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Sweary Recipe Book!! Maybe you were joking, but I'd buy that!!

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Never shared what your 9-mnth old daughter did with the gravy! Did you pour it directly onto her trough? And what about the dog? 😜

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Lamb > beef. Fight me.

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Yes. It's the food of the gods. If you can get the stuff that's been living on saltbush (Atriplex nummularia – endemic in rural Australia) it's even better.

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West Oz dorper or damara raised on saltbush. Mmmmmm.

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If other people's recipe posts were this entertaining I wouldn't "jump to recipe" every time. Thank you!

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No judgment here, but lamb . . . ugh! It was a great read, tho:-)

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Just imagine sitting down to an Easter dinner of the sweet thing frisking around in a meadow the day before. It changes you.

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Craig? Who the fuck is Craig?

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LeBan? (Which spell check just corrected to “KeBab” go figure).

I’m sending this recipe et al. to my boy who does chef-y stuff on the holidays especially. And to one of my Valkyrie nieces who will cut you if it doesn’t turn out like you say.

En garde.

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I think Charlie would understand, James. He must have been one Hell of a gud boi.

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Always worth reading these posts for the fun and breathtaking adrenalin thrill.

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You left out what they are cooked in. I couldn’t tell from the photo so I asked Google, which asked Masterclass for a description: “Alternatively, chefs make Yorkies in a traditional Yorkshire pudding tin, which looks like a shallower version of a muffin tin and yields flatter puddings. You can also make Yorkshire pudding in a regular muffin tin or a cast-iron skillet.”

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I don't even cook, but I adore reading your recipes!!!

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I tend to cook gravy from scratch with pan drippings, wine, water from blanching some veg, and a few herbs and spices that match the meat. I use cornflour for thickening. Having leftover stock is also helpful.

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So in our house Yorkshire pudding was for chicken and yeah, it got cooked in the pan with the chicken parts. Mum's a godless Scot, so what does she know?

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Important note to your dinner time story. Don't invite any Vegans. They will just look at you all judgemental.

I have COPD and got out of breath just reading this.

We usually have roast beef for our "Holiday" meal. But considering there were shepherds on the scene, my guess is that the lamb would have been on the menu that night.

I'll show this to my personal chef and see if he can do this. He has gotten to be quite a chef.

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I just had the best MF birthday for year 66! Got a brand new copy of SH!T went down!! DRAMBUIE is king and it is the best in GRAVY - oh yeah. Hey Canada, get your postal shit together! BF called the Owl’s Nest Books for a signed copy of the SH!T and it would have been $55 to ship it to me in Florida. Christ on a BIKE! I want you to be successful James, but hell naw - just saying, Canada Post get a damn MEDIA rate for books, geez.

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I've never liked lamb, but I bet I'd like yours because it sounds fucking awesome.

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While living in N.Z., I learned about lamb roasts, and they are the best. Yummmm…

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