Comments on: lamb shanks with 3 hour polenta http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:51:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: foodie http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-2405 foodie Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:50:38 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-2405 Mmmmm...love lamb and a nice sauce to go with it...cant wait to try this one out. Mmmmm…love lamb and a nice sauce to go with it…cant wait to try this one out.

]]> By: Food, Glorious Food » Blog Archive » lamb shanks with 3 hour polenta http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-2403 Food, Glorious Food » Blog Archive » lamb shanks with 3 hour polenta Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:19:28 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-2403 [...] you see, i’m reading “heat” by bill buford.  he’s the guy who was senior editor at ‘new yorker magazine‘ and left his job to work in batali’s kitchen at ‘babbo‘.  there is a chapter in the book about a fund raising dinner that batali and his boys did here in nashville a few years ago  – and he goes on about the polenta.  but not just your everyday polenta, about perfect polenta and perfecting the art of making this batali perfected polenta.  and well, perfection is my life…more [...]

]]> By: claudia http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1124 claudia Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:34:49 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1124 grilling polenta is a wonderful thing. i just love the stuff in any form. in my next life i will be from italiam immigrants. or live in italy. either. grilling polenta is a wonderful thing. i just love the stuff in any form.

in my next life i will be from italiam immigrants. or live in italy. either.

]]> By: Chris http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1123 Chris Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:56:25 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1123 My maternal grandparents were Italian immigrants, and Gram made great polenta. I don't think she ever cooked it for 3 hours, though. On one of the other entries, someone mentioned grilling theirs as it seized up. My mom and grandmother would do that with day-old polenta all the time. My maternal grandparents were Italian immigrants, and Gram made great polenta. I don’t think she ever cooked it for 3 hours, though. On one of the other entries, someone mentioned grilling theirs as it seized up. My mom and grandmother would do that with day-old polenta all the time.

]]> By: claudia http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1096 claudia Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:52:39 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1096 i'll take him over 'eat, pray, love', anyday... i’ll take him over ‘eat, pray, love’, anyday…

]]> By: Joan Auerbach http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1095 Joan Auerbach Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:42:59 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1095 Hello Claudia, I see you are enjoying Buford's book, Heat. What a great read! Does he not address some of life's most wonderful adventures? The joy in cooking, in traveling, in eating, in learning -- all wrapped up in one book! You and I, we're actually going to be able to chat about this, and other things, on Feb. 13th! So looking forward! Best, Joan Hello Claudia,
I see you are enjoying Buford’s book, Heat. What a great read! Does he not address some of life’s most wonderful adventures? The joy in cooking, in traveling, in eating, in learning — all wrapped up in one book! You and I, we’re actually going to be able to chat about this, and other things, on Feb. 13th! So looking forward!
Best, Joan

]]> By: fluffernutter http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1071 fluffernutter Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:11:37 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1071 That whole perfect polenta thing eludes me too. I like polenta okay but no matter whose recipe or what brand, I've never had any that really stood out as being exponentially better than any other. Butter helps. I usually make polenta cakes because if it's just polenta, the family make vomit faces. That whole perfect polenta thing eludes me too. I like polenta okay but no matter whose recipe or what brand, I’ve never had any that really stood out as being exponentially better than any other. Butter helps. I usually make polenta cakes because if it’s just polenta, the family make vomit faces.

]]> By: melissa http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1061 melissa Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:03:49 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1061 I don't hate lamb, but I don't lurve it either. and the cute factor I am indifferent too. my husband likes the taste of the meat more than I do, so I roast a rack from time to time. ;) as for the polenta - I just bought my first package recently. now I just gotta figure out what to do with it. I don't think I will do anything that takes three hours though. O_o I don’t hate lamb, but I don’t lurve it either. and the cute factor I am indifferent too. my husband likes the taste of the meat more than I do, so I roast a rack from time to time. ;)

as for the polenta – I just bought my first package recently. now I just gotta figure out what to do with it. I don’t think I will do anything that takes three hours though. O_o

]]> By: Mary Coleman http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1059 Mary Coleman Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:53:33 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1059 YUM! I've never met a lamb shank I didnt' like! YUM! I’ve never met a lamb shank I didnt’ like!

]]> By: Meg http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1058 Meg Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:43:35 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1058 What do you do with the leftover polenta (if there is any)? If you're in and out of the kitchen, 3 hours of checking in now and then is not such a big deal, but I would think you would still make a pretty substantial batch. What do you do with the leftover polenta (if there is any)? If you’re in and out of the kitchen, 3 hours of checking in now and then is not such a big deal, but I would think you would still make a pretty substantial batch.

]]> By: Dan http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 Dan Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:11:12 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1057 flarping and blorping is right! but three hours? longer than it takes to turn shanks from stringgy connective tissue hunks into lollipops of little lamb? gotta say, i find perfection more often in the glass of wine and the shank than i do in the polenta. as for green, there's mirepoix in there. somewhere in that rich, brick-hued goodness around the shank, vegetation exists. now if you're talkin' sprouts sauteed with a little bacon? we can revisit. flarping and blorping is right! but three hours? longer than it takes to turn shanks from stringgy connective tissue hunks into lollipops of little lamb? gotta say, i find perfection more often in the glass of wine and the shank than i do in the polenta.

as for green, there’s mirepoix in there. somewhere in that rich, brick-hued goodness around the shank, vegetation exists. now if you’re talkin’ sprouts sauteed with a little bacon? we can revisit.

]]> By: Butta Buns http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 Butta Buns Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:13:45 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1056 The sauce and polenta almost look like a yin yang on the plate. If you had Brussels sprouts, you could have completed the look by placing them just so. This looks incredible. Anything with lamb is aces in my book. The sauce and polenta almost look like a yin yang on the plate. If you had Brussels sprouts, you could have completed the look by placing them just so.

This looks incredible. Anything with lamb is aces in my book.

]]> By: FrenchLaundryatHome http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 FrenchLaundryatHome Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:45:20 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1055 Color Schmolor. Get the green from the lime in your pre-dinner cocktail, I like to say. :) This looks gorgeous -- I love working with polenta and all the flarping and blorping noises it makes as it cooks. Glad you're enjoying Heat. Color Schmolor. Get the green from the lime in your pre-dinner cocktail, I like to say. :)

This looks gorgeous — I love working with polenta and all the flarping and blorping noises it makes as it cooks.

Glad you’re enjoying Heat.

]]> By: Donald http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1053 Donald Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:57:08 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1053 You know, I can't even find polenta any more. Whole Foods near me only has the one minute kind. I made some with a wild mushroom ragout, a post that has yet to be made, but if I cooked it for more than 5 minutes, I'd hate to see what would happen. Now the lamb! That looks delish! It looks like you made light duty of a shank that can be a tough piece of meat. When in doubt, at least for me, add a mirepoix! Save me a bone for stock!!!!! :-) You know, I can’t even find polenta any more. Whole Foods near me only has the one minute kind. I made some with a wild mushroom ragout, a post that has yet to be made, but if I cooked it for more than 5 minutes, I’d hate to see what would happen.

Now the lamb! That looks delish! It looks like you made light duty of a shank that can be a tough piece of meat. When in doubt, at least for me, add a mirepoix! Save me a bone for stock!!!!! :-)

]]> By: ponyboat http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1052 ponyboat Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:05:13 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1052 I too am a member of the lamb is cute club, but I wanna take a BATH in that sauce!! Wowee! I too am a member of the lamb is cute club, but I wanna take a BATH in that sauce!! Wowee!

]]> By: Alejandra http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 Alejandra Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:39:31 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1051 Oh I love this! Braised lamb everywhere! I can't eat polenta, but I would probably do this with a great roasted garlic cauliflower smash....mmm! Oh I love this! Braised lamb everywhere! I can’t eat polenta, but I would probably do this with a great roasted garlic cauliflower smash….mmm!

]]> By: claudia http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 claudia Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:28:07 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1050 tara - the lamb really was very good and we like polenta around here - a lot... cookie - you don't even know it's there. not even a fishy whisper - just a certain something can't be named... anyway - it's gone now and i'm not buying the dried stuff again. but it was kinda fun... jim - hmmmm, ya think? hmmmm... min - you'll be the first to know! diana - one whole bottle. yup! but it cooks down to nothing... tara – the lamb really was very good and we like polenta around here – a lot…

cookie – you don’t even know it’s there. not even a fishy whisper – just a certain something can’t be named… anyway – it’s gone now and i’m not buying the dried stuff again. but it was kinda fun…

jim – hmmmm, ya think? hmmmm…

min – you’ll be the first to know!

diana – one whole bottle. yup! but it cooks down to nothing…

]]> By: TaratheFoodie http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 TaratheFoodie Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:20:20 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1049 I've been craving polenta lately, so I am completely drooooooooooooling over this post. That lamb looks SPECTACULAR. I can just smell it and I know it tasted rich and velvety as only lamb can. And to those people that don't like lamb, I don't like you either. Hi five! I’ve been craving polenta lately, so I am completely drooooooooooooling over this post. That lamb looks SPECTACULAR. I can just smell it and I know it tasted rich and velvety as only lamb can. And to those people that don’t like lamb, I don’t like you either. Hi five!

]]> By: cookiecrumb http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1048 cookiecrumb Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:46:32 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1048 Bottarga! In your braised lamb shanks! OMG. Not too aggressive, right? Just a fishy whisper. Love your version. Bottarga! In your braised lamb shanks! OMG. Not too aggressive, right? Just a fishy whisper.
Love your version.

]]> By: jim voorhies http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1046 jim voorhies Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:06:39 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1046 I'm with Diana. A bottle of red wine (and onion) will improve everything. But I am one of those not big on lamb people. They're soooo cute. Three hours for polenta? You need more to do. Have you thought about editing another website ;) I’m with Diana. A bottle of red wine (and onion) will improve everything. But I am one of those not big on lamb people. They’re soooo cute.

Three hours for polenta? You need more to do. Have you thought about editing another website ;)

]]> By: minimally invasive http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1045 minimally invasive Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:34:20 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1045 I had a craving for this very thing just last weekend, as you'll see if I ever get around to posting about it. Keep us in the loop if you do find your perfect polenta. I've never tasted any that made my toes curl (except for whatever additions were stirred in). I had a craving for this very thing just last weekend, as you’ll see if I ever get around to posting about it. Keep us in the loop if you do find your perfect polenta. I’ve never tasted any that made my toes curl (except for whatever additions were stirred in).

]]> By: Diana http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 Diana Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:01:04 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/lamb/2008/01/25/lamb-shanks-with-3-hour-polenta/#comment-1044 A bottle of red wine. You're my hero. A bottle of red wine. You’re my hero.

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