Turkey or turkey crown? (Got bones?)

anne9

Thinking of buying a crown rather than a whole bird tho wonder if a crown will be dry

geordie_joe

Browntoa wrote: »

now I'm confused, found this

Alternatives to the whole bird

• Turkey crown - A whole bird with the legs removed.

I went into Morrison and Somerfiled today, and looked at a lot of Turkey Crowns, not one of them had wings!!!!

They all looked like the breast with the bone still in.

angelatgraceland

Turkey crowns-no wings-no legs. Just breastmeat on breastbone from a large bird so the breastmeat is plentiful depending what size crown you buy. I coat mine in streaky bacon and cover it and it has never been dry. The meat wont need as long to cook or take as long to thaw out. Im cooking mine on Christmas eve so on Christmas day it will be ready to slice easily. Sometimes I buy a crown-sometimes a whole bird-depending on the prices really. Yes its more expensive per pound but that is because it is only the very "best" part. No waste and good value I thought.

aliasojo

Well I ended up buying a crown from Somerfield but it's only a medium one (all they had) and I'm concerned now it wont be big enough for the 5 of us.

Four adults and a child .....and at least 3 of those adults are locusts. :rotfl:

Think it will be enough or not? :undecided

irishjohn

well you have bought it now so in a way it has to be enough If you think you may need more - what about a ham to go with it

baby_fuzz

turkey crown? urgh! all you get is breast meat!!!!

aliasojo

baby_fuzz wrote: »

turkey crown? urgh! all you get is breast meat!!!!

Thanks for that. It does help.

:rotfl:

aliasojo

irishjohn wrote: »

well you have bought it now so in a way it has to be enough If you think you may need more - what about a ham to go with it

I was thinking I would just get another one tbh.

Browntoa

roll on aliasojo looking up "use up leftover turkey" recipes

Poppy9

I always buy a Crown. I bought mine in Sainsbury's yesterday (cost about £15) and it says it feeds 6. There will probably just be myself, OH and DD but MIL may join us so plenty of meat for us.

Didn't yours say how many it serves? If not mine was £6.99kg and cost £15 so you could work it out from here.

I used to buy M&S crown but it's just too expensive. Same size, admittedly with stuffing would have cost me double as it's £13.99kg.