Eating With The Fishes ----- Home Cooking: Lamb Ribs 9/8/10

Ahhh, the great indoors!

Before heading home for dinner, I popped into Publix to pick up some fruit for my wife to bring to work during the week, and I cruised the meat dept. like I do every couple days looking for expensive items marked 'chuck steak' by mistake...

Is that wrong?

Something I've never seen there before stood out---- one lonely out-of-place 2pk. of 'NZ Lamb Breast Section' was looking up at me like a Disney character...

And only $4.81!

New Zealand Lamb Breast Sections

Once, at the restaurant 'Plaka' in Tarpon Springs I ordered their 'lamb ribs' for $10.00, surprisingly from the appetizer section, and was pretty happy with them...

They were crusty, juicy, and flavorful, even if they were kinda fatty and not very meaty...

So I thought that for under 5 bucks I'd take these guys home, treat them Greek, and see what happens...

If they were at least that good it'd be worth it...

Seasoned with Kosher Salt, Fresh Ground Tellicherry Black Pepper, Oregano,
Granulated Garlic, Onion Powder, & Spice House 'salt-free'
Adobo Seasoning...

Well, after 30 minutes at 450F, when I clicked on the light of my convection toaster oven and saw the beginning stages of this, I started to giggle a little hysterically...

I yelled to my wife to come take a look...

It was more than I expected and I didn't understand where all that meat came from, but I guess in pulling in from the bone, it bunched up and really turned into something... I squeezed on a little lemon, gave it another 20 minutes, then turned off the power to let them finish cooking residually, and then rest...

I thought back to a couple hours earlier when I first saw them, an unordered item delivered by mistake no doubt... Well look at 'em now!

I didn't know exactly what I was going to find when I slid my knife 'tween the bones, but when I did, I called my wife back in!

The Cilantro was her idea to make the pictures prettier, but when I tasted it with a bite of the lamb, it became a huge part of the dish... We ate a few leaves with every bite, which gave it a Vietnamese vibe...