[Sca-cooks] lamb vs. mutton

[Patrick Levesque]

Although Bonnefons does not mention what distinguishes lamb from mutton in
'Les Délices de la Campagne', he does describe lambs as sometimes being the
size of a rabbit (which, although I'm no expert in either wild rabbits, nor
lambs generally, I take to mean a pretty young lamb), sometimes bigger. Lamb
also has to be fat from milk (L'Agneau gras de lait...)

Not quite period, but close enough.

Petru

> Lambs can wean in as little as 3 to 4 weeks or as much as 5 to 6 months, so
> weaning may not be a solid indicator of "lambness."  So the question in my
> mind is what is the proof that a sheep is not a lamb after weaning.  The
> only evidence I've found so far is in Platina, and it does not provide a
> thorough definition of lamb.
> 
> Bear
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