Lamb for the Everyday Table

Good news! Lucky Dog Farm lamb is back, with orders ready for pick up August 21-22. The Lucky Dog Farm freezer will soon be stocked with ground lamb, stew meat, and Merguez, ready to head home with you.

These are the cuts I especially love to have on hand—the everyday lamb. The kind you reach for when you want a delicious dinner without turning it into a whole production.

Ground Lamb

Ground lamb is one of the most versatile things you can put in your freezer. Burgers, meatballs, tacos, shepherd’s pie, pasta sauce, stuffed peppers…there are about a thousand directions you can take it.

And because it cooks quickly, it’s perfect for those nights when you realize at 5:00 that you haven’t thought one bit about dinner.

Stew Meat

Stew meat is for the slow-and-easy days.

Brown it, add some onions and vegetables, pour in a little broth or wine, and let time do the work. A pot of lamb stew is one of those meals that makes the whole house smell wonderful.

I realize August may not be exactly stew season, but here in Vermont, we know what’s coming.

Merguez

And then there’s Merguez.

This gently spicy, deeply seasoned lamb sausage is one of my favorite things to keep in the freezer because it can turn a very simple meal into something special.

Grill it. Sauté it with vegetables. Put it over rice. Tuck it into a sandwich. Add it to breakfast. Add it to soup.

Merguez doesn’t need much help to be delicious.

Stock the freezer

All three come from grass-fed lamb raised right here at Lucky Dog Farm in South Strafford, where the flock spends its days out on pasture under the watchful eyes of Meg, Bess, and Gyll.

One thing I hear from customers over and over is:

“I wish I had bought more.”

I completely understand. There’s something awfully nice about opening the freezer and knowing you’ve got good, local food waiting for you.

Ground lamb, stew meat, and Merguez are available now, with pickup August 21–22. The next lamb won’t be available until after December 18, so this is a good opportunity to fill in the freezer before the season moves on.

Thank you, as always, for supporting this little farm—and for choosing food that comes from an actual place, raised by actual people.

It means a lot.

—Farmer Judith