Breton Meadow Farm (Farrar Rd, Lincoln)... Lamb or mutton (U.S. law defines meet from a sheep over 1 year of age as mutton.) for sale.If you are interested or have questions, please contact Karen Seo at
[email protected] or 781-259-0563 (home). Details follow below:
* WHAT:You buy the whole animal -- I handle getting it processed and
you receive frozen packages. You can specify how you want it
butchered -- chops or rack, ground or stew, deboned or bone-in leg,
etc. OR use a default -- 2 whole legs; loin and rib chops 1-inch
thick, two to a package, shoulder and trimmings -- half as bone-in
stew chunks, half as ground lamb, organ meats as is.
* WHEN: I will be taking sheep to the slaughterhouse on Tuesdays this
month and maybe into February. The meat will be available for pickup
approx. 7 days later. For example, the meat from sheep taken to
slaughter on 1/9 will be available on 1/16 or perhaps a day or two
later.
* PRICE:This is charged by "hanging weight" (see next bullet for
explanation of hanging weight)
o Mutton: $10/lb
o Lamb: $12/lb
* HANGING WEIGHT:The hanging weight is the carcass weight after
removing the pelt, guts, head, tail, etc. It is typically about
50-60% of the live weight. The meat you get will consist of 70-75%
"primal" cuts (hind legs, loin, rack, shoulder) and 25-30%
ground/stew meat and organ meat (heart, kidney, liver). The weight
of these cuts relative to the hanging weight will vary depending on
things like how many deboned cuts you requested, whether you opted
to take the organ cuts and shanks, the fat removed, loss of moisture
during aging, etc. and has ranged from 50 to 83%, averaging 65%.
Estimated hanging weights are:
o Mutton: 30-40 lbs per animal
o Lamb: 20-25 lbs per animal
* STORAGE SPACE NEEDED:The packaged cuts fit into about 1 to 1.5 cubic
feet, about the size of a small picnic cooler.
* DESCRIPTION: My sheep are much smaller than regular commercial meat
breeds. So the cuts are smaller than what you see in the grocery
store. A lamb leg might be around 2-3 lbs vs the average of 8-10
lbs. The feedback over the past 10 years has been consistently
positive with regard to tenderness and flavor. We request that you
please give us honest, candid feedback on the meat -- taste,
tenderness, whether it was too lean or too fat, etc. IF YOU ARE NOT
HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU GET, I WILL GIVE YOU YOUR MONEY BACK.
There are also sheep for sale as live animals for spinner's flocks, weed
control, pets, etc. Please contact me for more information.
FARM's BACKGROUND:As mentioned in past years, the goal of the farm is
the establishment of Ouessant sheep (from Ile d'Ouessant off the coast
of Brittany) in the U.S. They are a heritage breed, supposedly the
smallest in the world -- 25 to 45 lbs, 16-20 inches at the shoulder.
Until recently, it was legal to import only sheep semen into the U.S.,
not live animals or embryos. So we imported semen and have been breeding
up from another breed using artificial insemination (AI). First
generation (F1) is 1/2 Ouessant. You take the F1 ewes and AI them to get
3/4ths, take their daughters and AI them to get 7/8ths, and so on.See
http://bretonmeadowfarm.comfor more detail.--
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