Topic: Lamb or Mutton?

[lennyb]

What is your preferred choice of meat and why? I always use lamb, but traditionally I think mutton is always the choice of Asians at home. Thoughts and feedback please guys!

[Cory Ander]

Hi LennyB,

Either is fine, but mutton (if you can actually find it!) is a lot cheaper (and tastier/stronger flavoured). 

Mutton lends itself well to precooking (but it requires longer than lamb because it's tougher). Once cooked, I'd personally be hard pushed to tell the two apart.

[Bobby Bhuna]

When Indians and Pakistanis say "mutton", they are talking about goat meat, which I am told by a Pakistani work colleague is a less red meat which his family and friends prefer. I learned this through a discussion about lamb at work, in which two Asian colleagues mentioned that they prefer mutton.

"In many eastern countries including the Indian sub-continent, Malaysia and Singapore the term mutton refers to goat's meat (which is also called chevon) and usually not to sheep's meat." - wikipedia mutton

[Cory Ander]

Sooooo, goat is for you then Bobby B!  ;D

[Bobby Bhuna]

Sooooo, goat is for you then Bobby B!  ;D

Hahaha,  ;D I had to reread my post twice to get that. Very clever 

[lennyb]

Cheers guys, I also looked up an article in the River Cottage book on meat, mutton(3rd season plus) or hoggat(2nd season) are very under rated meats and are actually preferable to lamb!So I thinks a trip to the local halal shop might be in order.