Man, I can’t hardly find a leg o lamb at the grocery. Costco is the only one that routinely carries it and it’s never an American product.
What is the market for lamb? All the dune coons we’ve invited over? I know there is a “big” market in South Seattle for it, but face coverings have been huge there for years before COVID.
A lot goes into the ethnic market...but mostly it's eaten by Americans in restaurants.
People just don't eat it any more.
There are about 5 million sheep eaten in the US yearly.
Another 5 million are imported yearly to make up the rest.
At its peak, the sheep inventory was 55 million in the 1880's.
Was that more for wool? I read recently about the huge demand .mil had for wool in times past. I think it was you that posted it?
Wife’s grandpa was a sheep herder in N NM back in the day. Made a life of it.
Yes, wool was the major drive. The meat was not wasted however.
Before centralized feeding operations, railroads and refrigeration, smaller animals were in much higher demand.
Hell, my dad rarely ate beef when he was a kid....and that was in the 40's.
You just couldn't consume that much protein easily before it spoiled.
