Scrag end

Diagram of cuts of lamb in the United Kingdom. Scrag end is shown in yellow.

Scrag end is a cut of lamb and mutton taken from the neck and common in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. It is a primal cut separated from the carcass during butchering.[1][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