BTW New Zealanders cant afford to buy their own lamb/mutton to eat...
Most lamb produces are sent to Europe because England is part of the EU and NZ is a British Commonwealth country...
all along NZ has sent lamb and butter etc to England (especially during WWII which caused rationing in NZ) and it didn’t effect the price of lamb at home...but now so much is sent to Europe where they enjoy good prices that the shortages in NZ cause the price to be $28 a pound...yes Ive seen the prices in the lower cost supermarkets there..
Now the NZers eat more chicken and beef than lamb even though there are millions of sheep in the NZ fields...
The old staple Christmas Day spring lamb dinner is gone ...many NZers had BBQ with chicken, beef, or port instead this past Christmas...
Note this past December I brought a leg of lamb for $4.99 at my local TN Food Lion...
Having just visited NZ I can attest to that.
Yep. Christmas lamb with mint sauce (to cut the gamey taste).
TN do you have source for this or i it just personal knowledge. My son is head of marketing for a large supplier of lamb in the US and would like to know more about this. Thanx either way.