[bloomer]

have just eaten a delicious rack of lamb i was given a while ago!!!


cooked it as a treat for me and SWMBO it was fantastic!!!


i have only ever cooked rack of lamb once before and that was a while ago so i dutifully followed the recipe in my HFW meat book and it was very very pink (too pink for swmbo) now don't get me wrong the meat was delicious and after another 10 mins in the oven it was fine for SWMBO as well...


how pink should rack of lamb be served really?


all served with yummy salad and fresh bread. feel fat now!!!!

[Sbom]

Yum I like mine very pink, cook it quick and rest it well, mmm my favourite food 

[Fleecewife]

I am the opposite - all meat has to be cooked so there's no pink in at all.  It doesn't take any skill to frazzle meat on the outside and leave it raw inside, but it is a skill to cook it through and still have it melt-in-the-mouth tender      Many chefs won't take the trouble - I have even been told in a restaurant that the chef only serves meat red, take it or leave it....so we ate elsewhere  .
 
So for your rack of lamb - cook it how you and yours like it, there's no 'ought' to it.

[SallyintNorth]

I like mine very very pink, my parents need their meat cremated.  As FW says, the skill is in cooking it the way the diners want it!

[bloomer]

i liked pink it was so tender and yummy!!!


will try for less pink next time to try and find a compromise between me and SWMBO...

[SallyintNorth]

will try for less pink next time to try and find a compromise between me and SWMBO...

You could always cook it so the outer ends are more cooked and the inner less so - then you can both have it how you like it best!  (See my previous post - we always have to cook our meat like this at family get-togethers!  )

 (To achieve this, cook it a little hotter than you would for a more even outcome, and use timing as for normal pink at normal cooking temperature.  If you are good about resting your meat, you may find the pink gets a little more medium than you like while the joint rests - if so, you can either curtail the resting time, or shorten the cooking time, next time.)

[Sylvia]

I like my meat rare   (Please explain SWMBO )

[Fleecewife]

She Who Must Be Obeyed 
 
I suppose the opposite is HWGI - He Who Gets Ignored 

[bloomer]

a.k.a. the management...

[Lesley Silvester]

She Who Must Be Obeyed 
 
I suppose the opposite is HWGI - He Who Gets Ignored 

Like it 

[SallyintNorth]

She Who Must Be Obeyed 
 
I suppose the opposite is HWGI - He Who Gets Ignored 

What am I doing wrong?  I so get the opposite.  I said to BH once, "I don't think you listen to half of what I say."  He replied, "I don't listen to that much."

And in previous relationship, I decided to give a special 10th anniversary gift.  Everything I was still 'reminding' about after ten years, I just stopped mentioning.  Nagging was clearly not working, and despite what they all think, we don't enjoy doing it!  I figured things would be the same whether I nagged or not, and we'd both be happier without the nagging.  Most people, hearing this story, say, "Oh!  What a lovely present!"  But I don't think he noticed...    (See above re: the listening... )