"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

Today's breakfast was a salad with a small potato, grated carrot and cottage cheese, together with my home grown baby beetroot leaves, spring onion. a chopped celeriac stem and pea shoots. I needed to keep it light so I can get on with the garden work.

I'm not sure if I'll have lunch but tea will be fried hake with mashed swede and runner beans from the garden.

It's a perfect day for getting the large pots made up and planting the potatoes in them, I prefer a cloudy day like this as the sun can really knock me out when I'm working.

jpscloud said:

I had goat stew in Greece many years ago - goat meat is very underrated, it was every bit as delicious as brisket or braising steak.

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I remember having kid in Lanzarote 30 years ago, it's a speciality of the island.

Annb said:

We used to keep goats but only ever had young goat meat which was very tender and sweet , like similar cuts of lamb, but I've never tried meat from an older goat although I've heard that, slow cooked, it is very good.

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I seem to remember the kid was barbecued, it was very young and tender. I don't remember ever eating mature goat, but if it's like mutton it must be delicious.

Need to gently prod hubby into sorting out the slow cooker before autumn, a screw from the handle fell inside the metal base and he's worried it might touch the element. It's old and was very cheap so we're probably looking for a replacement instead, but he needs to come to a decision soon. I want to try out @jpscloud's slow-cooked mushrooms!

debs248 said:

I remember having kid in Lanzarote 30 years ago, it's a speciality of the island.

I seem to remember the kid was barbecued, it was very young and tender. I don't remember ever eating mature goat, but if it's like mutton it must be delicious.

Need to gently prod hubby into sorting out the slow cooker before autumn, a screw from the handle fell inside the metal base and he's worried it might touch the element. It's old and was very cheap so we're probably looking for a replacement instead, but he needs to come to a decision soon. I want to try out @jpscloud's slow-cooked mushrooms!

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The difference between goat meat and mutton is that it has less fat. Depending on what the goat has eaten in its life, I gather the taste can be stronger than mutton. Some mature goat meat may be available in places on the mainland but there's no way of getting either goat or mutton on the Island.

Breakfast was avocado on top of Jacob's Cream Crackers. That should be my 21 g carbs for the day. However, I will be having some carbs later in the day.

Yesterday, I added some buckwheat noodles to the cabbage and sausage stew so now there is enough for my 2nd meal today. So that will be the extra carbs for today.