We tend to eat seasonally available items, so fresh is much less expensive than purchasing prepared. By following the seasons, find that what we crave and need is usually fulfilled by what is available. And no, i am not a total anachronism, just suggest that most people who eat meat have no idea where it comes from. It is a whole different gig when you do it yourself, and have raised it from a lamb/calf/kid/piglet. Live with something for nigh unto a year, butcher it, and then tell me how you feel about meat. Just tastes like hard work to me, now.