where can I buy my Xmas capon ?

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that's it really. My organic farm doesn't supply them nor the major supermarkets. I'm in Norfolk.

Here?

Local butcher?

Or ask at your organic farm if they have any recommendations for somewhere else you could try.

We got ours from our local butcher last year.

i have always wondered about capons

have never seen them for sale

are they better/nicer than chicken? are they expensive?

My mum always did a capon. Just big chickens, dont taste any different imo. I think they cost a bit more than a chicken. We get ours from a local butcher.

are they not castrated cockerels

yeah, i think so. None of us liked turkey so she always did a capon. Easier than cooking 2 or 3 chickens I think thats why she bought them.

yes they are nailpolish. They put on more fat so they're bigger than a normal chicken and the meat is more tender and savoury. Thanks for all the info.

is it that big?!!!!!!!

i dont like turkey either

chicken is MUCH nicer

well ive learnt something today

I just asked my other fairly local organic butcher and he said that the process of caponisation has been banned for a while! Surely not since we can find some on the link that jackieno posted