2006-11-19 04:47:16 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Because when you eat sheep it's called mutton.
Mutton tends to be rather tough and chewy unless boiled in stew for quite a while. Adult sheep tend to be more productive to the farmer, producing one - or often two - lambs per year for slaughter plus wool. So the price of two tender lambs plus the wool exceeds the price of one chewy mutton... thus it's more economic to sell lambs as meat rather than mutton.
2006-11-19 04:48:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Old sheep are called mutton and it is stringy and smelly - not acceptable to today's taste. Lamb is much younger and succulent. Mutton is nice in Irish Stew and some curries call for mutton, but stick to lamb. Try it with rosemary and garlic ym ym.
2006-11-19 05:32:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lamb is more tender- we can eat adult sheep- that meat is called mutton and often used in stews or pies as needs more cooking.
2006-11-19 04:49:34 · answer #3 · answered by brainlady 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the term lamb sounds better than eating sheep does it not??
decent people eat lamb, freaks do sheep. lmao!
2006-11-19 04:48:31 · answer #4 · answered by Biker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lamb is more tender.
I am watching a tv programme as I type about mutton.
It is a making a comeback, people are going to country markets to buy it.
2006-11-19 05:08:06 · answer #5 · answered by dancingcar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sheep meat is known as Mutton and it is eaten in many parts of the world.
Mutton takes a lot of cooking to soften it so it is easier to cook Lamb.
Thats the reason we eat it, but in many places they would laugh at us for it.
2006-11-19 04:49:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
sheep is the name of the animal,lamb is the meat
cow is the name,beef is their meat
pig is the name,pork is their meat
2006-11-19 04:55:53 · answer #7 · answered by Paul H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lamb is more tender sheep is a bit more tougher not as nice
2006-11-19 04:56:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mary had a little lamb, her father killed it dead.
Now Mary takes the lamb to school between two slices of bread.
2006-11-19 05:20:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
every one eats mutton whether they know it or not unless they butcher it themselves. Lamb just sounds better, would you eat mutton in resterant if they put mutton on the menu. Its all good when fixed right. GOOD EATING
2006-11-19 04:55:15 · answer #10 · answered by railway 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋