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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46188
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 14 1:02 am Post subject:

mine is cook slowly(start hot then reduce to about 160/150fan. times are variable but leg 70 mins a kilo smaller bits maybe 50 mins a kilo,cook it till it is cooked ) ,rest a while (again the bigger the bit the longer the rest) .

carve in thin slices with a very sharp knife for butties or as slabs for eating hot with all the roast dinner stuff

another way with a leg or shoulder is boiling,well poaching is a better description ,wrap it in "mutton cloth"and give it 2 hrs plus an hour a pound

mutton chops are 2 to 4 portions and roast like a rib of beef

yum stuff .

Solorn

Joined: 22 Oct 2008
Posts: 26
Location: Somerset

Posted: Thu Nov 05, 15 9:51 pm Post subject:
I've actually searched for it where I live but it's not been easy to find. I have one more butcher to try then I may have to order it in. I love it slow cooked with red currant jelly

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4612
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Thu Nov 05, 15 10:06 pm Post subject:
The taste of Lamb and Mutton is totally different, That is,to someone that know`s the difference.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Thu Nov 05, 15 10:14 pm Post subject:
We had a customer come to the farm the other day because we have mutton. I'm still amazed by the number of times I'm asked specifically about the availability of mutton though, how it's so hard to find and then they never actually order any. I guess that's why you can't get it anywhere else.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4612
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Thu Nov 05, 15 10:26 pm Post subject:
You`d have more chance of finding mutton in any of the big cites than out in the country, That`s where the majority of the fat killing ewes end up.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Thu Nov 05, 15 10:53 pm Post subject:
Booker carry it routinely.

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 15 1:08 am Post subject:
And Booker are?

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 15 1:37 am Post subject:

Behemoth wrote:

And Booker are?

My best customers...

...no, not really. They're a cash & carry.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 15 2:17 am Post subject:

I prefer mutton.

I had a friend raising sheep who would get mad at her meat cutter for sending the cuts back marked "lamb" as they were over 1 year old, the age at which she said it was illegal to call them lamb any more. Also, she was proud of her mutton, and didn't want to feel like she was trying to slip it through as something it wasn't!

Definitely a customer education problem more than anything here.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 15 7:27 am Post subject:

Rob R wrote:

Behemoth wrote:

And Booker are?

My best customers...

...no, not really. They're a cash & carry.

The people who supply an awful lot of caterers, pubs, restaurants and independent shops with their supplies.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 15 8:53 am Post subject:
Is this why it is unusal to find a lamb curry anywhere? Almost always they are described as "meat".

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 15 9:01 am Post subject:

Hairyloon wrote:

Is this why it is unusal to find a lamb curry anywhere? Almost always they are described as "meat".

That has always been my thought.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46188
Location: yes

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 15 11:27 am Post subject:
curry a pound meat curry two pounds named meat curry three pounds ps rob's kerry hill mutton is superb and available nation wide

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 15 6:58 pm Post subject:
One of the curry houses in Torrington specifies mutton. I suspect that they assume that most people in a rural area know what it is and are going to be ok with it.

sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 15 7:01 pm Post subject:

Slim wrote:

Though that would be hogget. It's not mutton until it's over 2 years old I think.

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