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Easter lamb

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purpleheartsandroses · 05/04/2026 12:52

Why is lamb the go to meat for Easter?

Let's celebrate the new life of spring....by eating it???

I love lamb, it's my favourite meat. But wouldn't mutton be more appropriate? Or chicken so we can celebrate the new life hatching from the eggs?

AIBU to think we should be eating the "old" meat, so we can celebrate the arrival of new life?

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purpleheartsandroses · 05/04/2026 13:06

ToKittyornottoKitty · 05/04/2026 13:03

Chickens are slaughtered much younger than lambs are. And you’ve bought the lamb and put it in your freezer anyway. You don’t know what you want

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Chickens have a much, much shorter life span.

I don't "want" anything. People can eat whatever they want for Easter.

I just think it's odd to associate eating lamb, a new life, for a festival that is celebrating new life.

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DrinkReprehensibly · 05/04/2026 13:05

I think it's linked to the last supper being passover which is traditionally lamb so that carried through to Christian tradition perhaps?

InterestedDad37 · 05/04/2026 13:05

How about this - leg of mutton, old chickens on the side, and a roast Easter egg.

Nomorevape · 05/04/2026 13:04

We don’t eat baby lambs. They’ll be about 8 months old and look more like sheep

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purpleheartsandroses · 05/04/2026 13:03

IckyIck · 05/04/2026 13:01

Jesus is 'the lamb of God' to Christians and he was sacrificed.

That does make sense if you're Christian then I guess. I think of Easter as more of the pagen spring celebration. (As do most people celebrating with chocolate eggs I presume?)

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ToKittyornottoKitty · 05/04/2026 13:03

purpleheartsandroses · 05/04/2026 13:01

Adult meat then.

It's not the new life that Easter is celebrating.

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Chickens are slaughtered much younger than lambs are. And you’ve bought the lamb and put it in your freezer anyway. You don’t know what you want

LaLoose · 05/04/2026 13:01

randomchap · 05/04/2026 12:53

Lamb is in season right now.

No it isn’t

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purpleheartsandroses · 05/04/2026 13:01

ToKittyornottoKitty · 05/04/2026 13:01

Chicken is not old meat

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Adult meat then.

It's not the new life that Easter is celebrating.

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ToKittyornottoKitty · 05/04/2026 13:01

purpleheartsandroses · 05/04/2026 13:00

The chicken is the "old meat". The chicks hatching from eggs are the equivalent to new born lambs.

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Chicken is not old meat

IckyIck · 05/04/2026 13:01

Jesus is 'the lamb of God' to Christians and he was sacrificed.

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purpleheartsandroses · 05/04/2026 13:00

ToKittyornottoKitty · 05/04/2026 12:58

Your post makes no sense, saying we should eat old meat… or chicken to celebrate new life hatching from eggs? So what do you want?

The chicken is the "old meat". The chicks hatching from eggs are the equivalent to new born lambs.

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purpleheartsandroses · 05/04/2026 12:59

Usethoseballsofjellyinyourhead · 05/04/2026 12:54

Mmm, lamb with mint sauce and crispy roast potatoes, what's not to love??? 😋

I don't disagree. A lamb roast is far superior to any other roast.

I just think it's odd that it's become the associated meat for celebrating new life.

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Dancingsquirrels · 05/04/2026 12:59

randomchap · 05/04/2026 12:53

Lamb is in season right now.

A butcher told me that Uk lambs are born in Spring, best eaten in August / September and lamb sold now is probably from New Zealand

ToKittyornottoKitty · 05/04/2026 12:58

Your post makes no sense, saying we should eat old meat… or chicken to celebrate new life hatching from eggs? So what do you want?

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purpleheartsandroses · 05/04/2026 12:57

What's in supermarkets is led by demand. Mutton isn't stocked much because people are accustomed to lamb.

I'm not against eating lamb, I love lamb.

I just think it's odd to eat lamb for a festival that celebrates new life.

We're having a duck today, but I've bought several legs of lamb to freeze while they're cheap!

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Chattanoogachoo · 05/04/2026 12:56

I live in a region where lamb isn't really eaten so most of it is exported for the halal market.
Whilst I'm not a meat eater I'd prefer it to be "processed" locally as they say in the Archers.

Usethoseballsofjellyinyourhead · 05/04/2026 12:54

Mmm, lamb with mint sauce and crispy roast potatoes, what's not to love??? 😋

BillieWiper · 05/04/2026 12:54

I've never seen mutton in any supermarket. So I don't see how everyone could switch to it?

randomchap · 05/04/2026 12:53

Lamb is in season right now.

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