Grass-Fed Meats Oregon Coast

2010-12-20T11:03:00.001-08:00

2010-11-12T17:41:00.000-08:00

Here is a yummy recipe from jamie oliver .com A 4.4 lb roast will work.
local lamb that’s had the appropriate amount of hanging time. I’m going to let the meat speak for itself and not add much to it, just a simple sauce made from all the goodness in the tray. You can make this at any time of year served with any seasonal veg.

Preheat your oven to full whack. Slash the fat side of the lamb all over with a sharp knife. Lay half the sprigs of rosemary and half the garlic cloves on the bottom of a high-sided roasting tray, rub the lamb all over with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place it in the tray on top of the rosemary and garlic, and put the rest of the rosemary and garlic on top of the lamb. Tightly cover the tray with tinfoil and place in the oven. Turn the oven down immediately to 170°C/325°F/gas 3 and cook for 4 hours – it’s done if you can pull the meat apart easily with two forks.

When the lamb is nearly cooked, put your potatoes, carrots and swede into a large pot of boiling salted water and boil hard for 20 minutes or so until you can slide a knife into the swede easily. Drain and allow to steam dry, then smash them up in the pan with most of the butter. If you prefer a smooth texture, add some cooking water. Spoon into a bowl, cover with tinfoil and keep warm over a pan of simmering water.

Remove the lamb from the oven and place it on a chopping board. Cover it with tinfoil, then a tea towel, and leave it to rest. Put a large pan of salted water on to boil for your greens. Pour away most of the fat from the roasting tray, discarding any bits of rosemary stalk. Put the tray on the hob and mix in the flour. Add the stock, stirring and scraping all the sticky goodness off the bottom of the tray. You won’t need gallons of gravy, just a couple of flavoursome spoonfuls each. Add the capers, turn the heat down and simmer for a few minutes.

Finely chop the mint and add it to the sauce with the red wine vinegar at the last minute then pour into a jug. Add your greens and stalks to the pan of fast-boiling salted water and cook for 4 to 5 minutes to just soften them. Drain and toss with a knob of butter and a pinch of salt and pepper. Place everything in the middle of the table, and shred the lamb in front of your guests. Absolutely delish!

• from Jamie at Home

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ingredients

for the lamb

• a large bunch of fresh rosemary

• 1 x 2kg shoulder of lamb

• olive oil

• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

• 1 bulb of garlic, unpeeled, broken into cloves

for the smashed veg

• 750g peeled potatoes, cut into large chunks

• 3 large carrots, peeled and cut into small chunks

• ½ a large swede, peeled and cut into small chunks

• 75g butter

for the sauce

• 1 tablespoon flour

• 500ml good-quality hot chicken or vegetable stock

• 2 heaped tablespoons capers, soaked, drained and chopped

• a large bunch of fresh mint, leaves picked

• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

2010-11-12T12:52:00.000-08:00

Our darling lambs Roger and Quinella joined us at the Lloyd Market on Tuesday to entertain children and adults. We are not sure if we will make this a regular thing because some potential customers seemed deterred from buying meat due to excessive cuteness.

New market in Manzanita

2010-08-27T13:37:00.001-07:00

Longevity has a farmstand on Laneda St. in Manzanita, Oregon; one block above the beach. They are open everyday with fresh picked produce and a selection of our 100% grass-fed beef and lamb.

The stand is outside next to www.longevitymanzanita.com Across the street from:
T spot yarn and chocolate where we sell our wool and hats and scarves we make.www.tspotshop.net Two great "must stop by" places in town.

grass fed meat at restaraunts

2010-08-27T13:37:00.000-07:00

There are now two restaurants in Portland that feature our meat:

Vino Paradiso at 417 nw tenth ave.www.vinoparadiso.com

BESAWS at 2301 NW Savier ST. www.besaws.com

Both chefs are very dedicated to featuring local family farmer's food. The food is great and they are easy places to be.

farm photos

2010-08-23T15:35:00.000-07:00

To see some more pictures of the farm fun go to www.flikr.com/photos/meadow harvest

grass- fed lambs

2010-08-23T15:31:00.000-07:00

Order Whole or Half Lambs for your freezer. We have lambs now and can send an order form by snail or e-mail contact us at the website or meadow-harvest@hotmail.com

2009-04-02T17:55:00.001-07:00

2009-04-02T17:43:00.000-07:00

april showers bring lambs to flowers

2009-04-02T17:25:00.000-07:00

Spring this year has been a challenge to say the least. Luckily we have space for all our animals inside barns, so they have water and dry food. We are almost done lambing and have had 4 heifers and one bull born to the beef herd so far. The young animals should be ready to start grazing when the grass is ready for them. The sheep and lambs are the first to get the pastures because they are light weight and do not tear up the fields as they dash along nose to the ground looking for the best bite. We have four "bum" lambs enjoying refuge in the greenhouse just outside the back door of our house. These lambs were rejected by their mothers or were sickly or judged by sage to "need the house" years of experience her only explanation. These lambs have been getting bottles 3-4 times a day since January 13. They started eating grass in mid February, now they are finally mostly weaned and getting treats of soymeal to help their rumens. They are very cute and friendly and had a cozy heat lamp in the coldest weather. They would come out of their lamp area slurp down their bottles and go lay back under the heat. Next they must meet their cousins in the sheep barn and give the greenhouse back.We want to plant seeds for the little one meal size zuchinni we are going to sell at the farmers markets. Great plans for our customer's diners.