Devouring a Whole Ram… I mean Lamb. Then Lets Eat at The Coterie Room!

It’s a cold December day and the Seattle Seahawks are playing the St. Louis Rams on Monday Night Football.  Both Josh and I take the day off to spend the day celebrating football and the cooking of whole animals.  Josh procures us a whole Ram… I man lamb, from Bill the Butcher and we are excited to use our Caja China again for a tailgate.

We arrive at the spot at 10 in the morning and begin the preparations to get this beast in the box.  Josh had marinated this carcass in a traditional Greek marinade of garlic, olive oil, oregano, lemon juice, salt and pepper.  Even though raw, the beast smelled delicious on our ride to the stadium.  We butterfly the carcass and after a few inappropriate photos with firemen, get him into the rack that he will spend the next four hours on.  We covered him up with some sliced onions and then had to chop a couple inches off each leg to get him to fit into his cooking coffin.  Once in, the coals get started and it will be a couple hours until we see him again. 

Here is what the baby looks like after two hours.  He gets a flip, another pile of onions, and some bourbon poured on him for good measure.

As the evening arrives and it gets closer to game time… the temperature begins to drop and its freaking cold!!  When the beast is ready, the combination of smoke in the box and the heat cause an explosion of lamb gas when the box is opened.

After 4 hours, this is the masterpiece of whole baby animal that we created.  Minutes later, he is completely broken down, chopped and pulled into a series of serving pans.  I don’t usually put pictures of peeps on here… but check out Josh getting down on some bone.

I love baby animals, they’re delicious

After the game, we are a bit hungry (not to mention a bit inebriated).  Why don’t we hit up the Coterie Room?  

Another spot of Brian McCracken and Dana Tough, we know we will be eating well.  In addition to the series of drinks, we ended our evening with some pig skin  foie gras torchon   and fried chicken!