[Sca-cooks] lamb vs. mutton

[Terry Decker]

I've been striking out on Tusser and a few other sources also.  I also gave 
Pliny a quick check.  Again zip.  One of the Roman farming texts may have 
something, but I don't have them in my collection.  Guess it's keep looking.

Bear

>I got all excited for nothing. It doesn't state anything about lamb, and 
>the
> only reference made to sexual maturity regarding farm animals, is that 
> veals
> must be castrated before they are two years old.
>
> Petru
>
>> <slaps forehead> d'uh! I do have one of those, which I haven't checked 
>> yet (La
>> Maison Rustique, from the 1570's, if my memory serves me correctly). I'll 
>> do
>> so during the day and tell you if I find anything interesting.
>>
>> Petru
>>
>>
>> all
>>> is speculation, unless we stumble over the answer in an animal husbandry
>>> text.
>>>
>>> Bear