It's getting tough out there. Feeling the pinch?

ladyholly

I would complain about the assistant. There is no need to be that rude. Did you get her name by any chance?

otb666

So funny to read all the men like their meat so much, I was wondering about a couple of things, why is it so hard to find eggs in supermarkets at the moment (had to resort to corner shop)and is it worth buying frozen turkey for xmas if there are gonna be possibility of power cuts What are your opinions. Feeling positive today paid mortgage off and 2 weeks stopped smoking. also got my tooth extracted after waiting 9 months I now floss and clean them twice a day with electric toothbrush 

skogar

Kaiserschmarn is delicious and in Austria is more normally eaten as a sweet main course filler rather than a dessert as such. I suspect it was something that would be produced in the winter when there was not much available. Providing the hens were laying and there was milk / fat for frying it could be made cheaply and home made jam or apple sauce would have been available at that time of year. In Austria it's quite common to see a plate of it being shared by a couple for lunch at a mountain hut. Definitely worth checking out. The pancake is very thick as the egg whites are whipped and then shredded during the frying process.

zcrat41

otb666 said:

So funny to read all the men like their meat so much, I was wondering about a couple of things, why is it so hard to find eggs in supermarkets at the moment (had to resort to corner shop)and is it worth buying frozen turkey for xmas if there are gonna be possibility of power cuts What are your opinions. Feeling positive today paid mortgage off and 2 weeks stopped smoking. also got my tooth extracted after waiting 9 months I now floss and clean them twice a day with electric toothbrush 

It's because the supermarkets haven't increased the orices to the farmers enough so some haven't restocked. The media will have you believe it's Avian flu. Granted that hasn't helped matters but the far greater impact is the price paid to farmers. bfrepa and the NFU have been shouting about this for ages.  

zcrat41

And I would most definitely be buying a turkey now and freezing it if it's important to you. 

freyasmum

ladyholly said:

I would complain about the assistant. There is no need to be that rude. Did you get her name by any chance?

I actually did, I was just so shocked to say anything at the time. 

otb666 said:

So funny to read all the men like their meat so much, I was wondering about a couple of things, why is it so hard to find eggs in supermarkets at the moment (had to resort to corner shop)and is it worth buying frozen turkey for xmas if there are gonna be possibility of power cuts What are your opinions. Feeling positive today paid mortgage off and 2 weeks stopped smoking. also got my tooth extracted after waiting 9 months I now floss and clean them twice a day with electric toothbrush 

I do have my turkey in the freezer and it is such a beast that it surely could withstand quite some time of the power being off. 

CKhalvashi

otb666 said:

So funny to read all the men like their meat so much, I was wondering about a couple of things, why is it so hard to find eggs in supermarkets at the moment (had to resort to corner shop)and is it worth buying frozen turkey for xmas if there are gonna be possibility of power cuts What are your opinions. Feeling positive today paid mortgage off and 2 weeks stopped smoking. also got my tooth extracted after waiting 9 months I now floss and clean them twice a day with electric toothbrush 

We have discussed this in the office today.

Birds are in flockdown currently, so there's no point realistically buying Free Range. Meat can be labelled as FR for the next 8 weeks according to SimplePolitics, which generally is reliable.

Waiting for Tesco to give an instructions for ordering or I'll go through a friend (who knows a farmer and has been able to get a good price in the past). Mom ended up (due to supply issues with another farm) paying a fortune for a Turkey from the butchers last year and don't wish to do this again (and yes, we did make a contribution).

Longwalker

Im wondering why the Bird Lockdown is so much in the news at the moment. They went into lockdown in most parts of the country earlier in the year and were only just let out pretty recently. Eggs were stopped being labeled free range mid year. Last year our birds were in lockdown for a long time as well yet it wasnt on the news as much - if at all

Bluegreen143

Since we began keeping chickens about six years ago, I think this is the fourth chicken lockdown we’ve had. Mine have a very big (covered) run for three birds but I feel so sorry for them 😢 they’re really pets, the eggs are just a bonus, and bless them they just love free ranging in the garden so much.

ladyholly

A lot of farmers are cutting down on their flocks of laying birds because they are not getting the price they need to make a profit. The sspermarkets wont give them the price they need at a time where there costs are rising - electricity, feed etc.