Tumbled chicken in supermarkets

~Chameleon~

bsms1147 wrote: »

Yes but chances are the price-per-kilo is lower as you are buying £25 worth. You're essentially buying in bulk which is often cheaper anyway.

How much would it be if you just wanted to buy 2 chicken breasts? And what if that was all you could afford?

For smaller quantities it's £5.25 per kilo so two breasts would be approx £2.60. Still cheaper than supermarkets

huskypup

Our butcher on the meat market (part of the main market) charges £5 per kg for chicken breast portions - all fresh not frozen and with no added water.

These breasts are big I only need one when making stews and curries.

His pork and loin chops are all from his own farm and are usually £4.80 a kg.

Would def never buy supermarket meat again.

stephen77

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Not necessarily. I buy unadulterated chicken breasts and pay £25 per 5kg which gives me on average 20 breasts @ 250g each. And this is high quality halal chicken sourced by most of the top restaurants.

This is around half the price that Tesco charge for their packs of chicken breasts which are pumped full of water and other nasties and weigh on average 125g-150g each...even less after cooking!

why is everyone else local butcher always so much cheaper than the ones I have been to?


quite a few butchers will freeze there chicken, then sell it defrosted under the disguise of being fresh.




How do you know the restaurant trade sources there chicken from the same plaice as the butchers?
top restaurants will be using organic / corn fed. which is not going to be £5 a kg.


what are the other nasties that are added?

Coopdivi

I can't really see the point of buying frozen chicken, not when you can buy the same thing fresh for more or less the same price and then freeze it yourself.

Chameleon, not everybody can afford to splash out 25 quid in one fell swoop bulk buying better quality meat. My weekly food budget is about £20 so I get a couple of whole chickens, from a supermarket, and joint them down myself.

parsonswife8

geordie_joe wrote: »

No but the thought adding water to meat shouldn't make someone feel sick, not even a parsons wife. Which was the point pakokelso93 was replying to.

What made me feel sick was this picture of all the chicken lined up. It just looks all too clinical and laboratory like. There was no need to be rude, even for a geordie joe.

parsonswife8

Read this and you'll really feel sick!


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2521119/Chemical-sludge-Meat-glue-Pig-skin-If-water-ALL-pumped-chicken.html

~Chameleon~

stephen77 wrote: »

why is everyone else local butcher always so much cheaper than the ones I have been to?


quite a few butchers will freeze there chicken, then sell it defrosted under the disguise of being fresh.

Not allowed to by law as it would break all the food safety regulations


How do you know the restaurant trade sources there chicken from the same plaice as the butchers?
top restaurants will be using organic / corn fed. which is not going to be £5 a kg.


what are the other nasties that are added?

Because it comes direct from Smithfield Market. And my butcher also supplies catering and restaurant trade.

Ingredients of frozen supermarket chicken: Chicken, water, salt. Acidity regulator (E640). Flavour enhancer (E621). Citric acid (E330). Min. meat content: 60%

~Chameleon~

Coopdivi wrote: »

I can't really see the point of buying frozen chicken, not when you can buy the same thing fresh for more or less the same price and then freeze it yourself.

Chameleon, not everybody can afford to splash out 25 quid in one fell swoop bulk buying better quality meat. My weekly food budget is about £20 so I get a couple of whole chickens, from a supermarket, and joint them down myself.

That's my choice to buy it in 5kg trays as it works out slightly cheaper. I already stated in a subsequent post that you can buy smaller quantities, even just a single breast if you want, at £5.25 per kg which is still cheaper than supermarkets.

HPoirot

parsonswife8 wrote: »

Read this and you'll really feel sick!


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2521119/Chemical-sludge-Meat-glue-Pig-skin-If-water-ALL-pumped-chicken.html

Indeed, and for those who think it is cheap, the price of the water alone is £1.54 per kg.

huskypup

My butcher is £5 a kg for chicken breast whether you buy one or a large amount.

Try the butchers attached to markets they are usually from their own farms etc.