Scrag end

Scrag end is a primal cut of lamb and mutton taken from the neck and common in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.¹²

Value

Scrag end is one of the cheaper cuts of meat, and is often used in soups and stews.³ In the United States, 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.

References

E F Haskell (1861), The housekeeper's encyclopedia of useful information for the housekeeper in all branches of cooking and domestic economy ..., D. Appleton
J. Plumptre; T. Lantaffe (1816), The experienced butcher
Charles Elmé Francatelli (2008), A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes (revised, large print ed.), BiblioBazaar, ISBN 978-1-4346-9803-2

[1] E F Haskell (1861), The housekeeper's encyclopedia of useful information for the housekeeper in all branches of cooking and domestic economy ..., D. Appleton

[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

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