Scrag end

Diagram of cuts of Lamb in the United Kingdom. Scrag end is shown in yellow.

Scrag end is the name of a cut of lamb and mutton, common in the UK and the Commonwealth. It is a primal cut, thus is separated from the carcass during butchering.[1][2]

Value

It is one of the cheaper cuts of meat, and can be used in soups and stews.[3] Scrag end is also like the neck in the US. It is the fore-part of the neck, on the opposite side of the middle neck from the best-end, from which you get cutlets.

References

  1. ↑ E F Haskell (1861), The housekeeper's encyclopedia of useful information for the housekeeper in all branches of cooking and domestic economy ..., D. Appleton
  2. ↑ J. Plumptre; T. Lantaffe (1816), The experienced butcher
  3. ↑ Charles Elmé Francatelli (2008), A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes (revised, large print ed.), BiblioBazaar, ISBN 978-1-4346-9803-2
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