3w ago

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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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.
- Same here
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.
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?
- This is my understanding too.
- I've never seen anyone sell something called mutton or hogget but have been led to believe much lamb isn't
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