I ask this because my local Albertsons carries Superior Farms (USA) lamb cuts. Their shoulder chops DO have a pretty good lamb flavor and texture, but their packages of lamb for stew are just awful. They're just big chunks of what looks like beef cubes (hardly any fat or sinew on them). Please excuse my long post.
That's nuts, K-Girl. I will never complain about house prices around here again. Maybe.
Jeannie and I have been irritated by that also...Petty vent - Hurricane Irma messed with my well, so I'm buying bottled water. Some grocery store plastic bottles are flimsy plus filled to the very top. If held tightly enough to unscrew the cap, water overflows. Grrrr.
What folks forget though is that almost all of its' lumber, produce for food, and now pineapples, are imported. Utilities? Imported oil from the mainland. The only thing I can think of at this moment that is local, are the coconuts.
Addie, over the past, oh, maybe 15-20 years or so (at least on Oahu) there has been a big push to grow, buy, eat local. Here's the grocery store that I frequented (still do when we go home):
https://www.foodland.com/elt
I like going to the farmer's markets as well when on Oahu, in particular the KCC Farmers Market! Saturday mornings at KCC are a blast and there's even a shuttle you can take from town rather than fight the traffic and hunt for a parking spot...
We went last time the day after we arrived. We rent a condo not far from KCC and could get there very easily. The best Avocado I've ever had! And the plate lunch was ONO (delicious)!!!
Sugar cane and pineapples are Hawaii's most valuable crops.
Hawaii also produces large quantities of flowers, much for export.
Coffee, macadamia nuts, avocados, bananas, guavas, papayas, tomatoes and other fruits are grown.
Did you happen to eat any prawns? You might be allergic.
Try replacing them with shrimp. Food and Wine says you won't have the same reaction since they're a different animal.
Addie, over the past, oh, maybe 15-20 years or so (at least on Oahu) there has been a big push to grow, buy, eat local. Here's the grocery store that I frequented (still do when we go home):
https://www.foodland.com/elt
I like going to the farmer's markets as well when on Oahu, in particular the KCC Farmers Market! Saturday mornings at KCC are a blast and there's even a shuttle you can take from town rather than fight the traffic and hunt for a parking spot.
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We went last time the day after we arrived. We rent a condo not far from KCC and could get there very easily. The best Avocado I've ever had! And the plate lunch was ONO (delicious)!!!
Petty vent - Hurricane Irma messed with my well, so I'm buying bottled water. Some grocery store plastic bottles are flimsy plus filled to the very top. If held tightly enough to unscrew the cap, water overflows. Grrrr.
Addie, Parker Ranch, one of the largest Cattle Ranches in the United States, is still in operation.
http://parkerranch.com/
As to where our Beef comes from, it's mostly shipped in from elsewhere.