Keto Carnivory
Whole Sheep Share
I have been buying whole lamb shares for a year now, and I really enjoy being able to choose the exact cuts and be sure to get all of the organ meats as well. I had told one of the local farmers that I am also interested in mutton. And so recently she contacted me and let me know she had a ewe for me! It was a big, fatty sheep, and quite affordable. Normally the local grassfed lamb shares end up being around $7.70 / lb including processing, but this only ended up being $3.11 / lb including processing! And it is amazingly fatty! In fact, I hope my gut can get used to all this extra fat. I asked the processor to retain all the fat on the cuts, and do only roasts and stew meat instead of steaks and chops and ground. The fat caps on the cuts now are huge, in some places two inches thick!
As always, I eat the organ meats first because I love them so much. I just had the kidneys for breakfast, and they were so unbelievably mild and creamy! Funnily enough, the processor gave me some extra kidneys! Fine with me, I really enjoy them! I also had a few bites of the heart, and it was also very mild and tender.
Altogether, the sheep came to 90 lbs finished meat! That's so much more than the 35 lbs a lamb usually processes out to be. However, a friend bought about half of the sheep, so luckily I have two more lambs coming in a few weeks to help me get through the winter. I will tell this farmer I am interested in mutton as well! Whole sheep shares are the way to go!
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