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Lamb is the most expensive of the three types, and in recent decades, sheep meat has increasingly only been retailed as "lamb", sometimes stretching the accepted distinctions given above. The stronger-tasting mutton is now hard to find in many areas, despite the efforts of the Mutton Renaissance Campaign in the UK.
Mutton flaps, or breast of lamb, are an inexpensive cut of meat from a sheep. Consisting of a sheep's lower rib meat, mutton flaps are considered a low-quality cut in Western countries, as opposed to pork and beef ribs. [1] They have been described there as a "tough, scraggy meat", if not properly prepared. [2]
A sheep in its first year is called a lamb, and its meat is also called lamb. The meat of a juvenile sheep older than one year is hogget; outside North America this is also a term for the living animal. [1] The meat of an adult sheep is mutton, a term only used for the meat, not the living animal. Meat from sheep features prominently in several ...
Sheep grazing the salt meadows around Mont Saint-Michel Agneau de pré-salé ( French : ' salt marsh lamb ' ) is a type of lamb which was raised in salt marsh meadows of France [ 1 ] (especially Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy and the Bay of the Somme in Picardy ), and parts of the UK and the Netherlands.
Lamb testicles in Iran are called donbalān (Persian: دنبلان), a white, fleshy mushroom used as a euphemism. Lamb testicles are consumed mostly as home-cooked meals rather than in restaurants as they are considered makrooh (discouraged) according to Islamic laws, [ 17 ] but there are restaurants where lamb testicles are available.
Herdwicks are a dual-purpose breed, producing strongly flavoured lamb and mutton and a coarse, grey wool. The slowly maturing breed is one of the most hardy of all the British hill sheep breeds, withstanding the cold and relentless rain of the Lake District at heights upwards of 3,000 feet (about 1,000 metres). [2]
The culinary name "chevon", a blend of chèvre "goat" in French and mouton "sheep" in French, was coined in 1922 and selected by a trade association; it was adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1928, [7] [8] [9]: 19 however the term never caught on and is not encountered in the United States. "Cabrito", a word in Spanish ...
The Whiteheaded Mutton is a breed designed to live in the cold, wet regions around the North Sea marshes. Consequently, the sheep was bred for hardiness and durability to cope with the rough weather in the region. [2] Rams typically weigh about 110-130 kg and ewes normally weigh around 70-80 kg. [5]