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AnswersThe smell and taste associated with lamb has been described as "gamey", pronounced gāy'mē. Having the flavor and odor of game (wild prey animals).

As the diet of sheep and goats have been known to include any type of plant, and they get more exercise than most domestic animals, their meat is usually more muscular and of a darker hue due to excellent blood circulation. This exercise and subsequent circulation makes it necessary for these highly used muscles to be fed a broader spectrum of nutrients taken from the diverse diet, thus the meat gets a gamier flavor and odor.

If you wish to tone down the gaminess of lamb or goat, I suggest the addition of a variety of sour applesauce (granny smith or mackintosh) and cinnamon to the recipe. Advice from a New Zealander As a New Zealander who has cooked a lot of lamb, I find the best herbs and spices to add to lamb while it is cooking are, salt and pepper, rosemary and garlic (garlic can be sliced and placed deeply into the meat before cooking by piercing the meat with a knife). We wouldn't have apple sauce with lamb, but make a gravy from the pan juices or have a mint sauce to accompany the lamb. These additions especially the rosemary will cover a lot of the gamy smell of lamb cooking. Hope this helps! On the lighter side...Yes how's about the word yum! On the American side...American lamb doesn't smell gamy. My father was a 'big game hunter'; he and his friends were overjoyed when they could bring home a deer. Now, that's gamy. The lamb and mutton that were purchased locally and cooked at home had no gamy smell. Americans are very fond of lamb chops, often eaten without fancy seasonings. The smell of lamb that Americans cook can be described as nice to savory, depending on the seasonings used.

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