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Tesco turkeys

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NannyTee Wed 27-Dec-17 19:37:44

I know but you can freeze any meat once.

Jalima1108 Wed 27-Dec-17 19:30:33

I was going to use it tomorrow but decided to cook something else instead (before reading this thread btw).

It doesn't say it can be frozen on the packet
tchhmm

NannyTee Wed 27-Dec-17 18:33:12

Yes Jalimal they will believe you . Try it out and hope for the best eeek!

Jalima1108 Wed 27-Dec-17 18:07:51

Oh dear; I bought a Tesco turkey crown as a 'just in case' and froze it. We haven't used it yet so perhaps I ought to take it out of the freezer, defrost and sniff.
Would they believe me if I tell them it has been frozen I wonder?

We've never bought one before either.

willsmadnan Wed 27-Dec-17 17:18:37

It's funny but on one of our early Christmases, so me being desperate to make it spectacular, DOH bought a turkey from the Christmas turkey auction .... anyone who lived in the country especially Norfolk, would remember those.... It had been plucked (and I think drawn) but still with head etc. DOH hung it in the garage for about 5 days (too long ago for me to actually recall) but it was one of those mild Christmases and when he brought it in for me to prepare for the oven on Christmas Eve it stank.
I kid you not, I actually spent a sleepless night worrying about the darned thing...... said nothing to anyone else of course. Cooked it, still worrying, only for everyone to say it was without doubt the most tasty, succulent bird they had eaten for years! I confessed DOH later,and we often recalled it whenever faced with other Christmas dinner hiccups... like the time I didn't realise our new oven was to small for the flippin' thing. Had to cook it with the a chair against the oven door in an attempt to keep it closedtchsad

NannyTee Wed 27-Dec-17 16:42:13

Ours was lovely. From Aldi .

GrandmaMoira Wed 27-Dec-17 16:38:19

There were no turkeys available to pre-order for my online Tesco delivery so I went to Sainsburys and got mine. When I did my order I was annoyed Tesco had turkeys and other things unavailable. Now it seems I was lucky.

NannyTee Wed 27-Dec-17 16:11:15

Yes it's rife. In our large Tesco up the motorway. The queue was out the door with Turkey holding furious people .

Gagagran Wed 27-Dec-17 16:07:54

I haven't liked turkey ever since we had one a few years ago from Sainsbury's that tasted of fish. Someone at the time told me that turkeys were sometimes fed on fish meal.

We were at DS's for Christmas and had a wonderful piece of rolled sirloin. Much prefer that to turkey!

mcem Wed 27-Dec-17 15:16:09

How disappointing!
I was delighted with the Morrison turkey crown cooked using Phil Vickery's method.
We all voted it best ever!

chelseababy Wed 27-Dec-17 14:56:09

Someone on a weightwatchers Facebook group I follow said she had gorged on pigs in blankets because their tesco turkey was off.

Rosina Wed 27-Dec-17 14:53:02

Yes, Fennel, it's the turkey breast, without any bones. Ideal for the fussy eaters in my family!

ninathenana Wed 27-Dec-17 14:31:17

Just heard this on the car radio.

Fennel Wed 27-Dec-17 14:22:44

What's a turkey crown - just the breast?

Rosina Wed 27-Dec-17 14:14:37

Has anyone seen the news today about Tesco and their turkeys? Evidently a lot of people discovered they were completely off, either before or after cooking, and a refund after Christmas is not exactly helpful if you have had a ruined Christmas lunch and wasted a lot of money.
I am commenting upon this only because it is not a first for Tesco; a few years back I had a turkey crown from them and luckily decided to cook it on Christmas Eve. When I took off the wrapping the disgusting aroma almost made me heave. DH took it back as the shop was still open, and came home to tell me that he had been in a queue of people all returning the same thing! We wondered how many others would not have found this out until Christmas Day when it would have been too late. I am beginning to think the motto should not be 'Every little helps' but 'If we can get away with it we will'.