Tesco Market Value Chickens £1.99

lexie55_2

Just spotted today, 1.3kg Market Value Chickens £1.99

coxy07

I know these are not likely to be "happy chickens" but a lot of people feeding families nowadays cannot afford to buy ethically.

bc3000

Got one of these chickens a few weeks ago and it was yummy haha :P I feel a bit bad for it probably having a horrible life but students have to eat too

dronid

It's interesting that they've remarketed Value as 'Market Value' giving it a more personal and 'farmy' feel. A bit like their images of grass and green fields they used to have on their labels. :rolleyes:

And they are cheap aren't they?:eek:

All I can say is I hope that the people who can't afford better make use of the whole chicken. I still remember the family who cut off and ate the breast and threw away the rest because you couldn't do anything with it!

Tescontrol Freaks seem to have rebranded a number of the fresh Value items to Market Value. Sadly a number of their veggies don't last till for more than a couple of days. A whole bag of parsnips is difficult to get through in two days but our branch weren't selling them individually.:mad:

imfedup

I can remember growing up as a child mum making a chicken dinner on a sunday for 5 of us, Monday was curry with the left over chicken and Tuesday was chicken soup from the bones. Wonder how many people still do this now. Mum also made all her own burgers, fish cakes and pies.

kazwookie

imfedup wrote: »

a chicken dinner on a sunday for 5 of us, Monday was curry with the left over chicken ...........

Gues what I did Sunday and Monday!! :rotfl:

imfedup

mum? is that you? :rotfl:

bellrooster

Just to add, I bought one of the tesco £1.99 chickens yesterday only to find my oven was broken :mad:

So I got my filleting knife out and portioned the whole chicken up, something I've never done before (it's not nice to do, but hey). I then cooked up 1 breast and made it into risotto which fed 3 adults and a toddler, I've boiled all the bones up and now have the base for a soup. I've still got 1 breast and the legs in the fridge ready to make other meals out of! all for £1.99!!

knitter

5lb chicken loads of potatoes and veg from the garden between 2 adults and 6 children on sunday
And then Chicken broth with dumplings:j on the Monday and sometimes tuesday too Doesnt matter how many times I've tried never managed to get mine to taste as good as my mums use to!!!

dronid

kazwookie wrote: »

Gues what I did Sunday and Monday!! :rotfl:

Oddly enough, same here (Though I used a free range chicken)

But I think it highly unlikely I'm your mum!:D

zippybungle

Prob. going to be unpopular here, but I wouldn't touch the £1.99 Chickens :eek: . I have 3 Children and am currently on unpaid Maternity Leave, but managed to spend £5 on a free rage Chicken from Sainsburys yesterday.

Also, did anyone see the Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall prog. where he compaired the nutritional value of battery chickens, free range and organic? Battery Chickens were the worst!

Zippy x

Zippy x