Lambs Heart

Yes this is another vegetarians turn away post.
Bought 6 lambs hearts for £1.10
Zills said she'd tasted oxe tongue and it was good, liked liver and bacon, but what was ofal and why was it offal? .....awful?
If we were going to kill animals for meat to cook and put on our table, surely we should be eating most if not all of the animal?

When i was a littlie, we used to have lambs hearts, stuffed and braised for a goodly long time, served with a pile of mash and veg and mint sauce....it was one of my favourite meals.

It's the heart thing i think....love and all that sort of squishy stuff.....emotions.

How come it's ok to eat shoulder or leg of lamb, but mention a heart and everyone is running away?

Ok, so I've bought the hearts...what the hell do you do with them?

The daddie is snoring and probably farting the bed chambre out, the boys are a'kip and the girls are watching "educating rita" on the box....it's late and i have to deal the hearts!

Taking a good gulp of red, i place the hearts on the block....yes i know, these were the organs hard at work pumping blood around those darling creatures that jump and spring on new years grass.

I make an incision with a sharp knife, cutting away the main artery, and then push the hearts inside out, stuffing them with bedcrumbs, onions, lemon zest and rosemary, salt and pepper...I have an audiance.....uugh says bigmacs....wow says zills.

I place them in a deep dish with lots of onions and a dash of red from my glass...ok i'm not that generous... but it adds to the colour, a goodly amount of water and covered with ali foil they are stashed for the night in the bottom oven of the aga.

"Hey big D we are having lambs hearts for dinner" says Zills with glee as he tucks into his breakfast.....looking green he turns to me, hoping zills is having a joke.

They are served up, sliced in a rich sauce, with creamy mash and colourful veg and of course mint sauce.

Wonderful, a blast from the past and a delight for all except big macs, who secretly feeeds it to de man , the cat of cats.