"Norfolk Turkeys"

[Paul mabbott]

Isn't it a bit bizarre that the advertised 'Norfolk Turkeys' are factory farmed in Suffolk? (He asks, expecting the answer, 'No'.) Perhaps they were just being grown on after early cultivation elsewhere? Kampuchea, for instance?
Sad, for the thousands of birds that have been cleansed but I don't suppose their life was a bundle of fun anyway?

[Dan Salter]

Originally Posted by Paul mabbott

Isn't it a bit bizarre that the advertised 'Norfolk Turkeys' are factory farmed in Suffolk? (He asks, expecting the answer, 'No'.) Perhaps they were just being grown on after early cultivation elsewhere? Kampuchea, for instance?
Sad, for the thousands of birds that have been cleansed but I don't suppose their life was a bundle of fun anyway?

I feel they may even be greatful ! Fancy having Bernard Mathews as your keeper?

[Fourwings]

Originally Posted by Paul mabbott

Isn't it a bit bizarre that the advertised 'Norfolk Turkeys' are factory farmed in Suffolk? (He asks, expecting the answer, 'No'.) Perhaps they were just being grown on after early cultivation elsewhere? Kampuchea, for instance?
Sad, for the thousands of birds that have been cleansed but I don't suppose their life was a bundle of fun anyway?

Names are nothing more than an advertising ploy, ie.. Ginsters Cornish Pasties being made in Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire!

Being killed tends to then be an occupational hazard when you are a bird bred specifically to go into the food chain.

Their death was premature but regrettably necessary to prevent the spread of H5N1.

[Garden Carpet]

Would anyone like a recipe for Pine nut roast with lemon stuffing? Makes a good alternative to turkey

[Paul mabbott]

Yes, of course, but surely there is something misrepresentational about describing them as 'Norfolk Turkeys'. Nobody expects 'Cornish Pasties' to com from Cornwall because it's a way of cooking - 'Yorkshire Pudding' wouldn't be from Yorkshire, necessarily and my (justifiably famous) 'Rigatoni Napolitana' comes from Sheffield!
However, I would expect primary animal, or indeed, plant products with a geographical location to come from that area!

I do appreciate that death tends to come everyone's way: sooner rather than later for prey species - indeed, I suggested that they might be better off this way!

Originally Posted by Fourwings

Names are nothing more than an advertising ploy, ie.. Ginsters Cornish Pasties being made in Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire!
Being killed tends to then be an occupational hazard when you are a bird bred specifically to go into the food chain.
Their death was premature but regrettably necessary to prevent the spread of H5N1.

[Boddie]

They do come from that area. Suffolk is next to Norfolk

[speckled wood]

Originally Posted by Garden Carpet

Would anyone like a recipe for Pine nut roast with lemon stuffing? Makes a good alternative to turkey

Can this be had with Roast Grey Squirrel?

(I was thinking about a road kill ... pure accident).

SW

[Wild-Woman]

Originally Posted by Boddie

They do come from that area. Suffolk is next to Norfolk

Should be called East Anglian turkeys.

EAT for short. Poor things.

[smartie]

Apparently they "produce" the turkeys in Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire. The registered office is in Norfolk and that's where they first set up, so I guess that is how they justify calling them Norfolk turkeys. Food regulations on country of origin are quite precise, but I can't find anything that relates to a smaller geographical area.

[Susie]

Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

Should be called East Anglian turkeys.

EAT for short. Poor things.

As has been pointed out, everything has to die sometime. The important thing is the quality of life before death