Price of Lamb?

beachbeth

My family and I absolutely love lamb, either chops or a nice joint but the price of it is awful! So we don't tend to have it very often. I have a lovely recipe for lamb chops in wine sauce and we all like it but there is so little meat in one chop that we would need four chops each! At the moment in my local CoOp they have a pack of 6 lamb chops for £5.99 which makes it £1 for one chop! Sainsburys are no better.

Does anyone know why lamb is so expensive? After all, we have plenty of sheep in this country! I was thinking of buying a frozen economy pack instead of fresh. What do you think?

Simba_25

I know exactely wat you mean, i absoloutly love lamb too but refuse to pay the price they are asking for it.... its sky high!

mind you saying that i did treat myself to a joint last sunday as the lamb was on offer in asda lol

Sarahsaver

have you thought of using mutton? My local butchers - zam zams, is great, and it is much cheaper if you buy a whole lamb or sheep or even half a one at a time. They will cut it up however you want it. If you have a david cheshires they have cheaper lamb and it is fine.

plotholder

iceland do a bag of lamb chops (frozen) for £3. about 10 in our bag and they were really tasty
hth

SuiDreams

I'm missing my Lamb as well its so expensive, but so tasty

Swan_2

Sarahsaver wrote:

have you thought of using mutton? My local butchers - zam zams, is great, and it is much cheaper if you buy a whole lamb or sheep or even half a one at a time. They will cut it up however you want it. If you have a david cheshires they have cheaper lamb and it is fine.

can you still get mutton? lucky you! all we can get in the butchers around here is lamb. I'd love to get some mutton to make proper Scotch Broth, lamb just doesn't have right flavour for it.

I do get great lamb for stews & curries though, from a local Halal shop. it's £6-something a kilo & is lovely, seldom any waste & they'll even cube it for you if you don't want it in large pieces

EDIT ... oh that all looks a bit contradictory :rolleyes: but it's about he right meat for the right job

Alison_B

My sister has just been to a farmers market this morning and she told me that she bought a large lamb joint for £6.00 whereas she normally pays £10 for a medium joint in the local supermarket. Might be worth having a look at a farmers market.

elvis_bloggs

Swan wrote:

EDIT ... oh that all looks a bit contradictory :rolleyes: but it's about he right meat for the right job

I think you are spot on, especially with the mutton for the Scotch Broth.

suekjw

My Dad/Brother are butchers and they still sell mutton - its their biggest seller in fact! Try your local market for both mutton and lamb!

Sarahsaver

the mutton is from a halal butchers
zam zam! can you tell;) I made Irish stew with it.
Goat is nice, but it needs to be cooked a long time.

Ted_Hutchinson

I've been well satisfied with the local lamb I bought directly from the farmer. Although I love lamb I wasn't buying it because of the price. Getting a whole lamb directly from the farm is a much better way of buying. See GILLGATE LAMB and Tasetee lamb for an idea of the prices.