Q. My husband went to a fashionable dinner party in
London last week and ate mutton there. It was apparently a great success and I would like to have a go at giving mutton to my own guests, but none of my local butchers can supply it. Can you help, Mary?
C.S., Exeter A. The Prince of Wales has been spearheading the rehabilitation of mutton — its rarity value adds to its new status. You can try it in restaurants such as the Ivy and Paternoster Chophouse, but you can actually buy your own award-winning Scottish Blackface mutton from Ben Weatherall in Dumfries (tel: 01387 730326; www.blackface.co.uk.) A leg in two joints, diced shoulder and chops are delivered in a coolbox overnight. You can keep it in its vacuum packs in the fridge for a week or freeze it for up to a year. Ben has more recipes on his website.
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