Just bought a whole lamb...

maro11

It should have 4 legs!!

NoahsPennilessMummy

no you get 2 leg joints and 2 shoulder joints.......even though the animal has 4 legs

tiger

that is expensive i should say,they go for about 5£ a kilo (lamb are about 8-14 kg)

thriftlady_2

maro11 wrote: »

It should have 4 legs!!

The front legs are known as shoulder joints.

falady

We paid £4 per kilo from our butcher last September, and it was a big lamb (26 kg) so was £104 - slightly over what you've been quoted. I would have expected it to be about £85.

HTH,

Ali

charliee_3

Pink-winged wrote: »

Another online butchers worth looking at here

Pink

lol.. do they have special stuff? this was the butchers used in league of gentlemen..
:rolleyes:

twiglet98

I've ordered a whole lamb next week from a friend who has a small flock, and they have asked how I would like it cut. I had one last year and didn't specify the cuts beforehand, and we ended up with a lot of chops and ribs - delicious, but feeding myself, three grown up offspring and their partners takes a LOT of chops, I don't have a grill and apart from the odd BBQ it mainly gets roasted.

I love lamb shanks in the slow cooker, thought of asking for half legs and half shoulders as we can then cook two if everyone is here, and just one if not. What's the best way to get bigger cuts off the back, and not too many chops.

shammyjack

Take the chops as a rack of lamb instead, you can always cut into chops later if needed, a frozen rack will cut with a sharp cleaver.

doire_2

Poor lamb...............

Fuzzy_Duck

doire wrote: »

Poor lamb...............

If you don't like the idea of eating lamb... why post on this thread? :huh: