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Hogget?
A lamb over a year old. Prime
Hogget?
year old lamb. Herdwick are a small breed of sheep and need 12 months to reach the 40kg lamb weightHogget?
HoggetYou can afford lamb?
LUXURY
I have a toad in the hole in the oven at the moment with some veg prepped.Toad in the hole, simple but effective, and Laura has it on her head that it's a load of effort so I can just hide in the kitchen with MF DOOM playing while I drink the milk stout from the advent calendar.
Bev did the same a couple of years ago when we tried the keto diet as it was full of cheese. I'm sure the potatoes saved my life until she twigged it.Our youngest, who likes to cook, mastered dauphinoise potatoes a year or so ago. We all got fat.
was his name Al Capon?I stumbled upon an address that was highly recommended for meat; It is completely impractical for me but might be of interest for Rich (@Nice65) and Steve (@ElThomsono): http://johnrobinsonbutcher.co.uk/
The guy is no web designer (site not secured) but I am told he is worth the detour.
As for the Capon: Since we are spending Christmas here, I wanted something a bit special. One option was a turbot, but I do not have the right dish to cook it, and a goose was too much for the 3 of us (even if we may be more, it will not exceed 6). So I went online (the last time the village butcher was a place I'd recommend was over 10 years ago when the then head butcher knew what he was doing when it came to meat) and found quite a few free range places selling them, including not far from me (but they were sold out).
In the end I went for https://www.packingtonfreerange.co.uk/
I did not know capons had had those troubles. To paraphrase Mark Twain, I did not know it was impossible so I did it