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I've never seen it sold at the grocery store. This might be a chicken and egg thing. The grocery stores don't stock it because people don't buy it, but people d
by irrational 3y ago
I've never seen it sold at the grocery store. This might be a chicken and egg thing. The grocery stores don't stock it because people don't buy it, but people don't buy it because the grocery stores don't stock it.
I would also imagine the cost would be quite high. I almost never see sheep farms around, but I see cattle and chickens and pigs everywhere. They would probably have to import it from another country.
- dunham 3y agoMy ordinary grocery store has it (Kroger affiliate in the US near Seattle). I'm usually buying stew meat for saag or ground for keema or kofta, but I've cooked shanks and rack before. (I also get it from the farmer's market.) If you want it, a normal grocery store near a university might be a good bet. They tend to have more diverse foods, because of their customer base. Otherwise look for a halal or kosher butcher, I think they carry stuff like lamb and goat and there probably is one somewhere in most cities. Now Squab has been hard to find since I moved here from San Francisco. Uwajimaya did have it frozen last time I went, but I've never seen fresh squab here.
- giaour 3y agoMost grocery store butcher counters would be able to order some for you if you ask, but they're unlikely to have any on hand if customers aren't already buying it off the shelves. In a lot of the US, people who would want mutton are already going to specialty shops to pick up meat and imports; where I live (in northern Virginia), there are a couple of halal butcher shops within walking distance that always stock lamb and mutton, and the grocery stores in the same area might stock lamb (usually French cuts) but never carry mutton or goat.