Turkey for Christmas

[Henry Hawthorne]

Hi all,

I know it's quite late but I need a turkey for Christmas. My mum has put me in charge of finding it. I am not averse to ordering online, and I can also go to a farm or whatever around the North Hampshire/Surrey area, or the Bath area. Any suggestions? Looking for an 8kg bird ideally.


Thanks in advance,

HH

[Chicharito]

You can order one from the likes of Sainsbury's.

[Henry Hawthorne]

Chicharito said:

You can order one from the likes of Sainsbury's.

Yes but is the quality up with that of a specialist supplier?

[Chicharito]

Henry Hawthorne said:

Chicharito said:

You can order one from the likes of Sainsbury's.

Yes but is the quality up with that of a specialist supplier?

Well, they seem to offer a selection from cheap ones through to 'woodland farmed' Norfolks.

One thing I do know is that many 'specialist suppliers' - butchers in particular - are buying product that has been rejected by supermarkets as poor quality / not complying with specification.

Read into that what you will, but I'm very wary of independent butchers unless I know their source.

[Henry Hawthorne]

No-one?!

Think I'm going to order from Allen's if no-one has any better ideas?

[Anthony Micallef]

What's wrong with your local butcher? We ordered our 15 pounder this afternoon from ours.

[dazco]

Why is it a bit late?

[Hoover.]

Is there a turkey shortage, which I'm not aware of ?

[Henry Hawthorne]

Okay dreadfully sorry everyone, I thought as it was only about three weeks until Christmas, and this was a food forum, there would be some turkey providers of choice who would have only limited stock. Since people on here often talk about "you should get your sausages from here" or "your beef from here", I thought it might be the same for turkey.

[Henry Hawthorne]

Anthony Micallef said:

What's wrong with your local butcher? We ordered our 15 pounder this afternoon from ours.

Don't really have one that local, hence me asking for recommendations!

[Presuming Ed]

Henry Hawthorne said:

on't really have one that local, hence me asking for recommendations!

Either your local butcher or Newlyns Farm shop in odiham doing some cracking birds (phnarr phnarr) for a reasonable price.

[Jer_1974]

http://www.copasturkeys.co.uk/

[Noger]

Surrey... Either Etherley Farm on Leith Hill or Bramble Farm near Leatherhead.

http://www.bramblefarm.co.uk/index.html

[Henry Hawthorne]

Great, thanks for the replies, will do some investigation and update.