GingerTea

All in all I am pretty pleased with the choice when grocery shopping, yet, been here nearly 3 months and struggling to find Lamb in most supermarkets. What selection there is tends to be limited: frozen whole legs from NZ and the odd chump chop, apart from that I can't seem to find other cuts. I have now found a farm locally where we can buy a whole spring lamb butchered which is progress. Just wondering if anyone else who is a lamb lover has found it anywhere around the south Ottawa area?

Thanks.

Hurlabrick

You still bleating about that??

GingerTea

Meh

scrubbedexpat091

See if there is a butcher shop near you. Might have better luck.

Lamb isnt the most popular meat in Canada and probably the US as well so regular grocery may have a rather small selection and frozen.

BristolUK

I can't speak for your area but I think it may be a periodic thing.

There are times here when the only sign of lamb is the ground (minced) version but there are other times I find boneless leg (in a net), chops and frozen legs - as well as a half leg - and frozen shanks all at the same time.

Mostly in Loblaws. It seems to be a case of get some while you can. Usually costs a bomb though.

Partially discharged

Have you tried

The Butchery/Veras Burger Express

kind of spendy but good quality. They also have an inhouse counter selling delicious hamburgers/steak dinners etc.

The other option is try a middle eastern butchers.

https://muslimlink.ca/directory/lond...87-matar-meats

Never been to this place but it is quite a ways out.

scilly

True ...... many Canadians have told us that they hate lamb, they can taste the wool . That included my son-in-law in NS who used to say that lamb made him sick .............. I notice my daughter has worked on him and he is now eating it!

IMHO, Canadian lamb is not worth it ............... it doesn't taste right, and is often chewy. We love NZ lamb, whether we have to buy it frozen or find it fresh.

We used to find frozen lamb legs, shoulders and chops in our local grocery (Safeway) all the time, with fresh being seasonal.

Unfortunately Sobeys took over Safeway a couple of years ago, and we haven't seen any NZ lamb in the last 18 months, and only rarely do they have any Canadian, which we wouldn't buy anyway.


I have to say that we have very very rarely seen any British lamb, fresh or frozen, in the almost 50 years we've been here, so I wouldn't keep my hopes up.

Siouxie

Norfolk Ontario Grass Fed Lamb - Woolleys’ Lamb lists 3 places you can buy their lamb, but only in Southern Ontario.

Costco sell it - https://www.costco.ca/LAMB-CLUB%E2%8...100237247.html

scrubbedexpat133

I love Lamb but refuse to pay the silly prices that they want for it. I check the date on it and go back the morning of and get it 50% off. Large freezer helps

Former Lancastrian

Things we can deduce from this thread

1. Lamb is not a popular choice of meat in Canada.
2. It is available but might not be where you live.
3. If available is it Canadian, NZ or British?
4. Its expensive.
5. Its usually frozen but can be freshly cut but chances are that would be of the Canadian variety.
6. If you eat lots of it then emigrating to Canada might not be the best idea.
7. Perhaps Canadian farmers have done their research and come to the conclusion that raising sheep and selling it for meat isn't as profitable as say cattle.
8. We have several sheep farms across Canada but they are not as prominent as cattle farms.
9. Some vegans might be a bit pissed at this thread as well as young children when we tell them what happens to baby sheep.
10. Are PETA OK with lambswool clothing attire?
11. Check with your local municipality on if you can take roadkill home on the off chance you might hit one as it crosses the road.

Sometimes I pop into this place when visiting my parents

https://eglifarm.com

caretaker

Perfect! I used to help a friend process lambs for sale but eventually rather than butcher them we just sold the carcasses and there was no shortage of customers willing to drive out and pick them up then cut and wrap it themselves at home. We'd tell them exactly when to arrive so there was no traffic jam, and so they wouldn't be fighting over lungs and intestines in the gut pile.

GingerTea

Thanks, sadly our local Butchers premises burnt down. However, I will try other in the area.

GingerTea

Yes, cost is eye watering, it is my favourite meat though, so from time to time I give in and buy some. As we come into Spring, hoping for more choice/availability.

GingerTea

Many thanks for the links, will definitely take a look. I'm a little uncomfortable with some slaughter methods and as such have tended to avoid halal and kosher. That's purely a personal thing though.

Former Lancastrian

Cause of fire wasn't BBQing lamb was it