Scrag end

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

Scrag end is a cut of lamb and mutton taken from the neck and common in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. It is a primal cut separated from the carcass during butchering. [1] [2]

Value

Scrag end is one of the cheaper cuts of meat, and is often used in soups and stews. [3] In the United State, scrag end is known as the neck. Unlike scrag end, cutlets come from the part of the neck considered best, known as the middle neck.

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References

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  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