Does lamb smell much different from beef?

[Lisa at Home]

I have some lamb simmering on the stove for a stew tomorrow. When I opened the package, I can't say I loved the smell.

Dd is now complaining that the whole house stinks. I wonder if it could be because I haven't actually cooked meat in several years? The expiration date wasn't until 8/20, but gosh, that seems like an awfully long expiration date for fresh meat, doesn't it?

Does lamb smell stronger than beef? This came from Australia, if that matters any.

Thanks,

~Lisa

[Kathleen in VA]

Yes, lamb has a distinct odor. I used to live in Morocco and we ate quite a bit of it there. It has what I can only describe as a kind of musty odor.

[abbeyej]

I think it smells quite different, and I don't find it a very pleasant smell. There's actually only one lamb dish I'll cook in large part because of this. Otherwise, dh'll just have to have his lamb in restaurants. (BTW, I don't actually mind *eating* it, but the smell while cooking... not a big fan...)

[Jenny in Atl]

I love lamb, but not everyone does. It should not smell spoiled but musky and richer than beef.

[Spy Car]

I love lamb, but not everyone does. I should not smell spoiled but musky and richer than beef.

:iagree: I love lamb (it's my favorite meat, in fact, save Musk Ox) and it can have a "gamier" smell than grain-fed beef (and unnatural diet for cattle BTW) but it ought not smell "spoiled".

And if you haven't cooked "meat" in your home for a long time, the smell can certainly be "off-putting" (beef included).

Bill

[Tammy]

I just can't take the smell of it.....YUCK. I have no problem with beef.....just lamb and duck, LOL!

Tammy

[Colleen]

I should not smell spoiled but musky and richer than beef.

I'm glad you said that because I've been wanting to tell you for quite a while now that you should replace your spoiled smell with a musky scent...

[Kris]

I have some lamb simmering on the stove for a stew tomorrow. When I opened the package, I can't say I loved the smell.

Dd is now complaining that the whole house stinks. I wonder if it could be because I haven't actually cooked meat in several years? The expiration date wasn't until 8/20, but gosh, that seems like an awfully long expiration date for fresh meat, doesn't it?

Does lamb smell stronger than beef? This came from Australia, if that matters any.

Thanks,

~Lisa

We had lamb once when I was a kid and the smell was so bad we could hardly stand it -- and we were *not* picky eaters. Someone told my mother if it was that bad, it must have been mutton. But after reading some of these responses, maybe not. :D

[Tammy]

nt

[Lisa at Home]

When I smelled it, I really didn't want to say that it smelled spoiled, but rather much stronger.

I think I'll give it a taste, to be sure. We don't want to kill anyone, ya know!

Thanks...as always! :)

~Lisa

[Jenny in Atl]

I'm glad you said that because I've been wanting to tell you for quite a while now that you should replace your spoiled smell with a musky scent...

:tongue_smilie:

[Spy Car]

Hey Jenny too bad we're not closer so we could run over to Lisa's and do a "quality-control check" :drool5:

Bill

[Gretchen in NJ]

Hey Jenny too bad we're not closer so we could run over to Lisa's and do a "quality-control check" :drool5:

Bill
:lol::lol:That smilie is so funny.:lol::lol:

[Colleen]

I don't care for the smell of lamb at all, and it's one of those foods that, to me, kinda tastes like it smells, if that makes sense. It's not that I flat-out dislike it...I like the idea of eating it at Easter so I've made it at that time and it was tasty. On the other hand, we have a dear friend who often serves very STRONG tasting lamb (read: mutton) when she has us over and I just...shudder. Since Hans really likes lamb, though, I pretend to enjoy it so she'll serve it again.;)

[Jenny in Atl]

Hey Jenny too bad we're not closer so we could run over to Lisa's and do a "quality-control check" :drool5:

Bill

If we both start now, we could be there my tomorrow! Leftovers!

[Jenny in Atl]

Oh, a nice piece of lamb (shoulder) in a crock pot with a few middle eastern spices, set on low and cooked for 8-10 hours. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/eatdrink020.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

[Holly IN]

To me it does smell different. Not gross or stinky but different. Also it depends on how you cook it. The way I cook it, it doesn't have a smell after it.

Holly

[Lisa at Home]

Let her stink up the house and feed him lamb!:D

The only reason I'd even bother with meat is because I have a Welsh houseguest coming tomorrow who is 96, and I'm feeling especially patronizing.

There won't be too many chances to do this, so we'll set aside our normal dietary preferences for a good cause, unlike your friend who may have to do this for quite a bit longer!:D

~Lisa

[Lisa at Home]

I hear it will be much better the second day....

The weather here is gorgeous just now. The Blue Ridge haze has cleared off for a day and it was comfortable and breezy, with low humidity. Perfect driving weather for the Blue Ridge Parkway...

[Lisa at Home]

But please don't ask me to pronounce the second word!

It's a Welsh lamb stew. And it's a big pot!

[Lisa at Home]

Seeing as how I've never tasted anything like what I'm preparing (Cawl Cymreig...Welsh lamb stew).

If it's awful I'll never know it, lOL!

[Lisa at Home]

I'd love to know the secret to no smell for future reference!

Will your way work for a stew?

[Gretchen in NJ]

Please pass the apple-mint jelly? I love lamb and grandma always served it with green apple-mint jelly. Yummy.

[yslek]

But please don't ask me to pronounce the second word!


Thinking back to high school, when I tried to learn Welsh...
I think it's cum (like the "u" in "put") RIGE (hard "g", but long "i") Oh, and with a trilled "r". :)

Garf, I'm not good at writing the sounds I mean. I could do it in phonetic broad transcirption [kum 'raig] but don't know how useful that would be... :confused:

Kelsy

[HS in NZ]

We eat a lot of lamb that I have cooked. I love it! I'm not sure if your meat is spoiled but it DOES smell and taste worse (IMHO) as the age increases of the animal before it is slaughtered and the amount of time passed after the slaughter. My first experience was eating mutton. YUCK! YUCK! I couldn't stand mutton. Mutton is older. BUT I love lamb!! That is good. I had to ask my farmer friends about the types of meat. There is lamb, hoggit, mutton. I can't quite remember the order, but lamb is the youngest. Also, fresh butchered hoggit and mutton actually taste good as well. I think my first taste of mutton was not fresh!

[Laura Corin]

I love lamb and don't find the smell unusual, but then I grew up on it (lots of mountainous pasture in the UK which is ideal for sheep). It is a richer, gamier smell than beef though.

Laura

[Lucy in Australia]

What an interesting thread! I'm in Australia, where a lot of us eat more lamb than beef. To me, the smell of beef is very off-putting, to the point of being nauseating. The smell of roast lamb on the other hand, makes my mouth water :D