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Is there really that much differance between a Turkey costing £5 a kilo and the Norfolk Blacks at £11.50 per kilo. I appreciate they will have a bit more flavour but are they worth it?
 
To some extent it'll depend on the cook! A good cook will be able to get some flavour into a relatively bland bird and a poor cook will be able to cook all the extra taste out of a more flavoursome one.

Note to all cooks - hope you've got the sprouts on already, at a rolling boil...
 
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worth it on an ethical basis - somethings matter more than taste (although we're having a beef wellington this year anyway)
 
big soft moose said:
worth it on an ethical basis - somethings matter more than taste (although we're having a beef wellington this year anyway)
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Not if you're on a budget it's not.
 
viv1969 said:
Not if you're on a budget it's not.
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depends what your principals are worth - I'm not exactly loaded, but I'd rather eat ethical meat occasionally than non ethical more frequently.
 
big soft moose said:
depends what your principals are worth - I'm not exactly loaded, but I'd rather eat ethical meat occasionally than non ethical more frequently.
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There's a difference between being "not exactly loaded" and and choosing between food or heat.
A lot of people are making those choices.
If it were me, then the welfare of a turkey wouldn't enter into the equasion.
 
I always buy a Turkey from the farm at about £11/kg. The turkeys are free range and then slughtered and then left to mature for at least 7 days. They have a reasonable amount of fat on them as well so they stay succulent - I hate dry whote meat.
certainly worth the difference in many mays in my opinoin.
 
viv1969 said:
There's a difference between being "not exactly loaded" and and choosing between food or heat.
A lot of people are making those choices.
If it were me, then the welfare of a turkey wouldn't enter into the equasion.
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if i were that poor i wouldn't be buying turkey at £5 a kilogram either not least because the cost of cooking a large turkey would also be excessive - however unless you are party to information the rest of us don't have theres no suggestion the OP is in that boat .
 
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big soft moose said:
if i were that poor i wouldn't be buying turkey at £5 a kilogram either not least because the cost of cooking a large turkey would also be excessive - however unless you are party to information the rest of us don't have theres no suggestion the OP is in that boat .
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Agree for once. Whilst I am no champion of animal wellfare, I am buying a free range turkey, and I buy free range chicken and eggs etc simply as they taste money. But them I am not skint. If I was skint and on the breadline, christmas dinners and non essential spending would be curtailed. Christmas dinners are non essential.
 
big soft moose said:
if i were that poor i wouldn't be buying turkey at £5 a kilogram either not least because the cost of cooking a large turkey would also be excessive - however unless you are party to information the rest of us don't have theres no suggestion the OP is in that boat .
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And I never suggested they were.
I'm merely pointing out that sometimes being a little precious about the origin the meat can take a back seat out of necessity.....and not limited to turkey.
 
I'm having ethically shot pheasant.
 
I marvel at how a thread about turkeys can turn into an argument. Well played. :facepalm:
 
In a word - YES.

I have bought Kelly Bronze turkeys for the last 7 or 8 years and will never change. They are killed at around 6 months rather than 12 weeks so have time to develop more flavour, slightly gamey. They are hung and also live an outdoor life. Like others, I try to buy free range or better quality meat than the Tesco Value stuff partly from welfare but also as they do taste much better and would rather have 1 nice chicken than 2 poor ones.

Last year I had and 8kg bird and it cooked in 2.5 hours or so, much quicker than a cheaper one. Once you have had your dinner there is loads of great meat left to make stuff with.

Like most things, the more you pay the better the quality! Although a good cook is worth a bit too!
 
Matt said:
I marvel at how a thread about turkeys can turn into an argument. Well played. :facepalm:
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I marvel at how a perfectly civilised exchange of opposing views is automatically classed as an argument ;)
 
big soft moose said:
was it shot with something other than lead ;)
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No, but the bloke who shot it (them actually, he gave me two) is a top fella. That's good enough for me.
 
BRASH said:
No, but the bloke who shot it (them actually, he gave me two) is a top fella. That's good enough for me.
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I read your first post as "ethically shot peasant". :lol:
 
viv1969 said:
I marvel at how a perfectly civilised exchange of opposing views is automatically classed as an argument ;)
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There is still plenty of time though, we are still only on page one :D

As for me I tend to go for a "mid range" butter ball type :)
 
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Unnecessarily expensive. We will get a nice Chicken instead (y)
 
Haven't a clue what Thursdays dinner will be yet tbh :-)
 
I'll have a look at what's on the carvery table and maybe try a taste of the turkey before deciding. Might go for beef instead since that's always very good there! Being the only carnivore in the house would make a turkey a bit excessive and there's a limit to how many portions of curry etc. I want to eat until next christmas.
 
viv1969 said:
I marvel at how a perfectly civilised exchange of opposing views is automatically classed as an argument ;)
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you can call it that, but you and I both know that moose is currently frothing at the mouth because you've posted something that doesnt agree with his POV and ST4 is frantically trawling the news sites for a story that will involve turkeys and outrage in some way.
 
Matt said:
you can call it that, but you and I both know that moose is currently frothing at the mouth because you've posted something that doesnt agree with his POV and ST4 is frantically trawling the news sites for a story that will involve turkeys and outrage in some way.
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nah - I don't give much of a toss tbh Matt,
 
No turkey.. Pork and beef joint both cut in half to make 4 small ones and meals for other days :D
 
course returning to the original topic we could just get outraged about factory farmed turkeys being crammed full of anibiotics - even if we don't give a monkeys about the turkeys themselves , theres always the more self centred view of not promoting antibiotic resistance in bacteria
 
so long as its dead and tastes all reet i dont give a s*** where it came from or even who it proclaimed to know before it met its death.
 
viv1969 said:
I'm merely pointing out that sometimes being a little precious about the origin the meat can take a back seat out of necessity.....and not limited to turkey.
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not me Ruth my ethics are my ethics and I stick to what I believe; I have had some poorer times in my life which has resulted in only having meat on once a week..

its one of the reasons we keep chickens, they have a great life and provide us the best quality eggs ever..
 
drounding said:
I always buy a Turkey from the farm at about £11/kg. The turkeys are free range and then slughtered and then left to mature for at least 7 days. They have a reasonable amount of fat on them as well so they stay succulent - I hate dry whote meat.
certainly worth the difference in many mays in my opinoin.
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I don't like the taste of meat that's been hung for a while, especially Beef that's been hung. Meat that's been hung for a while, tastes off, oh and it smells. Much prefer fresh meat :)
 
vetonbike said:
I think this thread is turning into a bit of a turkey
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Is that your idea of flipping us the bird?

(Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand here come the rest of the puns :D )
 
I would have contributed more . But I am a bit of a chicken. Boom Boom
 
I am totally outraged that you lot could even consider eating something as cute as this :(

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(they were on sale at £27 per kilo :p )
 
vetonbike said:
I would have contributed more . But I am a bit of a chicken. Boom Boom
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so you quailed at getting involved and decided to duck the issue instead ? Wise man
 
people will start to snipe soon
 
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