Mace and nutmeg

[karadekoolaid]

That’s mainly to differentiate it from the lamb we pick straight from the trees.

As soon as I saw that, I wondered what the heck "unnatural" ground lamb might taste of...

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

To be honest, although it should be minced lamb, I have seen hot/warm Scotch Pies sold simply as Meat Pies so who knows what the meat was, could have been anything like some dodgy doner kebabs you can get!!

True.
I thought it was traditionally minced mutton.

 

[TheSoloChef]

True.
I thought it was traditionally minced mutton.

I've never seen minced mutton in any supermarket here in England, in fact I dont recall seeing any non-minced mutton either.

May be up in Scotland they have it everywhere - perhaps there's a Scottish cook on here somewhere who will be better placed to answer your question. All the recipes I've seen say minced lamb so that's what I've used.