page_title: Reestit mutton
hierarchical_section_title: Reestit mutton
caption_attribution_description: English: Reestit mutton in butcher's window, Lerwick Reestit mutton is salted, air-dried, smoked mutton. Traditionally, the meat was soaked in brine and hung in the rafters above a peat fire, and it is probably as close to being Shetland’s ‘national’ dish as is possible, although it is a generally agreed by non-native Shetlanders that it is an acquired taste.
context_page_description: Reestit mutton is a type of salted mutton traditional to the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It has been termed "Shetland's national dish"
context_section_description: Reestit mutton ([ˈriːstɪt̚ ˈmʌt̚n̩], REES-tit-MUT-ən) is a type of salted mutton traditional to the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It has been termed "Shetland's national dish"
caption: Reestit mutton on display in a butcher's window in Lerwick, Shetland
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