Roast lamb gorgeous but expensive.

[Sew109]

Shame on you for buying supermarket meat. My family were all butchers get to your local butcher often cheaper than the supermarket and you are supporting local people rather than multinationals that rip farmers off ! 👍

[Michelle]

Originally Posted by Macca04

ASDA roast lamb is quite a bit cheaper than Tesco.

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Agree with this... We just got 2 huge legs of lamb from Asda for £13 and so many pence (can't remember exactly) each.

[EssexSue]

Originally Posted by Michelle

Agree with this... We just got 2 huge legs of lamb from Asda for £13 and so many pence (can't remember exactly) each.

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Haven't got a local Asda. I do trek off there occasionally but can't really be bothered at the moment.

[EssexSue]

Originally Posted by levtweeney

Yes, we do this too. Normally get a good size leg for about £12 down from about £20 for Christmas dinner.

I love lamb and yes we’ve just had Shepherds Pie tonight with roast potatoes and garden peas

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I load the freezer with them normally but I haven't got a lot of room at the moment with my "in case we get locked down again" safety net.

[levtweeney]

Originally Posted by EssexSue

I load the freezer with them normally but I haven't got a lot of room at the moment with my "in case we get locked down again" safety net.

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I know what you mean, we have been thinking chest freezer for the garage just in case the next Zombie apocalypse is around the corner

Problem is the toilet rolls and pasta mountains get in the way

[EssexSue]

Originally Posted by levtweeney

I know what you mean, we have been thinking chest freezer for the garage just in case the next Zombie apocalypse is around the corner

Problem is the toilet rolls and pasta mountains get in the way

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Just writing my list, time to buy more loo rolls I think.

[disney332]

Originally Posted by EssexSue

Just writing my list, time to buy more loo rolls I think.

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Off to Asda in a mo…normally Tescos for us.

Love Roast Lamb.

Disney332

[stanleycamel]

Originally Posted by EssexSue

Oh that should be soon shouldn't it,? Usually around Christmas. That said there were not a lot of lamb joints on Thursday so I'm guessing that may not happen anytime soon.

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Last week Tesco were advertising lamb shoulder joints (full and half) at £4.25 a kilo if you had a Clubcard - our local Tesco shelves were virtually empty! I prefer shoulder to leg for flavour to be honest.

I agree with Sew109's point about using a local butcher (if you have one) but it isn't always practical. Our nearest local butcher is quite a drive away and it is a lot dearer than the supermarkets but appreciate that isn't the case for everyoneand given the chance I would prefer to use local sources.

Interestingly my friends in New Zealand often remark that their lamb is dearer there than we can pay for it in the UK - madness when we have so many great UK producers.

[EssexSue]

Originally Posted by stanleycamel

Last week Tesco were advertising lamb shoulder joints (full and half) at £4.25 a kilo if you had a Clubcard - our local Tesco shelves were virtually empty! I prefer shoulder to leg for flavour to be honest.

I agree with Sew109's point about using a local butcher (if you have one) but it isn't always practical. Our nearest local butcher is quite a drive away and it is a lot dearer than the supermarkets but appreciate that isn't the case for everyoneand given the chance I would prefer to use local sources.

Interestingly my friends in New Zealand often remark that their lamb is dearer there than we can pay for it in the UK - madness when we have so many great UK producers.

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That must be why the shelves were almost empty then.
We used to have two butchers in the Town (I always laugh when I use that description) but the arrival of Tesco and Lidl and introduction of parking charges saw them go down to one and that is now a specialist sausage shop.

[duchy]

I love roast lamb (but only when I cook it as I don’t like it pink). Husband doesn’t though so often it’s a Monday roast if he’s on late shift for me and DS .
Aldi’s lamb I find better than either Tesco or ASDA , same with ribeye.