Frozen turkey crown

Largs

Hello.

I normally get the small turkey crown.  Had a quick check at the supermarkets to decide where to shop this year with cost of living etc and was surprised at the difference in prices.  In particular at ASDA and Sainsburys.  These are all grade A British turkey.

Morrison £17.00
ASDA £16.01
Tesco £13.20 - with Clubcard
ALDI £12.99
Sainsbury £20.00
Lidl £12.99
Iceland £18.00 (Bernard Matthews)

debitcardmayhem

Not getting them your energy supplier, wrong forum

MyRealNameToo

Largs said:

These are all grade A British turkey.

Have you ever seen a bird for sale thats below Grade A?

The standard isnt exactly very high:

• No broken bones in bone-in products.
• No severe bruising or discoloration.
• Clean with no visible foreign matter.

There is no comment on the actual quality of the meat/taste, nor of how much waters been injected to bulk it up/add weight

Looking at the Tesco option they state the ingredients are on 88% turkey with the next highest ingredient being water. Most the rest dont arent listing their ingredients. 

Grade A will often also mean it's not a bronzed turkey, their skin is naturally "discoloured" so won't make the Grade A cut. Personally will buy from my local butcher, know exactly where the bird has come from, it comes out the oven the same size as it goes in not all shrunken and normally tastes great. 

born_again

Always go to local butcher for these. Get them in just the right size.
OK cost a bit more but well worth it.

Also requires less energy, !!!!!! they are never frozen 🤣

QrizB

If you have a timer on your oven, you could save money by cooking it overnight on a time-of-use tariff.

Also, Agile is often cheaper during the Christmas break and some suppliers give free energy on Christmas Day.

Eldi_Dos

@Largs
           Be wary it is easy to get Frozen out on this board.

Qyburn

Stick it in the fridge to thaw out, reduce the fridge's energy consumption.

EssexHebridean

Those saying "go to your local butcher" - please bear in mind that not only does not everyone have such a thing, but that is also likely to be far more expensive - your financial privilege to do such a thing doesn't reflect the financial privilege of a lot of people on the boards. Personally I buy direct from the farm where they're bred and raised - get a whole bird where I know the welfare standards are high, and make use of every scrap - but I'm not for a moment suggesting that spending that amount on a turkey is within the reach of the majority! 

Emmia

MyRealNameToo said:

Largs said:

These are all grade A British turkey.

Have you ever seen a bird for sale thats below Grade A?

The standard isnt exactly very high:

• No broken bones in bone-in products.
• No severe bruising or discoloration.
• Clean with no visible foreign matter.

There is no comment on the actual quality of the meat/taste, nor of how much waters been injected to bulk it up/add weight

Looking at the Tesco option they state the ingredients are on 88% turkey with the next highest ingredient being water. Most the rest dont arent listing their ingredients. 

Grade A will often also mean it's not a bronzed turkey, their skin is naturall "discoloured" so won't make the Grade A cut. Personally will buy from my local butcher, know exactly where the bird has come from, it comes out the oven the same size as it goes in not all shrunken and normally tastes great. 

The M&S Oakham turkey breast crown (frozen) (1.65kg) is £32 and listed as 92% turkey breast and 6% water. The rest seems to be a turkey stock.

But it is getting on for twice the price of the ones listed.

WiserMiser

Cruelty comes cheap.

Grumpy_chap

A fresh turkey is generally nicer than frozen but much much more expensive.
Our last fresh turkey was a good few years back, then we went for fresh turkey crowns for a couple of years but we found the absence of leg meat and no leftovers made a difference - in fact, the last turkey crown we had was so small there was barely enough to go around the table.
Last year, we opted for the frozen whole turkey from Tesco and it was perfectly fine but a bit drier than fresh (which might be down to the cooking).
We looked at the fresh options this year and the prices have really shot up so yesterday purchased another Tesco frozen turkey £16 with clubcard prices.  We can't really go wrong.