lambs lambs from butcher vs lambs from supermarket

 okay a lot of misconception about lambs and its  toughness.

as i said in the beef  blog its all about ageing the supermarket do not age their meat hence why its tough 

now i know some butcher lambs are tough the reason is they haven't  followed this process.

and that is poor practice  by the butcher

i also like to hang the lamb for 7 days before i cut it up

 as then  i know i have given the correct about of time for enzymes to break down 

now to the breed they  do play a vital role in butcher shop but this is because of the consumer misconceptions of what off meat should  looks like before purchase

the reason merino don't go in butcher shop is they go dark in the first day and not that beautiful reddish colour that everyone wants although they are fresh everyone buys with their eyes 

in the supermarket it is filled with merinos as they by and sell by volume hence the cheap price some over priced but anyways 

most of the good breed ie dorper's will stay that nice colour for 2 to 3 days white sulfok

but if we can change that misconception of colour to consumer we could use any breed 

now with the process of aging 7 days it the best time to cut lamb up lamb will last 14 days in cool room so you can leave to the 14 day to cut up for the homestead

 as a butcher only got 7 days to sell the product this goes for all lambs i have notice that the lambs are getting bigger for the yield so around 25kg Australian white are becoming heavily favorable on the market due to their yield of carcasses 

although I'm Parshall to the dorper due to low Maintenace and the big legs perfect for roasting and making into smaller mini roast for the Edley or couples 

now as for the age old  question  can you taste the differences of grass fed lamb and grain fed lamb to be honest yes and sometimes no 

with some grain fed lamb you can tase the lamb plain while the grass fed is earthy

  i  have experimented with this for years but some breeds are earthy whether  the grass fed or grain fed

  i can tell you in Australia you will not get grass fed lambs all year round unless your as far south as Albany and most of Australia gets really  dry in the summer so to avoid starving your live stock you would naturally feed them some sought of grain.