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Just bought a whole lamb...

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  • maro11
    maro11 Posts: 309 Forumite
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    It should have 4 legs!!
  • NoahsPennilessMummy
    NoahsPennilessMummy Posts: 1,444 Forumite
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    no you get 2 leg joints and 2 shoulder joints.......even though the animal has 4 legs
  • tiger
    tiger Posts: 293 Forumite
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    that is expensive i should say,they go for about 5£ a kilo (lamb are about 8-14 kg)
    are you thinking what iam thinking :T
  • thriftlady_2
    thriftlady_2 Posts: 9,128 Forumite
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    maro11 wrote: »
    It should have 4 legs!!
    The front legs are known as shoulder joints.
  • falady
    falady Posts: 584 Forumite
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    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
    Not Buying It 2015 :)
  • charliee_3
    charliee_3 Posts: 803 Forumite
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    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
    twiglet98 Posts: 883 Forumite
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    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
    shammyjack Posts: 2,685 Forumite
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    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
    doire_2 Posts: 2,275 Forumite
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    Poor lamb...............
  • Fuzzy_Duck
    Fuzzy_Duck Posts: 1,594 Forumite
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    doire wrote: »
    Poor lamb...............

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