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Bought a piece of lamb shoulder from butchers.
WTF am I looking at? It looks like a thick slice of cheese jammed between the tissues. It even has a similar texture to it. However, it clearly a natural part of the cut.
I get that the white bits near the top of the picture are connective/fat tissues, so what is that?
>>7150458
Anti-theft strip. It should have been removed at the store.
Is it hollow? Maybe it's a big ass artery
>>7150458
You bought Lamb Cordon Bleu, dummy. Behind that cheese is a nice piece of ham. Just bread it and you're good to go
>>7150478
Nah, it's solid. Here's a side view.
I was thinking it was a sinew, but then it wasn't attached to a bone or anything.
But if it was a sinew, then into the stew it goes. Otherwise, the bin.
>>7150486
I may have just discovered Lamb Fries, yo.
>>7150491
>>7150465
I wish to file a complaint.
...it's fucking cartilage...Wtf? I thought every knew this.
That's a tape worm, brother. Throw that in the trash.
>>7150687
Yeah, it was connected to the shoulder, and then it was lobbed off the shoulder via butcher. So it remains on your cut. It's cartilage m8.
>>7150687
Depends. There're several long ones that are only connected at either end. Alternatively it's some cartilage that was cut off the shoulder blade or something and left in between the muscles.
Either way it's nothing to be concerned by.
>>7150736
>>7150687
Picture of one of the tendons around the neck/shoulder area.
>>7150736
>>7150741
Oh ok thanks. I think what threw me off was the almost rectangular cross-section of it since it got cut length-wise.
Anyway, into the stew it goes. I'll see how it works out in a few hours.
>>7150781
Onions fried the fuck out of, about to pour water and let it simmer.
Time for a movie.
>>7150890
Almost there!
I'm disappointed the tendon didn't turn into a semi-translucent gooey deliciousness like I expected it to.
But the stew is great anyway.
>>7151321
>I'm disappointed the tendon didn't turn into a semi-translucent gooey deliciousness like I expected it to.
That's the reason it's discarded. It's trash.
>>7151453
What is the stuff that turns into that then?
>>7151501
cartilage. tendons are tougher than fuck if they're big enough to be noticeable.
>>7151644
Ah, ok. I always thought those were two words for the same thing basically.
>non-native speaker
>>7151659
Cartilage is the stuff between your nostrils or in the soft part of your ear. Tendons are the tissue which connect bone to muscle. They are similar but have their differences in cooking, as you've seen.
Eww he's eating the tendon.
>>7151679
Don't post unless you know what you're talking about.
Tendons = muscle to muscle
Ligaments = muscle to bone
>>7151706
>Don't post unless you know what you're talking about
But that's what you did. Tendons connect muscle to bone, i.e. the achilles tendon which connects your calf to your heel. Cartilage fulfills a variety of purposes. Bone to bone is a ligament.
>>7151706
#rekt
>>7151737
Fuck. You're right.
>Encephalopathy strikes again
>>7151321
So you bringing some for your co-worker tomorrow OP? Also, no apple juice today?
>>7150741
Damn, I never knew lamb tendons were so fucking thick.
>>7151770
I think you confused me with someone else, but at my old job we totally did exchange recipes and techniques and last but not least our foods with our lunch table buddies. I miss those times already.
>>7150458
if you defocus even on the thumbnail then it's clearly a hairdryer.
>>7150458
Looks like a tendon
>>7153957
>I think you confused me with someone else
sure thing Irish Stew Guy. *wink*
>>7156127
>Irish Stew
I say stew but that's actually curry.
