Comments on: Slow-Roasted Lamb Shanks and…’Lazarus, Come Forth’

By: hotlyspiced

hotlyspiced — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:34:36 +0000

That’s so sad Celia. I’m sorry to hear you’ve suffered a major tragedy. Love and blessings to you. xx

By: Celia

Celia — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:23:39 +0000

I can’t tell you, Charlie. I want to, but it’s too hard to dredge up the memories again. But you have my complete and total empathy. Thank God he’s not going around the country in the back of a ute with his band for a year, you’d have never slept. 🙂

By: hotlyspiced

hotlyspiced — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:14:30 +0000

I am so sorry to hear about your son’s accident. That is so wonderful that he wasn’t more seriously hurt. What sort of a person hits a child and keeps driving! That is probably the most hurtful part of this story. Unbelievable, however, so happy to hear your son has made a full recovery.

By: Minnesota Prairie Roots

Minnesota Prairie Roots — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:04:34 +0000

Your post took me back to May 12, 2007, when my 12-year-old son was struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing the street to his school bus stop. As in Alfie’s case, the guardian angels were working over-time that morning. My son suffered bumps and bruises, a broken bone in his left hand and a fractured rib. But it could have been so much worse.

I cannot imagine, like you, witnessing something like this. The fear that raced through my heart that morning upon hearing emergency sirens and instinctively knowing my son had been hit, is something that haunts me to this day.

The driver of the car that struck my boy has never been found despite publicity and the offer of a $1,000 reward. I cannot fathom anyone so flippant as to hit a child with a car and simply drive away.

I am so thankful your son is OK. I worry about how this incident may affect his future health as sometimes physical injuries manifest themselves years later.

By: hotlyspiced

hotlyspiced — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:01:07 +0000

Lamb shanks are perfect for a slow cooker.

By: Gretchen O'Donnell

Gretchen O'Donnell — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:48:15 +0000

This looks DELICIOUS!! And I am SO GLAD that Alfie was fine. Uff da! I cannot imagine how you must have been feeling, watching that happen. HORRIBLE! Between this and his other accidents, I’m so glad that he’s alive and well!

By: Mandy - The Complete Cook Book

Mandy - The Complete Cook Book — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:20:33 +0000

I have twin brothers who seem to be cut from the same cloth as your boys! My poor mother with double the amount of trouble at one time! They even tried hanging each other out of the upstairs bathroom window once!
Delicious recipe for shanks! Think I might do this with a leg I have in the freezer.
🙂 Mandy

By: ChgoJohn

ChgoJohn — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:50:27 +0000

So glad your Alfie recovered to run another day. And you just continue to amaze! Your lamb shanks look so tasty! After that story, I think we all need some comfort. Depending upon how busy my day is, I’ve placed them in the slow cooker in the morning and, that evening, enjoyed a hearty, no fuss meal.

By: yummychunklet

yummychunklet — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:25:47 +0000

I have yet to cook with lamb, but these shanks look so tender and juicy!

By: cecilia g

cecilia g — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:38:55 +0000

Oh I had one like that too, my fourth son, and I KNOW you can imagine. That boy broke his arm so often he took himself to the hospital one time. he was 12 and he knew the drill and they all knew him! i called him the bounce back body! he never stopped running. But we survived so far he is 28 and still running! c