Tesco Fresh British Chickens £1.99

davetrousers

adr0ck wrote: »

sunshine

and fresh air

and room to move around and express some normal behaviour. Thus resulting in a far tastier chicken

d.o.o.g

morg_monster wrote: »

Sorry let me respond to your points one by one


No, but there are still the odd people who use newspaper for this reason. Since you can buy a pack of 4 value toilet rolls for 40p or something I don't think this issue is really the same.


They don't think it is acceptable, it IS acceptable to them. For some people, it ISN'T acceptable. This is a matter of opinion here, not a fact. If it was a fact that it wasn't acceptable to eat this meat it wouldn't be on sale.


Because the plastic container is inedible. Don't sully your argument by getting ridiculous - you've got enough reasonable points in the arsenal surely?


Ooh, lucky you! What about people who don't live near a farm shop?

The toilet rolls was an analogy. I know its not the same issue. And you're right it is an opinion. And as ridiculous as you may think it is to suggest eating the plastic container, some of the newer ones are biodegradable and made of starch - so they are edible and probably just as nutritious as a 39 day chicken bought for £1.99

As for farm shops, I think nowadays you'd be hard pushed to live somewhere that wasn't near one. Farmers are only too happy to sell decent produce to the general public instead of being forced to sell their chickens to supermarkets where they get stiffed on the price and have to resort to cardboard chickens.

lumpy_bum

ive bought free range ages for ages, and watching the programme made me decide to buy free range meat too. i like to know what i put in my mouth and my childrens mouths.
i either buy free range or organic. its meaning at the moment that we arnt eating meat as much but we appreciate it more when we do:)
i paid £7.02 for 2 free range chicken breasts in tesco the other day... disgusting:(
hopefully the prices will come down soon, though i wont hold my breath

TGM

"A large organic freerange chicken from the farm shop near me = £4.09 does two meals plus soup/stock."

Organic is just BS IMO. A chicken can still be fed organically but still be kept in a filthy !!!! hole.

Free range is a matter of personal conscience whether you are bothered or not.

Organic Freerange, just Freerange, or just Organic, doesn't make too much difference in taste. Its how good you are at cooking it. A good cook/chef could make an ordinary chicken taste better than a useless person cooking a top of the range chicken.

And besides (just my opinion) ITS ONLY A CHICKEN. The starving millions in the world, wouldn't give a stuff what type of chicken it is.

bigdavieh

I had a Fillet Tower burger from KFC the other day. If I'm being honest I wish I had gone for the Zinger burger instead.

f1re_cr4cker

bigdavieh wrote: »

I had a Fillet Tower burger from KFC the other day. If I'm being honest I wish I had gone for the Zinger burger instead.

PMSL:rotfl: :rotfl:

chipotle_2

TGM wrote: »

"Organic is just BS IMO."

Organic is not BS, organic means additive free, hormone free and GMO free. And to me, it is not ONLY a chicken, it is the food you put in your mouth and that of your kids.

Enough said.;)

morg_monster

d.o.o.g wrote: »

As for farm shops, I think nowadays you'd be hard pushed to live somewhere that wasn't near one. Farmers are only too happy to sell decent produce to the general public instead of being forced to sell their chickens to supermarkets where they get stiffed on the price and have to resort to cardboard chickens.

hard pushed to live somewhere that wasn't near a farm shop?! - I live in London along with 8million other people - i promise you there really aren't that many farms or farmers around here!? is there a website where i can search these things? i'd need to get there on public transport and wouldn't want to travel more than 30min each way really no matter how good their meat was.

seriously though - anyone know of a farmers market with reasonable prices near SW london? EG there is one in the posh abbeville road part of clapham but the prices are really quite expensive because the farmers have to travel to get there! No £4 chickens for us from there. I love the idea of buying well priced organic/free range meat and veg but the practicalities are another matter!

Inactive

How does anyone know for 100% certain where or how their chicken ot other meat was grown??

Surely not because it says so on the label.. :rolleyes:

To be honest, unless you grow your own food, nobody can be 100% certain.

rdwarr

d.o.o.g wrote: »

A large organic freerange chicken from the farm shop near me = £4.09 does two meals plus soup/stock.

I bet he buys them all from Asda and just chucks a bit of mud on the pack