Tesco Fresh British Chickens £1.99

fablad75

Inactive, the bargain's been posted and noted - now we're just chatting about it Otherwise every thread in the forum would have only one post and no replies!

Oliver27

If you care about how the chicken was raised buy a free range one,
If you dont then buy a cheap one

I cant say I really care about how my chicken was rasied as long
as its safe to eat, and makes a chicken madras from my takeaway
taste good which you can bet your life will not be fancy chicken

the person paying the money has the right to decide
which they want, free range or battery

dinglebert

Oliver27 wrote: »

If you care about how the chicken was raised buy a free range one,
If you dont then buy a cheap one

I cant say I really care about how my chicken was rasied as long
as its safe to eat, and makes a chicken madras from my takeaway
taste good which you can bet your life will not be fancy chicken

the person paying the money has the right to decide
which they want, free range or battery

Fair point to an extent. However I prefer my chicken to have taste and the only way to do that is to know the history of the bird. Go to a butchers, ask where the bird came from. The best tasting meat tends to be one where someone has cared about the animal they have raised.

vix2000

V_tricky wrote: »

I made the choice to only buy organic meat some time ago.

I used to exclusively buy chicken breasts from Mr T's, and when they were on BOGOF I loaded the freezer. I always preferred chicken off the bone.

Something changed, in fact, a few things did.

I had chicken thighs at a friends house and they actually tasted of chicken! And I got pregnant, and really had to think about what I put in my body, rather than just filling up on whatever was on special offer. Finally, I think I've always been a bit of a closet veggie - I like meat, but a mmmmmmmmcheesenpotatopiemmmmmmmmmmm would do me just nicely too!

I made the choice to only buy organic meat because as a general rule I have found it tastier. I now don't eat meat every day, and I certainly waste MUCH less. It really made me think about what I could afford, and how I could go about it, and if that means eating the tasty thighs, then so be it.

BUT... (and this is a little off topic) I also breastfed my child for 13 months, exclusively for the first 6 (although I had all the epidural they could give me when I gave birth and am totally unrepentant)

For ME, I CHOSE to make these two decisions based on the evidence I had read, however, does that make me a better person? Should I sit in my ivory tower and pour scorn on all the peasants who don't live in what I choose for myself to be the 'right' way?

Hell No!

If you're happy buying broiler chicken (particularly if you have actually THOUGHT about it) and if you're happy bottle feeding your precious lil one's ALL POWER TO YOU!

All this taking-the-moral-high-ground really gets on my nips (and it's rife on both sides, you should hear the competitive parents at almost any baby group - the one side trying to lord it going "oh well, of course I would ONLY have breastfed my little Tarquin" and the others "I hate that all those breastfeeders think they're all that"). Why can't people just chill out & let people make their OWN choices without judgement on either side?

Don't think that everyone making the choices that are socially acceptable today are lemmings, or think that they're better than everyone else - that's not the case

and

Don't think that everyone making the less socially acceptable choices are low life scumbags

I don't need anyone to justify the choices they make, whether they smoke, drink, drive a flashy beemer, eat nothing but MaccyD's all day long and give their kids Wotsits for breakfast, and moreover, I don't feel the need to justify MY choices to anyone - in fact, I think that's what gets on my tits the most - that people feel the need to justify these type of choices to anyone but themselves. Anyone who says that they don't buy organic or free range meat because they can't afford it doesn't tell the whole truth.

What they're actually saying is either "I can't afford to eat the cuts of meat I prefer, as often as I like" or maybe even "I could afford to eat organic or free range meat, but for me, I value Sky tv, broadband [insert luxury of choice here] more" - these are just as valid reasons as mine are for wanting to make sure that I can afford to eat what I choose to.

My sentiments precisely. If I want to cut back on what I spend on food to pay for a nice holiday or better car then its my choice. I can't believe how many people on here are arrogant enough to tell other people what they should be spending their budget on. Whether I agree with how battery hens are kept are not is immaterial. Give your opinion by all means, but don't foist it on others.

Inactive

fablad75 wrote: »

Inactive, the bargain's been posted and noted - now we're just chatting about it Otherwise every thread in the forum would have only one post and no replies!

It looks more like preaching than " chatting " to me, I don't need anyone to tell me what is good or bad about Tesco's chickens, I am mature enough to make my own decisions about things like that.

I certainly don't recall any mention of " Free Range " etc. in the OP.

Too many people taking the high moral ground and spouting their wisdom on to others in my opinion.:rolleyes:

Inactive

dinglebert wrote: »

Fair point to an extent. However I prefer my chicken to have taste and the only way to do that is to know the history of the bird. Go to a butchers, ask where the bird came from. The best tasting meat tends to be one where someone has cared about the animal they have raised.

How exactly would you know that your butcher doesn't buy his/her chickens at Tesco and sell them on as Free Range etc.??

Of course you wouldn't be able to tell for 100% certain.

nelbloke

dinglebert wrote: »

Fair point to an extent. However I prefer my chicken to have taste and the only way to do that is to know the history of the bird. Go to a butchers, ask where the bird came from. The best tasting meat tends to be one where someone has cared about the animal they have raised.

Be totally sure breed them yourself. AH. But then how would you know if they came from free range eggs.

ooglewoogle

nelbloke wrote: »

Be totally sure breed them yourself. AH. But then how would you know if they came from free range eggs.

...and which came first: the free range chicken or the free range egg?:think:

g:rolleyes:

rob16d

if we stop buying cheap chickens...they won't stop being produced!

Bean13

rob16d wrote: »

if we stop buying cheap chickens...they won't stop being produced!

Why would they produce them if there wasn't a market for them or am i missing something ?