Lamb in Hungary

    Just wondering why it is so difficult to buy lamb in Hungary, we tried for many years (and sometimes we got goat instead). I have to say big plus frim Turkey in this area.
   

    -@cdw057

Buy it from Turkish butchers

    Just wondering why it is so difficult to buy lamb in Hungary, we tried for many years (and sometimes we got goat instead). I have to say big plus frim Turkey in this area.
   

    -@cdw057

It's a cultural thing.

The Swiss and Germans don't like it either.

Need to see a Halal butcher.

There are a few I know in Budapest.

I am not a fan of lamb taste, too strong for me.

    Need to see a Halal butcher.
There are a few I know in Budapest.
I am not a fan of lamb taste, too strong for me.
   

    -@Marilyn Tassy

There are lots and Turkish butchers. I will not list them as there are so many.

I really don't understand why it was hard to find.

Google is a friend

@SimCityAT Budapest is the issue, far far too away from eg Keszthely

    @SimCityAT Budapest is the issue, far far too away from eg Keszthely
   

    -@cdw057

I found 15 places in Budapest

        @SimCityAT Budapest is the issue, far far too away from eg Keszthely        -@cdw057

I found 15 places in Budapest
   

    -@SimCityAT

Austria is not that far away from Keszthely.  Closer than Budapest.

One could drive there and find a Turkish butcher within a few km of the border.

My friend in N. Ca. has 120 acres of land and many animals.

Her husband is from Iran and I guess lamb is on their  menu allot.

They just raise and butcher their own animals.

Goats too from the photos I've seen.

Suppose the goats are great with all that land to mow down.

My eldest siter did the old ,"Hippie Trail" thing in the late 60's/early 70's.

Her husband and another couple and she all drove a van from the UK all over Europe then went over to Turkey, the middle east and into India and all throgh that area into Tibet and even further.

Took over 3 months.

Well she said they would stop to eat at villages and little places on their route.

They'd sit and order and out of the blue they'd hear a scream... Fresh meat was served in short order!

She said she felt so bad for the animals that she stopped eating meat for the rest of the trip.

    My friend in N. Ca. has 120 acres of land and many animals.
Her husband is from Iran and I guess lamb is on their  menu allot.
They just raise and butcher their own animals.
Goats too from the photos I've seen.
Suppose the goats are great with all that land to mow down.
My eldest siter did the old ,"Hippie Trail" thing in the late 60's/early 70's.
Her husband and another couple and she all drove a van from the UK all over Europe then went over to Turkey, the middle east and into India and all throgh that area into Tibet and even further.
Took over 3 months.
Well she said they would stop to eat at villages and little places on their route.
They'd sit and order and out of the blue they'd hear a scream... Fresh meat was served in short order!
She said she felt so bad for the animals that she stopped eating meat for the rest of the trip.
   

    -@Marilyn Tassy

I was working in the Middle East and I went with the team to some mountains where there was a "Bedouin" tourist camp.   

There, you selected your goat for dispatch and to be served to you. 

The problem is that the goat needed to be hung for a bit.  It wasn't very nice "fresh" so to speak.

I'd checked out the goats in their compound and they were really friendly to me.

I felt very sorry for the goats.

Makes you think about, Mary's little lamb.

I always feel a bit quilty when I eat meat of any type.

I avoided meat fr over 30 years, nt sure why that changed.

One day I just craved a piece of beef with garlic.

I now wonder if my healthy issues may of been because I was lacking nutrients from meat?

Low on B vitamins for years?

Too much of any one thing isn't good, more veggies then meat in a diet is better.

My friend with all that acreage has a daugther who helps with the animals.

She has chickens, goats, lambs.

One photo she posted freaked me out, I though what the heck is going on up there.

She was holding the decapatated head of a goat in front of her like a trophy.

Sort of like that cover of the Stones LP,"Goat's Heads Soup".

    Makes you think about, Mary's little lamb.I always feel a bit quilty when I eat meat of any type.I avoided meat fr over 30 years, nt sure why that changed.One day I just craved a piece of beef with garlic.I now wonder if my healthy issues may of been because I was lacking nutrients from meat?Low on B vitamins for years?Too much of any one thing isn't good, more veggies then meat in a diet is better.My friend with all that acreage has a daugther who helps with the animals.She has chickens, goats, lambs.One photo she posted freaked me out, I though what the heck is going on up there.She was holding the decapatated head of a goat in front of her like a trophy.Sort of like that cover of the Stones LP,"Goat's Heads Soup".        -@Marilyn Tassy

Yes, indeed, I have pangs of guilt these days.  Not really about chicken or pork but about beef mainly.  Veg is good of course but for some people, meat has to be included - no sugar in meat.

Kids particularly need a lot of different nutrients which aren't the same as adults.  I am wondering how vegans or vegetarians are able to cover all these kids' health needs using just veggie stuff.

Maybe that goats head was for a Satanic ritual.  Or it was for a Norwegian classic sheep (goat variant) head dish smalahove.

IDK what's going on up at the farm. My friend is half Swedish and half German and her husband is from  Iran.

They made a cute couple , both are super tall, one blonde and one with dark hair.

They have very large children too.

Her third baby, a boy was over 13 lbs at birth!

Ouch!

My friend is what I call a very handy housewife.

She can cook anything better then a cook book and everything looks like a work of art.

She sews anything and everything herself.

Her mother was the same way, perfect home, not a thing out of place .

Even my handicapped friend in her wheelchair can cook up a storm, her homemade bread and pies look and taste out of this world.

I got so upset thinking she'd hurt herself when we went to her home for dinner.

She was boiling a huge pot of hot water, took it off the stove and drained it all from  sitting in her chair.

My God, one mistake and she'd have 4 th degrre burns.

I just had to look away, it was scary to watch.

My mom was big on salads when we grew up.

We always had a fresh veggie and a huge mixed salad on the side.

I do that too and my husband is just now understanding why .

He'd probably be OK with a pickle as a veggie if it weren't for me.

I sometimes make soups that look more like a stew, so many veggies inside.

My son eats allot of seaweed items in Japan, at least he is getting his Iodine.

My mom, being part native American used to lay into us if we didn't give honor to an animal we ate.

She's always say a prayer for it. Not a piece of meat was tossed out, the dog was eating good, left over king.

We hardly ever ate lamb growing up. In fact I don't think we ever had it growing up.

My sister used to make it for us after living in the UK, with a mint sauce.

It's OK once in awhile but t me it has a very strong taste, too sweet for me.

Rabbit is a meat I'll never eat, they are just too cute to eat. We had pet rabbits so I can't eat anything that might of had a name.

I know they eat horse here in HUngary.

Not for me, no way.

During the US depression in the 1930's, the US gov. gave out food in cans.

My mom said they had something called, "Bully Beef" in cans.

Later she found out they gov. was feeding the needy with horse meat.

Well... why would it be any easier in a country whose culture/religion doesn't prefer it? Remove religious motivations, lamb/mutton is... shit. I (would) like to eat it every other week, because it's really different, but... not more often. Lambs/sheep have little meat on them, so it's not really economical to breed them for meat.

But you can get any kind of meat in Hungary, sometimes you have to order it from another city, lots of producers that will ship it to you frozen, properly packaged...

Her third baby, a boy was over 13 lbs at birth!Ouch!....

......My son eats allot of seaweed items in Japan, at least he is getting his Iodine.....

We hardly ever ate lamb growing up. In fact I don't think we ever had it growing up.My sister used to make it for us after living in the UK, with a mint sauce.It's OK once in awhile but t me it has a very strong taste, too sweet for me.Rabbit is a meat I'll never eat, they are just too cute to eat. We had pet rabbits so I can't eat anything that might of had a name.I know they eat horse here in HUngary.Not for me, no way.During the US depression in the 1930's, the US gov. gave out food in cans.My mom said they had something called, "Bully Beef" in cans.Later she found out they gov. was feeding the needy with horse meat.        -@Marilyn Tassy

13lbs is one large baby.  Need a crane or a forklift to get that one out.

Maybe your boy is getting his Plutonium as well as Iodine.   I've had seaweed Japanese style and I didn't really rate it. I am not keen on Japanese food except Ramen noodles. When I was in Japan, I had a Hawaiian Burger and Hawaiian Fries at some joint in downtown Tokyo.

Yes, mint sauce is a bit sweet but it doesn't have to be. It could be a bit tart with the vinegar if less sugar is added.  Strange it goes quite well with lamb.  Who discovered that?

I never knew Bully Beef was horse meat.   I'd heard about it but never understood it was horse. If someone said that to me, I'd say "Nay" in disbelief.

Funny, the nays have it!

I tried to raise my son as a vegatarian but little did I know that my mother was giving him red meat when I wasn't looking.

He isn't a big fan of meat as it turned out.

He is a picky eater, drove us crazy when he was little.

My mother used to save any left overs from our meals and make us eat them the next day...

Yuck, double yuck.

No wonder as a teen i had food issues, just didn't eat at all hardly.

Funny thing is I'd eat ,"odd" foods like pigs feet in jelly with my father but a plate of canned string beans would make me ill to even look at.

Now days I try to at least try a new dish.

I like Japanese food if it's cooked nice.

My son's old GF was sweet but not a great cook.

She made a pot of Japanese style red bean soup.

IDK, not even close to the Hungarian version of Bab Leves.

She was so proud of her soup that I had to eat it,my husband said he wanted to eat his upstairs while watching tv. No ,he was close to the WC where he dumped it.

Funny thing is all my son's GF's and his current wife all were Asian ( Japanese, Korean, Chinese) and they all love Hungarian food.

What's not to like I say.

I've mentioned in the past that my mother was baby-sat by her 19 years older brothers Hungarian family.

She grew up with Hungarian food and always said Hungarians were the worlds best cooks.

I wouldn't go that far but most of their foods are very nice.

My husband made lamb a few times here in HUngary.

Once just for a friend of his and himself.

Somehow it's too sweet and the texture puts me off.

@SimCityAT Perhaps I already replied (my memory is sometimes fading), but I live in Turkey, and Lamb is widely available (and in general good). I posted some pluses and minuses comparing Hungary and Turkey. Availability of lamb in Turkey is definitely a plus. (many other things to consider though, I can say to you being part of Schengen (or EU) has its pluses.

But life is cheap (relatively). life is good, good hospitals, supermarkets ridicously cheap (and so are normal markets), sea is just 250 m away (but I do not swim anymore (epilepsy)

It is just accepting getting older, emboly, trombose, arthrose, ... It is fine I am getting older.

But very much off topic. Conclusion lamb in Turkey is great and widely availabe, in Hungary I had bad experiences (goat meat), in Luxembourg from time to time and was good (but also very expensive).

Also in Turkey things become more expensive, but EUR 15 for a kg good lamb meat (more than fine for me)

    @SimCityAT Perhaps I already replied (my memory is sometimes fading), but I live in Turkey, and Lamb is widely available (and in general good). I posted some pluses and minuses comparing Hungary and Turkey. Availability of lamb in Turkey is definitely a plus. (many other things to consider though, I can say to you being part of Schengen (or EU) has its pluses.
But life is cheap (relatively). life is good, good hospitals, supermarkets ridicously cheap (and so are normal markets), sea is just 250 m away (but I do not swim anymore (epilepsy)
It is just accepting getting older, emboly, trombose, arthrose, ... It is fine I am getting older.
But very much off topic. Conclusion lamb in Turkey is great and widely availabe, in Hungary I had bad experiences (goat meat), in Luxembourg from time to time and was good (but also very expensive).

Also in Turkey things become more expensive, but EUR 15 for a kg good lamb meat (more than fine for me)
   

    -@cdw057

You can get lamb here but people aren't really up for it.  It's not considered by most people. Shame  as I like it myself but I feel sorry for the lambs. It's Easter soon too.

Despite that,  when I drive around Budapest at night, I see plenty of people at the late night kebab shops.

15 EUR /kg is not particularly cheap but if you really want to see painful prices, check Switzerland, a kg of chicken costs about 30 EUR.   It's been the subject of discussions here recently as some of Mrs Fluffy's relatives live in Zurich.  We've been comparing prices here to there.

Years ago, I worked in Geneva temporarily but lived immediately over the border in France in some F1 style apartment hotel.  I used to commute across the border most days.  It was a weird situation back then.  I could see the Swiss taking a bus to the French hypermarket next door to stock up on essentials.  For the most part, they could  get away with it if they didn't buy excessive amounts. Meat they were limited in the amounts they could bring in.   The Swiss Customs officers inspected their shopping for meat mainly. It was probably 20% of the price in France - I'm guessing - but it was quite a thing. 

Talk about protectionist measures. Unsustainable.  Just encourages smuggling.

    @SimCityAT Perhaps I already replied (my memory is sometimes fading), but I live in Turkey, and Lamb is widely available (and in general good). I posted some pluses and minuses comparing Hungary and Turkey. Availability of lamb in Turkey is definitely a plus. (many other things to consider though, I can say to you being part of Schengen (or EU) has its pluses.
But life is cheap (relatively). life is good, good hospitals, supermarkets ridicously cheap (and so are normal markets), sea is just 250 m away (but I do not swim anymore (epilepsy)
It is just accepting getting older, emboly, trombose, arthrose, ... It is fine I am getting older.
But very much off topic. Conclusion lamb in Turkey is great and widely availabe, in Hungary I had bad experiences (goat meat), in Luxembourg from time to time and was good (but also very expensive).

Also in Turkey things become more expensive, but EUR 15 for a kg good lamb meat (more than fine for me)
   

    -@cdw057

This from December. Look at the previous comments.