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dpack



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 14 1:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
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Location: Somerset
PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 15 9:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 15 10:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The taste of Lamb and Mutton is totally different,

That is,to someone that know`s the difference.

 
Rob R



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 15 10:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 15 10:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 15 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Booker carry it routinely.

 
Behemoth



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 15 1:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

And Booker are?

 
Rob R



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 15 1:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Behemoth wrote:
And Booker are?


My best customers...


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

 
Slim



Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 15 2:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 15 7:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 15 8:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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

 
Nick



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 15 9:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 15 11:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 15 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 15 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Slim wrote:
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.


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

 
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