Parma ham in supermarkets debunked

antrobus

Edwardia wrote: »

antrobus I've seen Parma ham in Lidl without a gold crown :eek:
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The Instituto Parma Qualita is responsible for checking the hams and the slicing process. Therefore only IPQ inspected packets can carry the Ducal Crown and the name Parma ham on the packaging.

But there is no requirement to do so. You can sell Parma Ham without the gold ducal crown on the packet if you want. Or you could just sell it as Italian Ham, if you were feeling perverse.

Edwardia wrote: »

...Wouldn't bother with Trading Standards tho,....

Neither would I in those circumstances. I'd have told the Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma; those kind of trade associations are really keen to protect any kind of branding.:)

antrobus

stephen77 wrote: »

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As for pumpkin soup. How does this compare with other products in the market place?
How is the photo / picture on the pack displayed? does it taste of pumpkin as well?

Don't know. How much chicken is actually in a chicken soup? Are there any EU or FSA type rules?

geordie_joe

antrobus wrote: »

Don't know. How much chicken is actually in a chicken soup? Are there any EU or FSA type rules?

Depends on the type of soup. Most people call tinned cream of chicken soup just chicken soup. A quick look on the tesco web site shows the heinz variety has 3% chicken.

Tesco Finest Moroccan Chicken Soup has 6% chicken.

I doubt there are any rules about how much chicken should be in chicken soup.

stephen77

It would have to have more than zero and flavour resemble chicken.

If chicken flavour. It could have none in.

geordie_joe

stephen77 wrote: »

It would have to have more than zero and flavour resemble chicken.

If chicken flavour. It could have none in.

What would it need if it was cream of chicken soup?

I didn't even know you could get cream from a chicken!

Edwardia

An organic chicken carcass with neck and giblets costs 1.99 from Abel & Cole - perfect for chicken soup
http://www.abelandcole.co.uk/organic-chicken-carcass-with-neck-giblets-1kg-avg

antrobus

Edwardia wrote: »

An organic chicken carcass with neck and giblets costs 1.99 from Abel & Cole - perfect for chicken soup
http://www.abelandcole.co.uk/organic-chicken-carcass-with-neck-giblets-1kg-avg

I'm flabbergasted by the idea that anyone would pay anything for a chicken carcass.

Has the world gone mad?:)

geordie_joe

antrobus wrote: »

I'm flabbergasted by the idea that anyone would pay anything for a chicken carcass.

Why? When you buy a whole chicken you are paying for the carcass too.

If you only want the carcass why pay for the rest of the chicken?

When I was a lad in the 60's all the butchers sold them.

Every time people buy packs of chicken brest, legs etc. it means that some there is a chicken carcass going spare, so why not sell it to someone who wants it.

antrobus wrote: »

Has the world gone mad?:)

No, it's just you have led a sheltered life.

Edwardia

Chickens don't come as breasts wings and legs they come as whole chickens so there are bits left over. If you look at the link you can see why it is you get 1kg average, because there's quite a lot of bird left. Free range ones are only 1.50 btw

http://www.abelandcole.co.uk/organic-chicken-carcass-with-neck-giblets-1kg-avg

Kallo organic chicken stock cubes are 1.20 for 6 cubes in Tesco, Ocado and Waitrose as a comparison.

antrobus

geordie_joe wrote: »

Why? When you buy a whole chicken you are paying for the carcass too. .....

That's my point. You buy a whole chicken, the carcass comes free. Once you've eaten the chicken, you chuck the bones etc in a pot, thrown in whatever veg you have lying about, add some water and heat and hey presto you have stock.

I've never heard of anyone buying just the carcass before. And I certainly wouldn't pay £1.99 for one. Sugar me, for that kind of money I'd expect to get the actual chicken.:)

geordie_joe wrote: »

...No, it's just you have led a sheltered life.

Very likely. Clearly life is different oop north.:)