Lamb dishes Lamb, hogget, and mutton are the meat of domestic sheep. The meat of an animal in its first year is lamb; that of an older sheep is hogget and later mutton. Lamb is sorted into 3 kinds of meat: forequarter (neck, shoulder, front legs, and the ribs up to the shoulder blade), hindquarter (rear legs and hip) and loin (ribs between the two). Lamb dishes feature prominently in some of Mediterranean cuisines, in North Africa and the Middle East. Many of the best known lamb receipes are from Greek or Italian cuisine.
