Finished

The Silver Vixen and Urban-Cub headed across to LA to finish the last bits of cleaning at the house. The Gorse Fox was destined to follow, but wanted to stop for some shopping (saffron) on the way. Just before he left home, the Silver Vixen called. The chap from the local barbershop was sitting outside his shop with no customers. Could the Gorse Fox get there in time? He headed off immediately. By the time he got there (which couldn't have been more than 3 minutes later) someone was just settling into the barber's chair. The Gorse Fox had missed his opportunity. He'll have to try again later in the week.

It didn't take us too long to finish up at the the house. The Gorse Fox helped by cleaning the garage, sorting out a light, fixing a venetian blind, and loading the car.

Back home he started on his planned lamb dish. The first problem was finding a cooking receptacle large enough to hold the lamb shoulder. Then he started to try and recreate the Moroccan lamb recipe he had seen on TV. Clearly they didn't show all of the steps as the final product wasn't quite what was expected. He started by creating a mixture of herbs and spices in warm water which was rubbed all over the lamb. The lamb was the immersed in the mixture and covered with chopped onions. This was simmered for three and half hours before being taken out, basted in ghee, then roasted. The sauce was further reduced... but that was the bit that didn't really meet expectations. The lamb was shredded and was so tender and moist, that it was irresistible. He must experiment further, so that he can get the sauce right. (P.S. We do have a huge plateful of shredded lamb that we can use over the next couple days).