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Leg of Lamb

jodywy

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got a big one out of the frezzer,Will spit up some garlic cloves and stick the knife down into the meat and then push the cloves in rub the out side down with rosemary some salt and pepper and then roast on a rack at 325 till pink. Workes great for a prime rib too but we like to only cook that to rare :D
 

jodywy

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oh and if there left overs the next day cube up the lamb , chop an onion and garlic and cook add a package of frozen peas and carrots 2 cup chicken broth a cup of white wine some rosemary then put a good flack lard made pie crust on top and bake till brown.....The pie is almost as good as the maine meal the day before.
 

Faster horses

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My ex-sister-in law was a Basque from Buffalo, Wyoming. She could really cook lamb.It was really, really good. She always put it in the broiler pan and let the grease drain off into the pan. No cover on it either.

I see, Jody, that you use a rack for letting the grease drain away.

The garlic is really important. And don't forget the wine.
Basque's NEVER forget the wine! :wink:
 

Tap

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I have some Basque in me and I cannot stand the taste of wine. Do they like beer too? :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

Faster horses

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Do Basques like beer? I bet they do; but wine is their first choice.
They drink wine out of a flask. Hold it way high in the air and catch
the stream of wine in their mouth. They don't spill a drop, either.

The Basques are good stockmen, for the most part. And thrifty, hard-working people. They came to Johnson County years ago and many of them own or owned big sheep outfits before long.

Some of the Basque names around Buffalo are:
Harriet
Curuchet
Inchauspe
Marton
Etchemendy
Irrigary
Michelena
Reculasa
Urrity
Boardarrumpi
Espinosa
Esponda
Iberlin
 

Tap

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Yes, I have heard of several of those names. Some were or are very big stockmen over there. They never could get over being near the mountains could they?
 

jodywy

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and some turned sheep into hotels...John Asquaga (sp) He still runs sheep and Hereford cattle, he has ram sales and bull sales at his Nugget hotel. Then Merriots, from herding sheep to pushing a ice cream cart to a very large hotel chain.
Now Little America a little differnt story it was a kid ,Covey picked up and put to work...
 

Faster horses

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Well, I guess not, Tap. Though I never really thought about it like that. Many of them lived in the prairie and had sheep camps on the mountain. We used to sell them second cutting hay for lambing. They would call and say, "You got any second cut?" Always paid well, never had to worry about not getting your money.
 

Liberty Belle

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Faster Horses: The Basques are good stockmen, for the most part. And thrifty, hard-working people. They came to Johnson County years ago and many of them own or owned big sheep outfits before long.

Some of the Basque names around Buffalo are:
Harriet
My husband’s cousin has been married to a Harriet for the last fifty plus years and they still ranch near Buffalo. They trail their sheep to the mountains in multiple bands of a thousand head each.

Interesting folks. And they never run out of wine…

Jody, I put my leg of lamb in the oven with onion soup mix sprinkled over it and a little water added to the bottom of the pan. I cover it and don’t bake it any hotter than 325 degrees – absolutely delicious!!!

And now the smell is making my mouth water...

The crew, minus two of our kids and their families who couldn't make it, will be in after taking care of the calving and lambing chores. We'll eat later on because we had a pancake and sausage breakfast at the church after services this morning and it will take a while to work up a hunger.
 

Faster horses

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LB, my brother-in-law was married to a Harriet, but probably the 'other' Harriet family as there are two of them. She was Madeline, daughter of Big Madeline and Barbone (Simon) Harriet.

The other Harriets are Gene, Putsy, and ___________ (gotta think about that one a moment.)

Small world. Who is your cousin married to?
 

Liberty Belle

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Betty Jo is married to Putchie (Martin) and he's the only one of the bunch we know, except for their three kids.

I know I've heard the names of the rest of the family, but I can't remember any of them. I have these senior moments with some regularity!!!
 

Faster horses

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So Betty Jo is married to Puchie and she is your cousin? She is a red-head, or was; right?


(She might be gray haired by now. Didn't mean to infer anything else.)
 

jodywy

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Cheri Harriet, and a few others moved over here to the Valley after one of the Harriet ranches sold a few years ago.
 

Faster horses

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Harriets kept their mineral rights and they have methane on their ranches. They have more money than they can spend is what I heard.

Wyoming has methane wells and Montana has Northern Plains Resource Council.
 

rancher

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Faster horses said:
Harriets kept their mineral rights and they have methane on their ranches. They have more money than they can spend is what I heard.

Wyoming has methane wells and Montana has Northern Plains Resource Council.


Thanks god. Ever see the damage it does and what you have to put up with. I like the look of my landscape the way it is.
 

Liberty Belle

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So Betty Jo is married to Puchie and she is your cousin? She is a red-head, or was; right?
Yep, Jo is my husband’s cousin. Her dad was his dad’s brother and her mother was a Lermeny from the Slim Buttes. Jo’s red hair came from her Lermeny Belgian blood.

jodywy - sounds like you know Cheri. Do you know her brother Tom too?
 

jodywy

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Liberty Belle said:
So Betty Jo is married to Puchie and she is your cousin? She is a red-head, or was; right?
Yep, Jo is my husband’s cousin. Her dad was his dad’s brother and her mother was a Lermeny from the Slim Buttes. Jo’s red hair came from her Lermeny Belgian blood.

jodywy - sounds like you know Cheri. Do you know her brother Tom too?
She is our county Rebuplican chairwomen, she allways going 99.She got my kids working the State Convention, even found money to help pay their way... nope don't know her brother... know a few of the Camino too
 

Liberty Belle

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She is our county Rebuplican chairwomen, she allways going 99.She got my kids working the State Convention, even found money to help pay their way... nope don't know her brother... know a few of the Camino too
I didn't know Cheri was active in politics, but it doesn't surprise me. Another couple of Jo and hubby's cousins are very involved in politics.

Lance Olson is one of the few (if not the only?) Republican on the Great Falls, MT county commision.

Another cousin of my husband and Betty Jo's is Joe Meyer, Wyoming's longest serving attoney general who most recently served as secretary of state. Joe just announced he's running for state treasurer this year.

Here's a bio and picture of him for those of you who are not from Wyoming. http://soswy.state.wy.us/bio.htm
 
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