[Magdalen] Winter Boredom

[Grace Cangialosi]

Lynn, if you have a butcher or a Kosher butcher there, you might be able to get New Zealand lamb. Or you could probably find some local grass fed lamb. We have several sources for that here.
I had lamb chops recently, and they didn't have as much flavor as I remembered, but I thought it was just my faulty memory!

> On Jan 30, 2015, at 11:39 PM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > Lynn, at this point there is almost NO corn grown here that is not GMO.
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> Well I know 'out west' there are farmers fighting to grow non GMO, I also know that organic corn products - like corn chips, are not supposed to be GMO, so there is hope.
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> I'm really discouraged by the 'new' taste of Lamb though. Tonight at Kroger I checked the lamb there and it is all USA raised.
> 
> Lynn
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> My email has changed to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
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> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
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> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
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> From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 9:20 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Winter Boredom
> 
>> Lynn, at this point there is almost NO corn grown here that is not GMO.
>> 
>> On Jan 30, 2015, at 5:43 PM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> U.S. lamb is now grain-fed, which has changed the flavor. This is
>>>> supposed to make it more palatable to squeamish Americans.
>>>> 
>>>> New Zealand and Icelandic lamb is grass-fed and retains its
>>>> slightly gamey lamb flavor.
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>>> are they feeding it (GMO) corn???
>>> 
>>> I've even  had NZ leg of lamb (delicious marinade recipe for that) and even it tastes 'like beef' these days.
>>> 
>>> Lynn
>>> 
>>> My email has changed to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>>> 
>>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>> 
>>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>> 
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>>> From: "ME Michaud" <michaudme at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 3:29 PM
>>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Winter Boredom
>>> 
>>>> U.S. lamb is now grain-fed, which has changed the flavor. This is
>>>> supposed to make it more palatable to squeamish Americans.
>>>> 
>>>> New Zealand and Icelandic lamb is grass-fed and retains its
>>>> slightly gamey lamb flavor.
>>>> 
>>>> I used to call pepper-crusted lamb chops flash-grilled on the
>>>> charcoal fire "meat lollipops."
>>>> -M
>>>> 
>>>>> On Friday, January 30, 2015, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>> I too love lamb chops but have noticed lately that lamb doesn't taste like
>>>>> lamb any more...
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