I was amused and surprised that a YouTube video about foods that American GIs in WW2 loathed listed a food at #1 loathsomeness that surpassed K-rations, surpassed powdered eggs and s*** on a shingle, even surpassed Spam (at #2). Namely, troops serving in the southwest Pacific being supplied by Australia and New Zealand with canned mutton under a “Reverse Lend-Lease” program. I’m thinking of ordering a can just to give it a try. I’m sure that 95% or better of the loathing was simply being forced to eat it excessively.
It sounds bad. My late father-in-law couldn’t eat lamb anymore after being fed mutton too many times at his boarding house.
I’ve had canned cooked ground beef, and it’s surprisingly delicious.
FWIW, all the canned mutton I see online is corned mutton, presumably a bit tastier.
Even fresh mutton is a waste of a good source of wool (that is, it’s not made out of food. I’ve had it in my mouth, so I’ll brook no disagreement).
The one time I’ve had mutton, it was on fry bread with a green onion in Navajo territory. Mmmmmm!
That said, I’ve always heard that many people don’t like mutton because its flavor is too strong; lamb is much better.
In the book “Burma Surgeon”, which AFAIK is long out of print but not hard to find, the author/doctor, who was an Army surgeon there during WWII, said that one day, they had an airdrop of supplies, and upon breaking open the pallet containing Spam, several soldiers vomited upon seeing the contents. They were THAT tired of eating it.
I’ve had canned mutton/lamb from a supermarket in Russia. It was quite fatty, but otherwise okay. It wasn’t corned, so the flavor was fairly mild. I heated it with some chopped onion, boiled potato, and canned peas & carrots to make a stew that was both good and filling.
Heavy Agree. Sheep smell terrible and taste like they smell.