cheapest turkey?

tiff

What the heck is a bronze turkey, and why does it have to be cheap and nasty if its not bronze?!

Some people are on a budget Christmas or not

whambamboo

tiff wrote:

What the heck is a bronze turkey, and why does it have to be cheap and nasty if its not bronze?!

Some people are on a budget Christmas or not

they are a breed of turkey.

Cheap turkeys tend to be stuffed full of antibiotics and fed on rubbish and not kept in very good conditions. Hence they don't taste as nice.

davsidipp

whambamboo wrote:

they are a breed of turkey.

Cheap turkeys tend to be stuffed full of antibiotics and fed on rubbish and not kept in very good conditions. Hence they don't taste as nice.

im sorry but im one of those that like frozen turkey i have had free range and organic turkeys in the past but prefer frozen as for the difference in price i think 40 quid is a big difference if on a budget.

Gabriel-Ernest

Each to their own - we prefer to have meat less often but pay a bit more for quality when we do.

N9eav

I have always bought a cheap turkey. Put plenty of basting fat under the skin, bacon on top, seasoning. Tastes great slow roasted inthe Aga.

Trow

I paid £9 for a medium turkey in Somerfield, half price - didn't check the weight but served 8-10. Small (serves 4-6) was £7 and large (serves 12-14) was £12.

This was a Bernard Matthews self-basting turkey - which is the one the butcher I phoned about ordering a free range turkey said he was going to get - so it can't be all bad! (The butcher doesn't sell free-range turkey for some reason).

Lillibet_2

Personally I'd always go for quality over quantity, especially at Christmas when food tends to be so important. We aren't having a turkey so I can't comment on where's cheapest but I'd be suspicious of why it was so cheap anyway & tend to avoid it. I have found that with food you get what you pay for, although it is much easier to taste good qualtiy than bad I think. I appreciate most people have a budget to stick too & that you can't always afford the very best but that doens't mean you should just buy the cheapest IMHO:o

margaretclare

Last year we had a turkey crown for 3 of us and that was huge too, so what a whole turkey would be like I've no idea.

This time next week we'll be on our way to Germany on our 'Christmas getaway' - a 5-day cruise up the Rhine.

I agree with Lillibet - we eat less meat but we buy better-quality.

Lillibet - last year was a disaster, inviting someone just because we felt sorry for her, 'she was going to be on her own, son/daughter hadn't invited her' etc. We got an idea just WHY they hadn't invited her after she'd been there the whole day, not just lunch, 'couldn't go back to an empty house all alone' and then 'I don't like driving in the dark' - we were starting to worry that she planned to stay the night!!

Never again - it's the Christmas getaway for us from now on. And someone else will be doing the cooking on the Rhine cruiser!

I'm very naughty about the bones and bits, don't do anything like make soup - the foxes get them. George the fox was round this week enjoying the remains of the last chicken I bought from the farmers' market. He said 'Thank you ma'am!' after he'd licked his chops. He didn't even leave any for Georgina!

Margaret

weeMe_3

Lillibet wrote:

Personally I'd always go for quality over quantity, especially at Christmas when food tends to be so important. We aren't having a turkey so I can't comment on where's cheapest but I'd be suspicious of why it was so cheap anyway & tend to avoid it. I have found that with food you get what you pay for, although it is much easier to taste good qualtiy than bad I think. I appreciate most people have a budget to stick too & that you can't always afford the very best but that doens't mean you should just buy the cheapest IMHO:o

I find that some forzen food, like Bernard Mathews turkeys and birds eyes peas, the prices are different from one shop to another. To find out the prices, one has to shop around. Since majority of people will be purchasing their turkeys at this time of the year, I just thought I would do my "market-research" short-cut way!! lol

So, given the same brand, I can't see a Bernard Mathews turkey sold at Shop A at half price(say, £7) is any worse quality compared to one sold at Shop B at full price(say£14). In this case, why pay more?? :rolleyes:

However, I do understand what some of you mean about quality vs cost. I tend to not buy Value chicken, but I can't afford organic or free range, so the middle range is just about ok. Having said that I only buy chicken when they are on promotion like B1G1F. That for me, means 'cheap' and 'value for money'.

Although, this forum welcome people's opinions after they have tasted meat at various price ranges, which I most appreciate. I am very inclined to try that lidl's turkey breast at 2.99 at my local now...

Having said that, I LOVEEEEE gravy! With the amount of gravy I put on my turkey slices, one can hardly know it's turkey, so the taste doesn't matter much!! LOL! :rotfl:

weeMe_3

margaretclare wrote:

Last year we had a turkey crown for 3 of us and that was huge too, so what a whole turkey would be like I've no idea.

This time next week we'll be on our way to Germany on our 'Christmas getaway' - a 5-day cruise up the Rhine.

I agree with Lillibet - we eat less meat but we buy better-quality.

Lillibet - last year was a disaster, inviting someone just because we felt sorry for her, 'she was going to be on her own, son/daughter hadn't invited her' etc. We got an idea just WHY they hadn't invited her after she'd been there the whole day, not just lunch, 'couldn't go back to an empty house all alone' and then 'I don't like driving in the dark' - we were starting to worry that she planned to stay the night!!

Never again - it's the Christmas getaway for us from now on. And someone else will be doing the cooking on the Rhine cruiser!

I'm very naughty about the bones and bits, don't do anything like make soup - the foxes get them. George the fox was round this week enjoying the remains of the last chicken I bought from the farmers' market. He said 'Thank you ma'am!' after he'd licked his chops. He didn't even leave any for Georgina!

Margaret

Oh dear oh dear!! What a story! A Christmas getaway is definately a good choice!!

I love turkey soup/stock. Use in risotto is absolutely amazing!

I eat a balanced diet(I think anyway!) and have a small portion of meat per evening meal. I always find that veggies are more expensive than meat! I must have been shopping at the wrong shops?? Or that I tend to consume more veggies than meat and that's why it appears to be more expensive?!?! I don't know, I am confusing myself now! :cool: