Lloyd90 Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 Another goose for Xmas this year We weren’t able to find a fresh one near us so bought a frozen ALDI one as a back up and ended up having that. Was about 1/3 the cost and it was bloody lovely!! Will just buy a frozen one again next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 nothing wrong with that..........when we used to have duck ..we always got them from Iceland....they were superb.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 Having worked with my father as a butcher from time to time I used to turn my nose up at supermarket meat. Aldi though is generally excellent. Love their aged sirloin steaks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, Dave at kelton said: Having worked with my father as a butcher from time to time I used to turn my nose up at supermarket meat. Aldi though is generally excellent. Love their aged sirloin steaks! its all red tractor stuff as well isnt it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 Unfortunately bird flu has hit the British free range goose trade really hard this year. The farms I fox shoot on lost 66,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted December 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 1 minute ago, bornfree said: Unfortunately bird flu has hit the British free range goose trade really hard this year. The farms I fox shoot on lost 66,000 Yes I thought that would be the case… I said to my Mrs we may not get one due to the bird flu… When we saw the frozen ones we got one as a backup and it became the main player … we even bought a second frozen goose and my Mrs wants it for her birthday. One was from Hungary and the other Poland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 5 minutes ago, Lloyd90 said: Yes I thought that would be the case… I said to my Mrs we may not get one due to the bird flu… When we saw the frozen ones we got one as a backup and it became the main player … we even bought a second frozen goose and my Mrs wants it for her birthday. One was from Hungary and the other Poland. There will be very few British geese next year. Until they develop a vaccine it's too big a risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 Was in Lidl christmas eve late on, whole fresh turkeys £10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 44 minutes ago, billytheghillie said: Was in Lidl christmas eve late on, whole fresh turkeys £10. turkeys in Morrison's (free sort of range)......£147.00 quid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 11 hours ago, billytheghillie said: Was in Lidl christmas eve late on, whole fresh turkeys £10. My brother delivers for Tesco and said they had loads of turkeys left at his branch, but out of eggs. Tesco are finding farmers letting contracts lapse as price is too low. Heard from another farmer they won’t meet the prices now required to make it viable. No shortage just a matter of supermarkets meeting the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powler Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 Talking about shop bought frozen, we had frozen 2.5k speciality turkey breast from Iceland, cooked from frozen, it was bacon wrapped with parchment paper around it for cooking so helped retain the moisture. It was very good and kept its moisture. Strongly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 We had the usual turkey from the same local (short walk!) turkey farm. Apart from the (also usual) worries from the cook (my sister) that it would be too small ........ in fact it was excellent (as were all of the accompaniments) and plenty leftover. Having said that - I have had very good frozen birds as well on other occasions, but we do always have local fresh at Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 16 hours ago, ditchman said: its all red tractor stuff as well isnt it ? Yep and up here there is a lot of Scottish sourced products Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted December 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 13 hours ago, Dave at kelton said: My brother delivers for Tesco and said they had loads of turkeys left at his branch, but out of eggs. Tesco are finding farmers letting contracts lapse as price is too low. Heard from another farmer they won’t meet the prices now required to make it viable. No shortage just a matter of supermarkets meeting the price. It’s why my mate sold a few hundred dairy cows and packed in milking … Muller who bought all his milk flat out refuses to pay a penny more than they negotiated over 5 years ago, despite the fact he was making a loss the last year or two (was a 5 year fixed contract). He packed it in as just not viable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 On 25/12/2022 at 19:26, Lloyd90 said: Another goose for Xmas this year We weren’t able to find a fresh one near us so bought a frozen ALDI one as a back up and ended up having that. Was about 1/3 the cost and it was bloody lovely!! Will just buy a frozen one again next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted December 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 4 hours ago, harrycatcat1 said: Can you not see the real thick gravy on the top pic? 🤷♂️ Middle pic is pre gravy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 31 minutes ago, Lloyd90 said: Can you not see the real thick gravy on the top pic? 🤷♂️ No not really, I could get more gravy in my eye than thats on that plate 😩 🤣🤣🤣 Lots of thick gravy required next time 👍👍👍👍😉😉😉😉😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 This is NOT my picture I nicked it off another site but this is an example of thick gravy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 thats tooo thick............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 33 minutes ago, ditchman said: thats tooo thick............ Nooooooo thicker the better, you don't want "waz" gravy 😉😉😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 34 minutes ago, harrycatcat1 said: Nooooooo thicker the better, you don't want "waz" gravy 😉😉😉 Just wasted a good meal with Satans diarrhea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted December 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 2 hours ago, harrycatcat1 said: This is NOT my picture I nicked it off another site but this is an example of thick gravy. Mine was thicker than that … just didn’t make it enough of it to cover the plate so much 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 1 hour ago, billytheghillie said: Just wasted a good meal with Satans diarrhea. I wondered where you had got to 🤔😉🤣 41 minutes ago, Lloyd90 said: Mine was thicker than that … just didn’t make it enough of it to cover the plate so much 🤣 👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 gravy armegeddon............not good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 3 hours ago, ditchman said: thats tooo thick............ 2 hours ago, harrycatcat1 said: Nooooooo thicker the better, you don't want "waz" gravy 😉😉😉 One slice or two? springs to mind 😲🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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