Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Shin Bone with Meat

Tonight I wanted to have some of the "old" lamb, but it's under a sack of 57 pounds of "new" lamb that won't be split out until Lane and I do so on Tuesday. So instead I pulled out a cut of beef dubiously labeled "Shin Bone with Meat." I think you are supposed to feed this to your dog.
If you do, you are a fool (unless, as Phil notes, you really like your dog). A simple, good dinner. First post pic shows the meat (about 1.3 pounds total before cooking) just off being smoked on Mechazawa (the large Egg) with cherry wood for about 45 min and then closed off and sitting until we were ready to eat. Picture above shows 1/2 the meat cut off the bone with the marrow sliced out and sitting on the left of the plate.
Served it (see picture above, which shows plated meal - the marrow, cut in half, is the whitish bit on the left) with a red bell pepper and leek salad. The salad marinated about 40 min in a balsamic mustard vinaigrette with some Harry and David Pepper and Onion Relish (because Phil's mom sent him a Harry and David present for his birthday) thrown in. It was really good.

Eating Notes: This was chewy and flavorful and good. Like amazing stew meat. The red bell pepper salad was a good complement. Having the wonderful chunk of marrow to go with everything put it over the top. Take-away message: do not eschew dog food!

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