So my Italian inlaws asked me to cook a lamb on a spit for Easter ...

[Deerthug]

As I sit here watching it spin around and around and around and getting bored, I figured I would share some pet peeves with you all.

How about - "its" and "it's",.... Anymore?

[ants]

How about when someone says something like... "they ate that whole pizza...they totally DECIMATED it!!" Decimate means to reduce by 10% not 100%

[Pygmy]

While you were fretting about grammar and vocabulary, the DOG stole your LAMB off the spit..<<grin>>...

[ELMER J. FUDD]

Speaking of decimated. Aren't we overdue for someone to claim that the coyotes have decimated the deer herd? It's usually right after the season ends. One of my pet peeves.

[landtracdeerhunter]

I'm more interested in the lamb. How's it cooking, LOL? What fuel are u using?

[ants]

I have a cousin who is pushing 50. Despite my many attempts to correct him, he still uses the word "verbatim" wrong. "Hey man I have a pair of boots just like those,,mine are verbatim to those"

Drives me nuts!!!

[Pygmy]

 

I'm more interested in the lamb. How's it cooking, LOL? What fuel are u using?

I agree...How big is the lamb ? What are you basting it with ?

What degree of doneness you you plan on cooking to...?

What wine do you prefer ? I'm assuming a dry red for lamb, perhaps a nice Cabernet or maybe a merlot....

What time should I show up for dinner ?

[dirt_a_KISS]

I have read many books, and therfore love to read books!

[Jeremy K]

Maybe add italian in laws to that top 10 list.

[fasteddie]

I misread the statement . I thought you said the Pet ......pee'd !  

[Deerthug]

Ok so here's the scoop:

1. After I set it all up for them this morning, I tell them "you must keep the fire at a steady heat" otherwise we wont eat until midnight. You have to keep adding charcoal. Then I go home to get ready for Easter Mass.

2. No sooner than I walk in my door after Mass, the phone rings: "Come quick, your FIL and BIL are arguing on whether they should drop the lamb to the lower level". I tell them in no uncertain terms, "No toucha!" "I be there in 5 mins."

3. I get to the house and walk over to the spit and the fire was almost out. Oy vey! I start adding charcoal frustratingly. I said if you drop it down the skin will burn and crack and the joints will break. I get the usual response - no it wont! I say you're telling a Greek how to cook a lamb on a spit which I've been doing for the last 30 years??

4. Finally at about 4:30 it comes off the spit and we start carving it. And we dig in. As suspected, some parts were still not throughly cooked but after a few glasses of homemade wine, overall it came out pretty good!

The baste we use is just two sticks of butter melted with lemon juice. Gives it a crispy juicy taste.

Moral of the story: let the Italians stick to wine making and the Greeks to roasting a whole lamb.

[covert]

There's no 'M' in SANDWICH.  It's not SAMWICH.  Like fingernails on a chalkboard.

[covert]

 

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

[Deerthug]

Here's one:

The phrase "For all intensive purposes" - should be: "For all intents and purposes!"

[growalot]

Seeing too petty not Tom Petty

[ants]

I could care less.....No...you COULDN"T care less

[virgil]

Mine is the misuse of 'and I'.  It seems that the latest trend is to always use 'and I' instead of 'and me' regardless of correctness.  Ex: 'my inlaws asked my wife and I to roast a lamb on a spit.'  Makes me mental.

[Paula]

I dont care less how anyone spells or what the grammar is like. I don't judge

[mac]

when people begin a statement with " And not for nothing"... 

[Deerthug]

Or when they write like they speak and start sentences with: "Like..., So... and ... You know..." Lol!

[Dom]

The difference between Greek's and Italian's is this the Italian's roast/cook goat's the Greek roast/cook lamb's.That is my observation and I'm sticking to it.Both cullture's make fine wine.You make sauce we make gravy

[growalot]

So ya know, for all intensive purposes, I could care less how people write ...so long as  Mr B. and I can understand their meaning..

[fasteddie]

The wife and I spent 3 weeks on Cyprus last year . At one of the homes we went to , they BBQ'd goat . It was great !

[wheelieman]

prolly shouldnt say much, But my goat samich was decimated and i was angry yo.

  But truthfully As Long as i get what they are trying to say im good with it,

[nycredneck]

"Sale" and "sell" in the classified section, " Looking to sale..." you would think that is an easy one to get right.

I like lamb, never had it over a fire on a spit before though, sounds delicious.

Next time please include pics.