Roasted Kid or Lamb

Lambs and young goats are roasted whole on spits for special celebrations and ceremonies in Anatolia. The feasts will include courses of yogurt or okra soup, stuffed vine leaves, pilaf, yogurt, pickles and baklava. Traditionally, the lamb or kid is roasted on a spit over a tandır oven. The slaughtered animal is dehorned, skinned, gutted and wiped clean before being spiked with pieces of garlic, inserted into holes pierced by a sharp knife point. The