Any experience out there with smoking mutton? Mutton is extremely popular in my area.
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My uncle smoked a mutton shoulder at a commercial smoker in CT. It tasted like one of the best hams I have ever consumed. You should give it a try.
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Sounds like you're from Owensboro or at least somewhere in KY. If you can come up with mutton like they serve in that area, we all need to hear about it!! But to me the sauce is the key.
The very strong,longterm marinades and strong sauces to cover the taste are fundamental.
Does that mean it tastes kinda like bear?
Well,as you know bear can taste like what it has been dining on.
Also,depending on time of year,it can be fatty.
Also,depending on time of year,it can be fatty.
If you have to use the marinades and sauces to cover the taste........just does not sound too good!!
Geaux Tigers!!
Geaux Tigers!!
Oh the kind of mutton served down in Owensboro, KY is out of this world... and to me, they don't marinade it much if at all. But the place I'm talking about made a BBQ sauce out of the drippings. It was thin and had a lot of BBQ flavor to it. Yummy.....
Well now,that is Davies County,Ky and all the relatives are next door in Christian County.
Can't think there would be anywhere in those two counties,or the next one north at Madisonville/Hendersonville that I haven't tried in about 30 years of perusing.
Even slid up to the state line by Evansville to eat at Mac's.
My experience has been that the locals tend to eat the pork in that area.
Now there is the big combined church fair, that used to take up the street in Owensboro,and the tour buses from Evansville,Indianapolis, and Louisville that would flock in and sample the "local fare".
There is also a well advertised place, that the tourists have flocked to for years,that has an all you can eat bbq/ham buffet,and country sides.
The locals would be over at Shady Rest,George's,or Old Hickory eatin' pork.
Well,I reckon it's just personal taste,but some of the finest pork in the country is served up in that neck o' the woods.
Matter of fact,Podge[Moonswiners Cook Team], from over by Taylorsville won the Jack Daniels this year.
I'd bet the boy never seen a sheep.
Can't think there would be anywhere in those two counties,or the next one north at Madisonville/Hendersonville that I haven't tried in about 30 years of perusing.
Even slid up to the state line by Evansville to eat at Mac's.
My experience has been that the locals tend to eat the pork in that area.
Now there is the big combined church fair, that used to take up the street in Owensboro,and the tour buses from Evansville,Indianapolis, and Louisville that would flock in and sample the "local fare".
There is also a well advertised place, that the tourists have flocked to for years,that has an all you can eat bbq/ham buffet,and country sides.
The locals would be over at Shady Rest,George's,or Old Hickory eatin' pork.
Well,I reckon it's just personal taste,but some of the finest pork in the country is served up in that neck o' the woods.
Matter of fact,Podge[Moonswiners Cook Team], from over by Taylorsville won the Jack Daniels this year.
I'd bet the boy never seen a sheep.
And not once did Tom mention Burgoo, which is usually but not always made with mutton.
The Burgoo Page
But you did hit all the restaurants on that page except the Moonlight... which must be the 'tourist place' you were talking about. Call me a tourist because I like that place when you only can go to one place.
The Burgoo Page
But you did hit all the restaurants on that page except the Moonlight... which must be the 'tourist place' you were talking about. Call me a tourist because I like that place when you only can go to one place.
Now,I do make a lot of burgoo and it really turns out to be a "hunters"stew in the belt across Ky/In.
Folks contribute what they got.
I have spent a fair amount of time in the Moonlite kitchen,over the years.
Nothing wrong with it.
Folks contribute what they got.
I have spent a fair amount of time in the Moonlite kitchen,over the years.
Nothing wrong with it.
A reqest from a chef wanting to know about Ky bbq/ mutton .
This response from Podge,who won the Jack this year.
Posted by Podge on December 10, 2007 at 09:05:28:
In Reply to: Kentucky BBQ posted by bbqChef on December 10, 2007 at 07:37:07:
I really wish people would realize WE BBQ a lot more things than just mutton ! One maybe two restaraunts in Kentucky BBQ's mutton, I don't think that should speak the definition of BBQ for the entire state.
This response from Podge,who won the Jack this year.
Posted by Podge on December 10, 2007 at 09:05:28:
In Reply to: Kentucky BBQ posted by bbqChef on December 10, 2007 at 07:37:07:
I really wish people would realize WE BBQ a lot more things than just mutton ! One maybe two restaraunts in Kentucky BBQ's mutton, I don't think that should speak the definition of BBQ for the entire state.