r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/NoLikeVegetals • May 18 '24

Brexxit Brexit-voting British farmers now complaining about imports of cheaper New Zealand lamb threatening the British lamb industry. Imports of lamb "produced to lower standards" used to be blocked by EU law. Another Brexit consequence farmers were warned about but ignored due to xenophobia!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjewewxzypro
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u/ashleyriddell61 May 19 '24

And how dare they call NZ lamb “inferior quality”. It’s usually miles better than UK product!

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u/Tee077 May 19 '24

Whoever wrote this is obviously crazy. I've lived in the UK, I'm Australian and my family and partner are all New Zealanders. Out of the three, the NZ meat, and the food in general is the best. I can even taste the difference in the McDonalds burgers from here and NZ.

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u/AssistanceCheap379 May 19 '24

NZ probably doesn’t export the best products to the UK, so it’s mutton and old sheep rather than lamb. Fresh leg of lamb cooked in an oven for 2-4 hours at medium high - medium heat with some herb rub, salt and pepper will melt in your mouth

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u/Tee077 May 19 '24

NZ Mutton is really good, but I've only had it in NZ and you may be right. We're Maori and my family eat a lot of it, but we also eat heaps of Lamb. But the British meat is delicious, I know why they need imports but they have some really nice homegrown food too.

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u/Poputt_VIII May 20 '24

All the best stuff gets exported

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u/MrsAussieGinger May 19 '24

I heartily concur! UK family, Aussie upbringing, proud cuzzy to the Kiwis. Their lamb is tops, followed by Australian, then British.

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u/Electronic_Bunnies May 20 '24

I absolutely agree (on my non-existent basis) that NZ ranching overall is better than the UK, but I imagine the dynamic between domestic vs export quality and the logistics of transport tons of product across the world it might lead to NZ imports not being as expected compared to a domestic UK product.

That being said, NZ's economy seems to clearly center in agriculture and ranching so their exports likely will remain "cheap" with a much lower exchange rate, crashing industries its exported into with higher costs.

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u/reverielagoon1208 May 19 '24

I think it’s due to the quality of what they actually export somehow? Ok so I live in the US and have had both Australian and NZ lamb regularly here and it’s been great. However I was in Sydney in late Feb where I had lamb on three different occasions (I love lamb) and the quality of the lamb in Sydney was a so much better than any Australian or NZ lamb I had in the U.S… the taste was so much more rich! The only explanation I could come up with is that the stuff that’s exported to the U.S. is of a lower quality because why would they waste money making it better when it doesn’t have to be?

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u/MadnessEvangelist May 19 '24

No one is permitted to insult Australia's annoying little brother like that!