where is everyone getting their Christmas turkeys from?

buyitall

Hi all,
As I will have 11 for Christmas lunch this year :eek: I am shopping around for the best deal on turkey (good price but also good quality). I have asked on the Old-style board and people seem to think that frozen turkeys are fine, so I'm looking at all options, fresh / frozen, whole turkeys / crown (but it does have to be turkey, not goose etc). Our local butchers is excellent, but last year we paid over £40 for one that served 6, so I'm looking for a better deal this year.
So far, the co-op frozen turkeys have been recommended, and I also looked in Costco today (but they seemed quite expensive). Using Tesco double-up vouchers for a frozen turkey is also an option. Anyway, I'm just wondering where other people get theirs from? Thanks for any advice :beer:

katskorner

I usually get mine from Morrisons - frozen around the 8kg mark for £20 as a rule. This year getting fresh from a butcher friend though if the price is better!

sweetilemon

We're getting ours from a butcher this year. Mainly because i'll be food shopping on the sunday before...its usually a nightmare midweek so I didnt fancy trying to get a reasonably priced turkey so late.

tanith

Got mine from Tesco on Thursday a large one for 11/12 of us, used my double up vouchers £20 turkey for £10 I also had a £5 off a £40 spend so saved £15 altogether OH was very impressed. We had one from there last year and it cooked and tasted beautifully

Storck

Get Pork instead. A lot cheaper than the over priced Turkey

C_Mababejive

Turkey crown and other bits from my local butchers..

http://littlewoodsbutchers.com/

karlie88

Aldi have 5kg frozen turkeys on offer for £9.99 this year. Got the leaflet through yesterday.

JustLikeThat

We got a Tesco 10.4 kg frozen turkey using double-up vouchers. We have 24 for dinner every year. We find frozen turkeys are fine by the time you have everything else on the plate. It all comes down to the gravy in the end!

C_Mababejive

JustLikeThat wrote: »

We got a Tesco 10.4 kg frozen turkey using double-up vouchers. We have 24 for dinner every year. We find frozen turkeys are fine by the time you have everything else on the plate. It all comes down to the gravy in the end!

Indeed,there is much in what you say...I'm also very much a sprout fan.

I remember one year many years back,we bought a frozen turkey and it had embedded in it,some kind of pop up device,the idea being that when the little red pin in the device popped up,turkey was cooked. It did and it was..perfect. Never seen them since.

candjsmum

I have farming friends and we have one from them every year. They buy baby ones, (poults I think) in August and then fatten them up for Xmas. They are so lovely and the taste is excellent.:T

Abbafan1972

My Mom & Dad are coming for dinner this year and my Mom is getting the turkey.

She has ordered it from M&S.

I just hope it doesn't turn out like this......!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spmqbs8YCW8