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Cutting up your ram

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20 January 2004, 03:18
JeffP
Cutting up your ram
What kind of cuts do you make out of your sheep?

How do you like to cook it?

Jeff
20 January 2004, 05:29
Canuck
Depends what kind of ram. RM Bighorns tend to be a little tougher than the thin-horns. Only the better cuts on a Bighorn make decent steaks.

I usually cut my stones into small "roasts" and then either cut those into steaks or "medallions" later. I also use it a fair bit for stew and hamburger.

Stone sheep backstrap cut into 3/8" thick medallion steaks, sprinkled in garlic salt and fried in olive oil is about the best meal on the planet. Especially over a fire and under the stars, in sheep country. Mmmmm...

Cheers,
Canuck
20 January 2004, 06:14
JeffP
Canuck
I am hunting Dall rams this fall...
Did you ever make some of the ground into sausage,kielbasa,
or hot dogs.Or do you use all your ground meat as burger?

K-babs are also on the menu.
20 January 2004, 08:17
Canuck
Stone and Dall sheep meat is about the best eatin there is. It is certainly my favorite (or at least tied for top spot with bison and eland).

There isn't a lot of meat on a sheep carcass (maybe 100 lbs or so), and cherish it as I do, I never made any sausage out of it. The ground meat was strictly burger, which was used for burgers, spaghetti, meatballs, lasagne, chili, etc.

I use a lot of burger in a year, so I typically make a lot of it when cutting something up, but I found with sheep I usually prefer to make stew meat instead. Just seems a waste to grind up sheep.

Cheers,
Canuck