I’m Becoming A Bit Hesitant About Lamb In Nebraska

I am fond of lamb. It tastes good. However, I think I’m becoming a bit spoiled by Colorado lamb. I’m becoming increasingly hesitant about ordering lamb when I go to Nebraska.

I do go to Nebraska quite a few times during the year. We go to some nice restaurants while we’re there. At such times, I often see lamb on the menu. However, it’s becoming increasingly disappointing when I give in to the urge.

I used to frequently get the lamb burger when I went to a nice restaurant in downtown Omaha. It was a good place and though not highly expensive, it wasn’t cheap. For a while, the lamb burger was good. However, then the quality suddenly dipped. The flavor changed, for the worse. I ordered it medium, but it started always looking well. That’s when I noticed that I was suddenly getting a preformed patty instead of a fresh one. It wasn’t overcooked, it was just old and previously frozen to the point that the blood had drained out and it was grey.

Then this weekend I was at another nice place in downtown Omaha. I decided to go for the lamb shank. It was horrible. I realize lamb is fattier than beef, but this was ridiculous. It was overcooked to the point of crust at portions, gamey, and covered in a gravy that belonged more on a cheap pot roast than a lamb shank. In fact, I would have suspected it was a bad pot roast instead of a lamb shank if I hadn’t know better. It was awful…and this was a good place.

I’m not sure what it is. Maybe lamb is so good in Colorado that I’ve gotten spoiled and can’t settle for what I get in Nebraska. Maybe the places I’m going to in Nebraska just cheap out on lamb or don’t know what to do with it despite being nice places. Frankly, I’m not sure. I just know that lamb in Nebraska is seeming like an increasingly worse idea.