Mutton dressed as lamb

[tiggerblue10]

What does this saying actually mean? I had some delicious slow cooked Caribbean Mutton Curry a couple of years ago.

[christine847]

lol @ tigger

[dot.hawkes]

Mutton is the tough meat of an old sheep, lamb is the soft juicer meat of a lamb taken from it's mother early and force fed to make it fatter but less fatty and then slaughtered, usually between 120 and 150 days old

[tiggerblue10]

When slow cooked it softens up nicely though.

[chinadog]

It means if a woman of a certain age dresses younger (Think Liz Macdonald). The saying goes " She's mutton dressed as lamb".

[tiggerblue10]

Lol China, I was trying to figure out mutton is used in a derogatory way.

[craft1948]

there's nowt wrong with mutton dressed as lamb - it's the pigs in lipstick you have to watch out for.....

[tiggerblue10]

Is there a lot of them around Craft?

[craft1948]

there are where I live...

[tiggerblue10]

What like this:

http://www.point-spreads.com/images/stories/pi g-lipstick.jpg

[chinadog]

Ah right, dopey me. Mutton is tough b/cos its old awww.

[craft1948]

LOL tigger - no you must have some - young laydeees who walk around with low skirts/jeans with cropped tops and their stomachs hanging out (usually with a rather not attractive pierced navel) - we call them pigs in lipstick.....

[tiggerblue10]

I'd much rather see a cute little pig walking down the street than a slapper with just a belt round her waist, with or without lipstick.

[tiggerblue10]

Bed time for Tigger



Night everyone xxxx :o)

[christine847]

nite tigger xx