Sunday Times and North Ronaldsay Lamb
Posted Tue, Feb 5th 2008, 01:03The Sunday Times
February 3, 2008
Lucas Hollweg: the virtues of North Ronaldsay lamb
MEAT AND GREET
Warning: vegetarians might want to look away. I’ve been having rather a meaty time of late. I only have to think about North Ronaldsay lamb and I start salivating. The native sheep of Orkney’s most northerly island are confined to the seashore by a stone wall, so they survive almost entirely on seaweed. This gives intensely savoury, dark, gamey meat – I devoured two chops before I even got them to the table.........
