Mutton's fine for me, says hungry Prince

From: Yorkshire Post | Date: November 12, 2004 | Copyright information

Maggie Stratton

MRS Isabella Beeton will, no doubt, be singing praises from the grave.

The Prince of Wales is heading a campaign to revive mutton - the meat of which Mrs Beeton in her legendary Book of Household Management said: "both by connoisseurs and medical men, it stands first in favour".

Traditionally from a sheep aged more than two years, mutton was commonly eaten in Britain for centuries before the Second World War. It now finds little favour among modern palate...

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