Lamb, Lamb & Lamb

This could be the name of a professional firm like a law firm, or architects, or financial planners.  It would have to be a family firm I expect because what are the chances that you would have three principals with exactly the same name but unrelated.  However, in reality this post has nothing to do with professional firms, it has to do with...FOOD!

I know, it's a shocker that I would post about food.  Our friend, The Count, has befriended the Palestinian owners of one of the better Middle Eastern places in town.  Some how they got on the subject of lamb cooked in the traditional Palestinian way which led to Count deciding to commission the cooking of a lamb for a group of coworkers and friends.  We did this last week Monday as Mohammed, the owner was heading back to Jerusalem on Wednesday to be with his folks for Ramadan.

Our Lamb Fest Laid Out

Mohammed makes some of the best hummus which takes 48 hours cooking the dried chickpeas and all.  The rice in the center was also very interesting with toasted almonds that had a flavor that I could quite pick out but were quite addictive.

Our Lamb Ready to be Devoured

Mohammed was giving us the full Palestinian guest experience.  There were about 17 of us.  He served the meat to us refilling each plate with bits that we would explain were the choice morsels.  We were eating with our right hand in the traditional manner.  We ate more meat in this one meal than I probably eat in three weeks!

What Was Left - Not Much

It was really a wonderful experience (even if it took me almost two days for my digestive system to recover!)

Thanks Count!