I love lamb but it is VERY expensive by me. I haven't done a leg of lamb in the smoker since I moved here.

exvaxman: I love lamb but it is VERY expensive by me. I haven't done a leg of lamb in the smoker since I moved here.

Two or three times a year for special occasions. On the other hand smoking a turkey for any old party makes it into an occasion.

Now I'm all hungry for smoked turkey.

exvaxman: I love lamb but it is VERY expensive by me. I haven't done a leg of lamb in the smoker since I moved here.

It's not by me. Not dirt cheap but certainly reasonable, especially if you go for the shank instead of chops, doubly so if you just have a lamb kafta/kofta/pick-your-English-spelling-dammit sandwich, and most if you just find a farmer or butcher who'll sell you large quantities (plenty of 'em, but I've got no freezer space yet for it).

/yay local Middle Eastern population!

Mmmmm ... lamb and mint jelly!

The stores are full of relatively cheap New Zealand lamb but I don't eat as much as a should--too lazy to wash dishes. I've also had goat--it's a bit tougher, stringier, and gamier than lamb, but good in a stew or roasted.

Sheep are very heavy croppers--they cut the grass right down to the ground--but they are smaller than cattle and thus "greener" because the smaller animals use a lot less feed, water, and space than the larger animals to make the same amount of protein--fowl and "small cattle" as they call guinea piges, rabbits, goats, etc., are big in the developing world because they can feed people quality meat for significantly lower prices--and most of the smaller animals can be fed by-product and waste rather than forage crops and grain.