Here is a fun experiment that seems to perpetually blow people's minds no matter the country they live in. Which latitude (in terms of km) is New York City closer to? London or Algiers? The answer is Algiers -- take a look on Google Earth with Gridline turned on [1].
Second, while most of the U.S. is on the level of North Africa, the East Coast, where most people are, is significantly wetter. In the South East, where it's humid and hot (at least in the absolutely miserable summers) and where cotton grows well, there's no point in trying to grow wool and wool adjacent animals. Cotton grew so well it was a secondary cash crop for plantations that used enslaved people to pick giving rise to several regrettable idioms.
Third, when you get into parts of the U.S. where mutton makes more sense, it's definitely eaten quite a bit. I spent a little bit of time on the Navajo nation for example, and mutton stew is probably the second or third most common dish -- because of the wool and wool adjacent industries in the Navajo nation (and surrounding nations).
Finally, back on the East Coast, where I'm from, the population is highly diverse. Everything from lamb chops, goat stew, and mutton kabobs are honestly very common and available. The local Costco sells whole hallal lamb and sheep it's so common.
Huh, I literally cannot find mutton in the Bay Area, only lamb - hilariously almost always from my homeland of NZ which doesn't export mutton because it's a cheap meat that isn't worth enough for anyone to want to import.
Second, while most of the U.S. is on the level of North Africa, the East Coast, where most people are, is significantly wetter. In the South East, where it's humid and hot (at least in the absolutely miserable summers) and where cotton grows well, there's no point in trying to grow wool and wool adjacent animals. Cotton grew so well it was a secondary cash crop for plantations that used enslaved people to pick giving rise to several regrettable idioms.
Third, when you get into parts of the U.S. where mutton makes more sense, it's definitely eaten quite a bit. I spent a little bit of time on the Navajo nation for example, and mutton stew is probably the second or third most common dish -- because of the wool and wool adjacent industries in the Navajo nation (and surrounding nations).
Finally, back on the East Coast, where I'm from, the population is highly diverse. Everything from lamb chops, goat stew, and mutton kabobs are honestly very common and available. The local Costco sells whole hallal lamb and sheep it's so common.
1 - https://earth.google.com