New Zealand Half Leg of Lamb (1kg) £4 at Coop.
half price.
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boostii
14 Dec 166#4
Given the large carbon footprint that is inherent with red meat, why would some idiot add to it by flying a lambs leg all the way from New Zealand. If anyone has been to England, Wales, Scotland or Ireland you would have noticed every other field is full of sheep. :disappointed:
qbs
14 Dec 165#15
To all you lot knocking NZ lamb, how can you expect to export if you don't import?
And to the "farmers", have a look around you and tot up all the imported goods you have. And don't bother saying you can't buy British this, that or the next thing. The reason you can't is because you and everybody else chose to buy imported goods, because imported goods were cheaper. You weren't bothered about other people's livelihoods then.
WonderWoman to boostii
14 Dec 165#6
Couldn't agree more! We import all this New Zealand lamb, when amoungst the best in the world is reared on our very own UK doorstep. I may be slightly bias living in Wales :smile: It's a great price OP but I wish the supermarkets would do more to support and buy in British lamb :smiley:
adamlvskeri
14 Dec 164#5
Rather pay £5 a kg and get it from the meat counter at Tescos which are British.
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donaldduck2
14 Dec 162#1
Cheaper by 1£ per kg than the ones I bought today at Tescos.
paneds to donaldduck2
23 Dec 16#40
yes but its more bone per kg than a whole leg so probably better to get a whole leg
monkeysevenfive
14 Dec 163#2
Secret santa sorted!
backinstock
14 Dec 163#3
I'm not surprised at the drop in price, especially the way they are breeding them now!
boostii
14 Dec 166#4
Given the large carbon footprint that is inherent with red meat, why would some idiot add to it by flying a lambs leg all the way from New Zealand. If anyone has been to England, Wales, Scotland or Ireland you would have noticed every other field is full of sheep. :disappointed:
WonderWoman to boostii
14 Dec 165#6
Couldn't agree more! We import all this New Zealand lamb, when amoungst the best in the world is reared on our very own UK doorstep. I may be slightly bias living in Wales :smile: It's a great price OP but I wish the supermarkets would do more to support and buy in British lamb :smiley:
yrreb88 to boostii
14 Dec 16#11
I think the vast majority of NZ meat is transported by sea, air freight would add too much to the price/costs/profits etc.
mcormack to boostii
15 Dec 16#35
Mmmmmmm because British lamb costs twice as much!
adamlvskeri
14 Dec 164#5
Rather pay £5 a kg and get it from the meat counter at Tescos which are British.
mezzamezza
14 Dec 163#7
Buy British and support the farmers, it's so hard to make a living. No idea why we have to import beef, pork lamb etc
matar
14 Dec 162#8
I always buy half spring Welsh lamb, fresh from my local butcher, but this is cheaper and good deal for people on budget.
Badhumour
14 Dec 16#9
Buy British...voted cold sorry
julieallen to Badhumour
23 Dec 16#41
yet just looking at your for sale posts, you obviously don't.
jazle
14 Dec 162#10
Why vote cold because you buy British? Why don't you move on, ignore, and vote hot on the amazing British lamb leg deals.
yrreb88
14 Dec 16#12
I don't think British lamb isn't quite in season at this time of year, at least nowhere near demand so the ones on offer will tend to be NZ. I could be wrong but I suspect the prices are higher for out of season lamb so British farmers should be doing fine. Most people say they want to support British farmers but not quite as many want to pay out of season prices. :smiley:
Ger73
14 Dec 16#13
Nice leg!!
shalton
14 Dec 161#14
Was going to give heat. Then after reading some comments, I realized I wasn't thinking. On a budget, but if I can find British at a reasonable price - that has to be the way for me.
qbs
14 Dec 165#15
To all you lot knocking NZ lamb, how can you expect to export if you don't import?
And to the "farmers", have a look around you and tot up all the imported goods you have. And don't bother saying you can't buy British this, that or the next thing. The reason you can't is because you and everybody else chose to buy imported goods, because imported goods were cheaper. You weren't bothered about other people's livelihoods then.
GeezaInDaFreeza to qbs
15 Dec 16#30
Spot on
Sizzlestick
14 Dec 16#16
I'm gonna wait for Sainsburys, every year at Christmas they put out legs of lamb cheap.. 1.4kg for around £8. As its the full leg, worth paying the extra IMO
paddyboy89
14 Dec 16#17
Is all new Zealand lamb halal ???
It has emerged a majority of New Zealand lamb sold in UK supermarkets comes from halal abattoirs in order to ensure it can be sold to both Muslim and non-Muslim nations. Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer have all confirmed selling the imported meat.
dvdvicar to paddyboy89
14 Dec 163#18
Wow - it took 17 posts before the "H" word had it's obligatory outing .....
fmhm
14 Dec 162#19
Was scrolling and wondering the same thing myself.
phoebeolivia
15 Dec 161#20
This is poorly represented by an aldi leg of lamb
ses6jwg
15 Dec 163#21
I've never met a poor farmer.
badgersbum to ses6jwg
15 Dec 161#24
that's because they're busy trying to scrape a living working more hours than you could imagine, rather than our socialising..
gemniz
15 Dec 16#22
not sure if this is (still) true, but I'm sure I read before that all NZ lamb is organic, maybe due to the NZ method of rearing it, or just their laws maybe idk.
ukflyboy to gemniz
15 Dec 16#34
You are wrong, while there will likely be some organic NZ lamb, the vast majority of NZ farms are not organic and there is no specific piece of legislation regulating organic certification in New Zealand.
Source: Grew up in the most rural area of NZ, father still makes his living spraying chemicals on farms.
donaldduck2
15 Dec 16#23
Never had these ones from the COOP but the Tesco legs are tasty and at £5 kg are cheap enough to cut up and make a stew.
Kiwi3
15 Dec 16#25
All NZ lamb is reared outside on lovely green pasture. lamb comes by boat. At one time we would import their lamb and export our cars to them , so it was 2 way traffic. Its summer time their now so springs just gone ..lambing season
dvdvicar
15 Dec 16#26
"All NZ lamb is reared outside on lovely green pasture" - by Hobbits.
dvdvicar
15 Dec 16#27
I've never seen a farmer on a bike
UncleWilly
15 Dec 16#28
I've never seen a farmer on a hovercraft.
sm-1991
15 Dec 16#29
Aren't these halal?
qbs to sm-1991
15 Dec 161#31
No. New Zealand.
paulbohs
15 Dec 16#32
If you are looking for a recipe, try hairy bikers lamb dansak. One of my favourites
vanessaanne
15 Dec 16#33
Good price for the co-op and really close to me house so heat from me xxx
boostii
15 Dec 16#36
OK smart ****, I'll give you a fresh leg of lamb, all you have got to to is sail it to New Zealand on a boat before you can eat it. What are you going to do to preserve it as you cross the heat of the equator? Do you think it will be more or less nice than lamb fresh from your doorstep? How much energy will you waste? That energy could have powered a child's life support system in a hospital. Anyway it is well known the kiwis keep the best lamb for themselves and send us the **** same as the French and their wine. Whoever eats New Zealand lamb in the northern hemisphere is a moron. That is not an opinion, that is a fact.
donaldduck2 to boostii
15 Dec 16#37
But it is very cheap and tasty **** so we will buy it by the boat load. :laughing:
dvdvicar to boostii
16 Dec 16#38
Whoever eats New Zealand lamb in the northern hemisphere is a moron. That is not an opinion, that is a fact.
OMG - are you for real?
Thank you for the best laugh I have had in ages!
beastman to boostii
18 Dec 161#39
Referee, red card. Not seen such epic BS for a long while. I think the discussion about carbon emissions is very important but that line about powering life support machines is next level pathetic, never mind using insulting language and not backing up your "facts". (unless you have some academic studies you wish to share with us?:smile:).
A quick search seems to confirm my initial thoughts that broadly speaking, shipping goods has a much lower transport CO2 cost that by road, by some margin. In addition the CO2 intensity of production in NZ is lower, partly due to their high use of renewable energy (eg NZ has lots of hydro power stations, whereas we rely on CO2 intensive coal power stations). So yes it would appear Lamb from the other side of the world is less of an issue and the same, it would appear, to be for that bottle of plonk from NZ as compared to from France.
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half price.
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And to the "farmers", have a look around you and tot up all the imported goods you have. And don't bother saying you can't buy British this, that or the next thing. The reason you can't is because you and everybody else chose to buy imported goods, because imported goods were cheaper. You weren't bothered about other people's livelihoods then.
All comments (42)
And to the "farmers", have a look around you and tot up all the imported goods you have. And don't bother saying you can't buy British this, that or the next thing. The reason you can't is because you and everybody else chose to buy imported goods, because imported goods were cheaper. You weren't bothered about other people's livelihoods then.
It has emerged a majority of New Zealand lamb sold in UK supermarkets comes from halal abattoirs in order to ensure it can be sold to both Muslim and non-Muslim nations. Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer have all confirmed selling the imported meat.
Source: Grew up in the most rural area of NZ, father still makes his living spraying chemicals on farms.
OMG - are you for real?
Thank you for the best laugh I have had in ages!
A quick search seems to confirm my initial thoughts that broadly speaking, shipping goods has a much lower transport CO2 cost that by road, by some margin. In addition the CO2 intensity of production in NZ is lower, partly due to their high use of renewable energy (eg NZ has lots of hydro power stations, whereas we rely on CO2 intensive coal power stations). So yes it would appear Lamb from the other side of the world is less of an issue and the same, it would appear, to be for that bottle of plonk from NZ as compared to from France.
https://meatonomics.com/tag/carbon-footprint/
https://protonsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/the-carbon-footprint-of-wine/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1553456/Greener-by-miles.html