MSE Blog: How to find the cheapest Christmas turkey

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How to find the cheapest Christmas turkey

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Clowance

We dislike eating lots of leftover turkey and a £9.99 crown from aldi feeds 5 of us easily with a bit left over for sandwiches on the day.
I cook it in about an inch of water in a closed dutch oven (or earthenware version) and it come out lovely and moist. If you want to brown further you could pour off the liquid (used to make gravy, yum) and leave lid off for last half hour perhaps with bacon strips over.
This method also means no added fat, but of course there is so much in everything else it hardly makes any difference.
HTH:beer:

A._Badger

Alternatively, why not find one that actually tastes of something?

Money saving should be about finding the best value - not just the cheapest.

honeythewitch

A._Badger wrote: »

Alternatively, why not find one that actually tastes of something?

Money saving should be about finding the best value - not just the cheapest.

Unless you only have enough money for the cheapest.

PennyForThem_2

Willing to take a risk? Wait until 16.00 + on Xmas eve (or ask in local supermarket when start discounting on Xmas eve to get rid of stuff).

But it is a risk! Possibly less of one if you have several big supermarkets in the vicinity.

A._Badger

honeythewitch wrote: »

Unless you only have enough money for the cheapest.

Even if you have there is going to be one that is better than the others. Looking for bargains doesn't mean you have to put up with poor quality.

honeythewitch

A._Badger wrote: »

Even if you have there is going to be one that is better than the others. Looking for bargains doesn't mean you have to put up with poor quality.

True, but with turkey it seems that paying more doesn't guarantee a better flavour. .
It would be a huge help if the turkeys were taste-tested.

Ken68

Don't think I will be doing fresh poultry this year. Probably frozen crown. And protein is protein, same whether meat or chicken, go for cheapest wherever . Lidl looks good at £2.37kg. as long as carcase is cooked up for stock, otherwise you are wasting money on buying bones.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

I always buy ours from the butcher, so don't discount them as automatically being more expensive for fresh turkey etc.


its not compulsory to have turkey at Christmas, and if you cant afford it, buy something you can, a nice chicken or a beef or pork joint... with all the trimmings...

surfsister

well i've bought a yellow stickered free range chicken for two pounds 40p at the Co-op and put it in the freezer. then i defrost it and put it in my slow cooker christmas eve with hot stock, herbs etc and on the day throw my frozen roast potatoes/parsnips/onions and carrots into the oven and later add batter puds. result no pain low cost and tasty too and organic chicken! i do it every year. the best year was when the local Co-Op over ordered huge fresh turkeys and were persuading every customer to buy one for a couple of quid!! but there's no need to make a meal of christmas cooking! i do the same with gammon freeze a reduced price one and cook it christmas day overnight for boxing day.

Kim_kim

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

I always buy ours from the butcher, so don't discount them as automatically being more expensive for fresh turkey etc.


its not compulsory to have turkey at Christmas, and if you cant afford it, buy something you can, a nice chicken or a beef or pork joint... with all the trimmings...

I would rather beef, lamb or chicken.