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Anyone who grew up with roast leg of lamb on Sundays, served with traditional British mint sauce, will be taken straight back to their childhood with one whiff of it in the air. But this week I updated it, using the delectable cut that is lamb shoulder, rather than the traditional leg, and roas.
Ward’s lectures were designed not to inform but strictly to entertain and amuse his growing audiences, arguably making him the world’s first standup comedian.
Anyone who grew up with roast leg of lamb on Sundays, served with traditional British mint sauce, will be taken straight back to their childhood with one whiff of this dish in the air.