Tesco Wild Alaskan Fillets

Phil51

Beware of Tesco Wild Alaskan Salmon fillets. These are on offer at half price 8 for £5.

When I opened the packet each fillet is wafer thin and individually wrapped in plastic. Printed on the packet is "Produce of China"

sarahlouise210

Nothing wrong with being individually wrapped , but I too noticed that the salmon was very thin and even at that price I did not buy them! Makro has a much better deal on at the moment - really good size fillets,about 7 to a bag for 6.99 (appreciate not everyone can go to Makro)

LesD

Phil51 wrote: »

Beware of Tesco Wild Alaskan Salmon fillets. These are on offer at half price 8 for £5.

When I opened the packet each fillet is wafer thin and individually wrapped in plastic. Printed on the packet is "Produce of China"

Can you be a bit more specific as to of what to 'beware'? (Perhaps the grammar police can put that in a better order for me!)

Is it that they are 'wild'? Or thin? Or in plastic (eco-unfriendly)? Or that the packet is produced in China?

Danyúl_II

Did the salmon fillet go wild when it realised it was no longer in Alaska when you opened the packet?

Princess_Coupon

I think you have to beware as they should be called "wafer thin tame chinese salmon fillets" :rolleyes:

heskpesk

How dangerous can a " Wild Alaskan Fillet" be ?

angelatgraceland

What I judge by is not the thickness but the weight it says on the packet-the cost per kilo! Thats what counts!

KrispiiDuck

heskpesk wrote: »

How dangerous can a " Wild Alaskan Fillet" be ?

It's not wild - it's blooming furious!! Wouldn't you be? Getting caught :eek:and landing up in someone's freezer??

I wouldn't pay full price for these, but have bought some at half price and they were tasty.... quite small, but tasty nonetheless! Anyway, they're half price so you can have twice as much :rotfl:

nihcaj

angelatgraceland wrote: »

What I judge by is not the thickness but the weight it says on the packet-the cost per kilo! Thats what counts!

By that sort of reckoning the cheap tiny frozen prawns are a much better buy than the large plump ones which are 2 or 3 times the price; or broken biscuits are better because they are half the price?
That's a retailer's dream!

The size & shape of any number of food products is EVERYTHING, for one thing size or thickness even affects how well something cooks as well as how it look. SOME misshaped or ill shaped products are a great buy, and I am first in the queue to buy them, depending on what I plan to do with them after - but this sort of thing affects the value very much, and retailers know that only too well.

If you are going to be making something like fish cakes with it, thin salmon won't even be noticed, but if it's for serving as steaks, it isn't going be very appetising :-(

Phil51

Basically I am warning people that they are cr?p.

Cr?p, size, taste cr?p, shrivel down to nothing when cooked and come from China

They may be half price but half price cr?p is still cr?p

dougs

Phil51 wrote: »

Basically I am warning people that they are cr?p.

not a Grabbit though, is it :rolleyes: