Food for Thought - Part 2

So yes, when we first arrived we had lamb stir fry for dinner and a few weeks later we found ourselves petting lambs when we visited Hobbiton. This experience of eating lamb and then petting a lamb has turned Jasmine off the meat but it surprisingly has had quite the opposite effect on me. It was lambing season when we first arrived and every flock we drove by had a dozen or so little lambs running around after their mums. And every time I would feel a bit wolfish and get a craving for McDonald’s Serious Lamb Burger.

Recently reintroduced to New Zealand, the Serious Lamb Burger is amazing. It comes with the standard American toppings (onion, lettuce, tomato etc.) but in a New Zealand twist there are 3 (small) eggs and a few slices of beetroot (a kiwi staple in all burgers). I have not been to a McDonald’s in the states for some time, but the quality of the food and the environment here is set to a much higher standard. 

Seeing the lambs as we drove through the countryside makes me feel like there is a much closer connection between me and the food I eat. 

Mary had a little lamb... at McDonald’s... and it was tasty!