[Jacob-list] comments on meat lambs

Melanie Boxall melanie.boxall at sympatico.ca
Sat Jul 3 19:07:18 EDT 2010


Exactly. I do not think the term "mutton" applies with Jacobs.


Melanie
"Not all who wander are lost."

----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda" <patchworkfibers at windstream.net>
To: "Melanie Boxall" <melanie.boxall at sympatico.ca>
Cc: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] comments on meat lambs



> We eat plenty of old sheep, including rams as old as five and ewes as

> old as 10. The meat is excellent at all ages.

> Linda

>

> Melanie Boxall wrote:

>> As many of you know, I only raise Jacobs for meat, and I consider it

>> the finest lamb available. We slaughter no younger than 10 months, and

>> the meat is indistinguishable from this when it's a 3-year-old ram. I

>> dare anyone to tell the difference.

>>

>>

>> Melanie

>> "Not all who wander are lost."

>>

>> ----- Original Message -----

>> *From:* Lynette Frick <mailto:lynettefrick at gmail.com>

>> *To:* jacob-list at jacobsheep.com <mailto:jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>

>> *Sent:* Saturday, July 03, 2010 2:14 PM

>> *Subject:* [Jacob-list] comments on meat lambs

>>

>>

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