Why do we not eat pig or cow?

Andy@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 231 points –

When I eat chicken, I call it chicken. Chicken wing; chicken drumsticks etc.

When I eat lamb, I call it lamb. Lamb shank; lamb cutlets.

So why do I not eat pig or cow? I eat pork or beef. Is there a reason for that?

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Hogget for in between.

A sheep in its first year is a lamb and its meat is also lamb. The meat from sheep in their second year is hogget. Older sheep meat is mutton.

Oh.., maybe not.

Generally, "hogget" and "sheep meat" are not used by consumers outside Norway, New Zealand, South Africa, Scotland, and Australia.

It gets even weirder. As a New Zealander, we would never say hogget for meat for the consumer (unless you went to a 'proper butcher), Farmers/Butchers will call 1-2 y/o sheep hoggets though.

Or a two-tooth 🙂

I agree, I would call the meat of a two-tooth hogget, but if you wanted to buy it in the shop, well I'm not sure you could find it.

Supermarkets call all of it lamb.

But as for consumers, might depend on generation or whereabouts you're from. I have memories of my mother getting angry "this isn't lamb it's hogget" when she tasted it.

I'm from Australia and I've never heard that one. I don't eat lamb (or sheep. Or mutton. Or whatever.) though, so maybe I'm not the best source.