Lamb!

MrsSippi

My husband works with someone who runs a farm and we have been offered a whole lamb for £80. I adore lamb (but can rarely afford it) and wondered if this was a good deal and also what meals I can cook with it. This would have to last us a whole month (not necessarily 30 days worth but I wouldn't be buying any more meat for the month) so I am keen to know what I could cook besides hot pot, lamb pie, lamb stew/casserole. Any ideas would be welcome

maman

MrsSippi wrote: »

My husband works with someone who runs a farm and we have been offered a whole lamb for £80. I adore lamb (but can rarely afford it) and wondered if this was a good deal and also what meals I can cook with it. This would have to last us a whole month (not necessarily 30 days worth but I wouldn't be buying any more meat for the month) so I am keen to know what I could cook besides hot pot, lamb pie, lamb stew/casserole. Any ideas would be welcome

Sorry, can't say whether it's good value but I certainly wouldn't want to eat lamb (much though I love it) for a month. I'd only go for it if I had a range of other meats in the freezer and could spread out eating it over months.

I never understand (unless lacking facilities) why people cook a huge pot of something then eat it for days. When I batch cook I always portion it up and eat one every week (or two) over several weeks.


Any chance you could share the cost with friends/family?

MrsSippi

maman wrote: »

Sorry, can't say whether it's good value but I certainly wouldn't want to eat lamb (much though I love it) for a month. I'd only go for it if I had a range of other meats in the freezer and could spread out eating it over months.

I never understand (unless lacking facilities) why people cook a huge pot of something then eat it for days. When I batch cook I always portion it up and eat one every week (or two) over several weeks.


Any chance you could share the cost with friends/family?

We have got some other meat in the freezer so it wouldn't be lamb every meat eating day but it would be the bulk of the meat eaten that month. I couldn't face eating the same meal for days on end!

pelirocco

At this time of year I would guess its not going to be too small ........I bought one once i was swear was the size of a cat lol

You should be getting chops , roasting joints , mince?

yellowbear

My local Dobbies does half a lamb for £50, so I think you have a bargain!

How many of you are there?

You would have 2 legs - maybe cut these in two so you have four joints?

2 shoulders - maybe get one boned and rolled?

chops

Offal - 2 kidneys, heart, liver.

2 breasts

Neck fillets

betterlife

lamb curry, stew, shepherds pie, kebabs, burgers, sounds like a good price but im no expert, might be worth a google to see what kind of weight of meat you might get from a lamb this time of year, then see how much it is at the butchers/supermarket per pound/kilo, might give you a better idea, hth x

MrsSippi

yellowbear wrote: »

My local Dobbies does half a lamb for £50, so I think you have a bargain!

How many of you are there?

You would have 2 legs - maybe cut these in two so you have four joints?

2 shoulders - maybe get one boned and rolled?

chops

Offal - 2 kidneys, heart, liver.

2 breasts

Neck fillets

Thanks for the reply - he has given us various meats before and they have always been excellent value (including venison and 3 rabbits for free - you can't get much better value than that! ).

There are 2 adults and a 2 year old with a very small appetite so I should be able to make it stretch quite well, especially as any meat joint I ever buy I make last for at least 2-3 meals.

gt568

I'd snap it up!!

MrsSippi

Blimey, I've just heard that it fills 2 black sacks! :eek:

That's probably about the same amount of lamb I have eaten in the last 10 years

duchy

Mmmm lamb shanks (use the slow cooker)
I'd try and make some room in the freezer so you don't get too lambed out
(I'm so jealous lamb is my favourite meat)

rachbc

Last whole lamb I bought was £90 so sounds like a good deal. Ours lasted us a year in the freezer. Good time for buying lamb too as they are bigger and tastier now than earlier in the season but not yet too 'muttony'.

I did 2 half leg joints and 2 half shoulder joints and diced the other leg and shoulder for curry/ stew/ tagine etc. Minced the breast and various other bits and cut the loin into chops though you could do this as a rack joint too. Each roasted joint usually did enough for a full meal plus lo for shepards pie, pilau with nuts and dried fruit or koftas/ rissoles.