Comment on Why do we not eat pig or cow?

ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lamb (the meat) is specifically young sheep, which are also called lambs. Adult sheep are called sheep, but the meat is called mutton.

  English makes no sense.

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  • master5o1@lemmy.nz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hogget for in between.

    A sheep in its first year is a lamb and its meat is also lamb. The meat from sheep in their second year is hogget. Older sheep meat is mutton.

    Oh…, maybe not.

    Generally, “hogget” and “sheep meat” are not used by consumers outside Norway, New Zealand, South Africa, Scotland, and Australia.

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    • BlueEther@no.lastname.nz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It gets even weirder. As a New Zealander, we would never say hogget for meat for the consumer (unless you went to a 'proper butcher), Farmers/Butchers will call 1-2 y/o sheep hoggets though.

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      • livus@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Might depend on where you're from. I have memories of my mother getting angry "this isn't lamb it's hogget" when she tasted it.

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      • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Or a two-tooth 🙂

        I agree, I would call the meat of a two-tooth hogget, but if you wanted to buy it in the shop, well I’m not sure you could find it.

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    • Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m from Australia and I’ve never heard that one. I don’t eat lamb (or sheep. Or mutton. Or whatever.) though, so maybe I’m not the best judge.

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  • kaput@jlai.lu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sheep in french is mouton. Pig is porc and cow is boeuf. Squid is calmar

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  • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As a teacher of English…I agree.

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    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      one of my english teachers in highschool was actually ESL, and from Croatia. She spoke like seven or eight languages, though. It was funny, because occasionally she’d just slip into whatever random language.

      She also liked to swear in french. it was truly hair raising. Incidentally, she also refused to use the ‘standard’ books reading. She’d probably get banned in half the country these days, but she genuinely was probably the best English teacher I’ve had. also the best french teacher ;)

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      • kspatlas@kbin.cafe ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        As a bilingual, switching into other languages by accident often sounds insane, like you're just talking and then "Oh shit, that was the wrong language"

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      • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I have a couple of languages I curse in so I don’t get caught, usually Khmer or Portuguese, though the latter is pretty widely spoken/understood.

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• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  lamb is the young animal. Sheep raised for meat don’t live long enough to not be lamb, though. old animals tend to produce tougher meat. (as apposed to sheep raised for wool production.)

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