Yeah.. I grew up on my dads farm in Arizona and I personally disagree with the generalized notion that all sheep are only considered lambs if they are under 12 months old. Mainly because there are some heritage sheep breeds that don't even reach the typical mature butcher weight until they are 16 months old at the very least like the Navajo Churro breed of sheep for example.
I'm from Lebanon living in the USA. The lamb or sheep back home had a hug fat sack tail. I cant find those in the US. This is the the most tasty part combined with meat, whether diced, kabobs, or straight egg frying :). Can you please tell me where I find the fat tail lamb here in the US? Thank you so much and God Bless from Oregon
@@homesteadingwithPJ Hi, it's a type of sheep that live in hot countries, thus, they have a fatty tail which keeps them from being thirsty. Usually, it is difficult to find them in Western Countries.
Damara, karakul and awassi are all fat tailed sheep breeds, but don't have much of a following in the US. Maybe there should be seeing as there is a market for it in the migrant communities. I'm also in oregon.
Thanks for video and that showbiz trivia! What do you make your burger out of, lamb or mutton? If it is mutton, is it because the gamey flavour is not that prominent in a burger?
Well I raise Dorper, so even "mutton" (2+ year old lamb) it's that gamey. But I prefer a lamb. My all time favorite burgers are 1 pound lamb, 1 pound beef, about 2 or 3 tablespoons of bacon grease, and 2 egg yolks.
@@homesteadingwithPJ come to Dubai, you'll rarely find beef, since the entire country is populated by Indians, restaurants switched to lamb and mutton to accommodate their needs. but make sure u bring sunscreen here, the sun will cook you if you went outside
I’m going out on a limb to speak out my feelings on this matter. I am a carnivore, but I do not like eating endangered animals like shark fin soup for example, and I certainly do not like eating an animal that was slaughtered before it reached adulthood. So my big question is: how to tell lamb and mutton apart when shopping in American grocery stores?
You will almost never find mutton in US grocery stores. Also lamb, at least lamb farmed on my homestead reaches what I would call adulthood. They have been away from mom for at least 2/3 of their life, heck the boys have been sexually mature for more than half of their life! If that bothers you, then you shouldn't eat any other farm meat. Store bought chicken for example is processed at 9 weeks. My sheep are processed at around 9 months. Every animal is butchered when it stops growing. It's a hard truth for some people. Try to find animals that lived well when you are shopping. Buying local beats any kind of "health label" you find at the store.
If the leg of lamb is anything over 4 lbs it's not lamb anymore, if the loin on lamb chops is larger than one inch or so, it's not lamb anymore. A lamb should not weigh more than 30 to 35 pounds preferably under 35, or better 25 to 30 lbs. Anything more you are running into 4-5 months old that has a half gamey half mutton taste and feel. Anything over that it is a young sheep not a lamb, and the mutton taste will be more profound as it gets older. In reality, as soon as it can reproduce its a full grown sheep and tastes like it although not as muttony as a one year old. Over one year, it's mutton and the older the more muttony it becomes. Don't listen to the profit hungry marketeers that say a one year old sheep is lamb. Its Not and tastes nothing like it. Delicate juicy melts in your mouth like nothing you've ever had, pure salted butter with a soft al-dente bite... I'm talking a whole spring lamb here, cooked on a spit over an open fire with the wood ember coals gathered under it sizzling from the slow drips of fat mmm hmmmm good!
Hi new subscriber :) got a question if you please put in google this: awassi sheep look at the pics and tell me please Do we have this kind/breed in North America?
Yes! Our previous house was a 50 year-old home in the middle of a newer development of nicer more modern homes. We figured we got lucky when we found it! But we are in North Carolina now with a bit more space and love it!
@@homesteadingwithPJ where my parents are from they cook it in the ground 10 hours wrapped in maguey it’s never been gamey until I tried it here in the us grilled had that sheep smell but yeah now seeing this I want to try a young lamb in the ground wonder if it will be even better
You know that was actually on the table years ago in the U.S. They were going to be farmed in Florida to eat invasive plant species growing in the swampy waterways.
Less than 3 or 4 months is lamb not gamey at slaughter, above that it's gamey like between lamb and mutton, anything above 6 or more months is gamey like mutton and the older it gets the more muttony it gets. I've been eating whole lamb on a spit 20 to 30 lbs for over 60 years and not once did it taste gamey/muttony. I had a 9 month old whole sheep and goat on a spit and although I ate it, I did not enjoy it, way too muttony for me just like all the supposed lamb meat in US markets. I can't even think of what a year or two old would taste like... Don't listen to the profit hungry markets that say a year old sheep is a lamb. Sheep can procreate at 6 months old usually lambs cant, the younger the tastier like butter with a sprinkle of Sault
That bothers me!! Call me stupid!! I have always like 10 years old or older before going to the butchers! Oh man!! I’m sitting here with tears in my eyes!!
I promise you if you buy your meat from a farmer who gives them a great life you are doing the animals a great service. Support farmers who care about their animals! Farmers who don't care about the conditions of their animals do a major disservice to the animals and their customers. I recommend the book Sacred Cow by Diana Rodgers if you're looking to learn more. Hope this helps.
Lamb is 1year or under, Hogget 1-2years and mutton/sheep is over 2years
mutton has so much more flavor imo, esp for stews, etc but I'm no expert since mutton is rare in my area Im usually destined to buy lamb
Thank you for explaining! I appreciate your comment on veal, that's actually why I looked up this video! I wanted to know if it was a similar process.
You're not alone. Many people think lamb and veal are the same (just with different animals).
Yeah.. I grew up on my dads farm in Arizona and I personally disagree with the generalized notion that all sheep are only considered lambs if they are under 12 months old. Mainly because there are some heritage sheep breeds that don't even reach the typical mature butcher weight until they are 16 months old at the very least like the Navajo Churro breed of sheep for example.
That's a really good point!
Thank you for the info on lambs & sheep.
Thank you, fella. What a likable and calm spirit you are!👊🏾
I've never been called a calm spirit before. Thanks for the compliment!
Excellent video... I love both, Lamb and Mutton 🐏🐑🐏🐑
I'm from Lebanon living in the USA. The lamb or sheep back home had a hug fat sack tail. I cant find those in the US. This is the the most tasty part combined with meat, whether diced, kabobs, or straight egg frying :). Can you please tell me where I find the fat tail lamb here in the US? Thank you so much and God Bless from Oregon
I wish I knew! Sorry I don't know that breed.
@@homesteadingwithPJ Hi, it's a type of sheep that live in hot countries, thus, they have a fatty tail which keeps them from being thirsty. Usually, it is difficult to find them in Western Countries.
You mean Dummba?
Damara, karakul and awassi are all fat tailed sheep breeds, but don't have much of a following in the US. Maybe there should be seeing as there is a market for it in the migrant communities. I'm also in oregon.
I like your honesty. Thank you.
Love my hogget. Straya. Great explanation mate
Thanks for video and that showbiz trivia!
What do you make your burger out of, lamb or mutton? If it is mutton, is it because the gamey flavour is not that prominent in a burger?
Well I raise Dorper, so even "mutton" (2+ year old lamb) it's that gamey. But I prefer a lamb. My all time favorite burgers are 1 pound lamb, 1 pound beef, about 2 or 3 tablespoons of bacon grease, and 2 egg yolks.
@@homesteadingwithPJ Thank you very much for the reply and recipe.
You actually see mutton on the menu, it’s very common in some countries
I've heard that, but I'm not cool enough to have seen it first hand. Would love to travel more!
Here in Bangladesh it’s just muttons on the menu. Lamb is kind of rare. Although most of them are just serving goat. Which smells
@@homesteadingwithPJ come to Dubai, you'll rarely find beef, since the entire country is populated by Indians, restaurants switched to lamb and mutton to accommodate their needs. but make sure u bring sunscreen here, the sun will cook you if you went outside
I’m going out on a limb to speak out my feelings on this matter.
I am a carnivore, but I do not like eating endangered animals like shark fin soup for example, and I certainly do not like eating an animal that was slaughtered before it reached adulthood.
So my big question is: how to tell lamb and mutton apart when shopping in American grocery stores?
You will almost never find mutton in US grocery stores. Also lamb, at least lamb farmed on my homestead reaches what I would call adulthood. They have been away from mom for at least 2/3 of their life, heck the boys have been sexually mature for more than half of their life!
If that bothers you, then you shouldn't eat any other farm meat. Store bought chicken for example is processed at 9 weeks. My sheep are processed at around 9 months.
Every animal is butchered when it stops growing.
It's a hard truth for some people. Try to find animals that lived well when you are shopping. Buying local beats any kind of "health label" you find at the store.
@@homesteadingwithPJ
Thank you for the information.
Dont buy from a grocery store by half or whole mutton and have a big freezer. From a farm/ butcher
If the leg of lamb is anything over 4 lbs it's not lamb anymore, if the loin on lamb chops is larger than one inch or so, it's not lamb anymore. A lamb should not weigh more than 30 to 35 pounds preferably under 35, or better 25 to 30 lbs. Anything more you are running into 4-5 months old that has a half gamey half mutton taste and feel. Anything over that it is a young sheep not a lamb, and the mutton taste will be more profound as it gets older. In reality, as soon as it can reproduce its a full grown sheep and tastes like it although not as muttony as a one year old. Over one year, it's mutton and the older the more muttony it becomes. Don't listen to the profit hungry marketeers that say a one year old sheep is lamb. Its Not and tastes nothing like it. Delicate juicy melts in your mouth like nothing you've ever had, pure salted butter with a soft al-dente bite... I'm talking a whole spring lamb here, cooked on a spit over an open fire with the wood ember coals gathered under it sizzling from the slow drips of fat mmm hmmmm good!
Good information
Thankyou so much for all info ....3 months in annnd I spoilt them .....getting louder now 🤣....I’ll rein them in
It's hard right? Easy to spoil them, especially when the pasture us recovering.
I've also found that as my ewes age, they quiet down. Good luck!
Unbeatable health benefits link ? Eager to learn
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Hi
new subscriber :)
got a question if you please
put in google this: awassi sheep
look at the pics and tell me please
Do we have this kind/breed in North America?
Beautiful sheep. Looks like a friendly sheep, good for fiber. But I haven't seen it in the US.
I’m from Australia and I’ve never herd of hoggert
Interesting. Have you seen Babe?
@@homesteadingwithPJ no I have never seen babe
Mutton is nearly half the price here in uk
How do you slaughter them?
I take them to a butcher I trust, and they do it. I don't have the facilities to do it myself.
@@homesteadingwithPJ same. I haven't met an animal I don't want to pet or eat, but I surely couldn't kill them.
I love mutton!!
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Does this hurt the dog ??
Please make video about Rain gun, without electric motor using natural gravity.
@The Bureaucratic Cat wtf
@The Bureaucratic Cat I think he’s asking about how the owner uses the rain gun to water his pasture.
Great video
But Canadians definitely love lamb
Wat state are u in
I was in Utah when I filmed this, i live in NC now.
You should have covered south asians where goat meat is mutton
I had no idea that was the case. Good to know!
Mutton snapper ?
Looks like a suburb of big expensive homes, that's a farm?
Yes! Our previous house was a 50 year-old home in the middle of a newer development of nicer more modern homes. We figured we got lucky when we found it! But we are in North Carolina now with a bit more space and love it!
@@homesteadingwithPJ Enjoy
In Pune, a city in India, if you go to buy any meat, they will ask you whether you would like to buy Goat mutton, pork mutton or buffalo mutton🤣😂
Whats the difference between a buffalo and a cow then?
@@GeorgioArmoni 😂😂
@@GeorgioArmoni Pretty sure one is cow mutton and the other is buffolo mutton... Hahaha
@@limmylimlimyi it's like saying you eat wolves/coyotes but not dogs
@@GeorgioArmoni Just repeating what Zonak was saying about all being mutton. Hahahaha
Yes, Canada does like their lamb to be young because we hate the taste of mutton very much
God dogged been eating Hogget.
What is goat meat called?
In the US I've usually heard it called goat. But I've heard some people also call it mutton or chevon.
He must have never been to a east Indian restaurant because mutton is on the menu! Lol
In South Asia goat meat is called Mutton.
Mutton can be good
It's all in how you cook it.
@@homesteadingwithPJ where my parents are from they cook it in the ground 10 hours wrapped in maguey it’s never been gamey until I tried it here in the us grilled had that sheep smell but yeah now seeing this I want to try a young lamb in the ground wonder if it will be even better
@@victortrejo3869 That's really cool. I love learning about this kind of thing.
we should try eating some new animals… like hippos.
You know that was actually on the table years ago in the U.S. They were going to be farmed in Florida to eat invasive plant species growing in the swampy waterways.
@@homesteadingwithPJBolivian-cocaine hippo steaks
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Less than 3 or 4 months is lamb not gamey at slaughter, above that it's gamey like between lamb and mutton, anything above 6 or more months is gamey like mutton and the older it gets the more muttony it gets. I've been eating whole lamb on a spit 20 to 30 lbs for over 60 years and not once did it taste gamey/muttony. I had a 9 month old whole sheep and goat on a spit and although I ate it, I did not enjoy it, way too muttony for me just like all the supposed lamb meat in US markets. I can't even think of what a year or two old would taste like... Don't listen to the profit hungry markets that say a year old sheep is a lamb. Sheep can procreate at 6 months old usually lambs cant, the younger the tastier like butter with a sprinkle of Sault
Go Jamaica u don't see lam u see mutton...sir
I'd love to go to Jamaica!
@@homesteadingwithPJ you sir trust me u maybe wouldn't leave 😂😂😂 just might take residence there
That bothers me!! Call me stupid!! I have always like 10 years old or older before going to the butchers! Oh man!! I’m sitting here with tears in my eyes!!
I promise you if you buy your meat from a farmer who gives them a great life you are doing the animals a great service. Support farmers who care about their animals! Farmers who don't care about the conditions of their animals do a major disservice to the animals and their customers. I recommend the book Sacred Cow by Diana Rodgers if you're looking to learn more. Hope this helps.
Que rico 😋 quiero comer cordero
This shouldn't be that hard. Mutton is boy. Sheep or goat.
I've never heard that in the US. But a few people from elsewhere have shared that too.
@@homesteadingwithPJ I grew up with that term being that. Just like how veal is baby cows, angus is castrated bulls.
Great video, but had to laugh at the climate change comment😆
I think people just like to say the word "mutton"
True! We all like to sound fancy, I think it comes from the french word for sheep meat.
Mutton reminds me of the trolls from the Hobbit.🙃
It all smells like pee
Meat peddlers 😂
I knew it! I knew they were selling hogget as Lamb. I love lamb but I also enjoy mutton cooked right.
So good!