But there are sheep around, just not on anything like the sort of scale we're used to at home. There used to be a little flock at the top end of soi 112, but now that I think of it, I haven't seen them for a while.
crazy88 wrote:Not the happiest looking chappie but his off the bone mutton makes a great curry
Crazy 88
I've never seen sheep in Thailand (maybe I haven't been looking).
I've always assumed that mutton is a mature sheep ie beyond lamb stage. I know a lot of lamb is imported from New Zealand, but what is the origin of the mutton please?
An adult sheep is mutton, simple as that. Mutton is better for slower cooking as it is not young and tender like lamb. The indians use mutton a lot for curries, as do the french.
To describe an old woman, all dolled up..the you may say "mutton dressed as lamb"
Used to get sheep running around on the klong road. Have not seen any for a while but no problem further south than here. Have not seen any goats for a while either. Maybe I ate them all
If you're heading north, there's a small place on the left just before soi 56 that sells goat curry according to the board they have out the front.
I've never tried it, so don't ask me if it's any good.
I do not know about the rest of the World, but in Australia a Lamb is a sheep that does not yet have any permanent teeth, only milk teeth and will be anything in age up to 18 months.
The next stage of development is Hogget, sometimes referred to as "2 tooth", which last about a year.
Any sheep that has more than 2 permanent teeth is called Mutton.
Goat is goat, and regardless of what liberties the Asians may take with the name, it does not taste anything like lamb, even if it is used in a curry.
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