Quick meat quiz

Do you know the difference between lamb, mutton, and hogget? If so, can you get the latter two labeled as such?

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7 Comments

eureka@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I'm not confident: lamb is young sheep meat*, mutton is older sheep meat, and I don't think I've seen the word 'hogget' in my life.

* and, of course, a young sheep in general.

butters@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y

Same here

zero_gravitas@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

My understanding is lamb is under a year old. I've honestly never heard of hogget, and I don't think I've ever actually had mutton.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

from memory

isn't a hogget a sheep over 1 year?

mutton is the name of meat from sheep older than hogget

Aren't there legal restrictions on naming meat?

Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y

I've never seen anyone sell something called mutton or hogget but have been led to believe much lamb isn't

imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y

This is my understanding too.

7empest@beehaw.org · 2 pts · 1y

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