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Bernard Matthews' rather unhappy turkey

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hub2dee · 25/04/2006 11:28

Looks like he's about to get smacked round the head with a baseball bat by a 'carer'.

Sad

\link{http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/4940366.stm\Not a very nice picture, eh ?}

Aside from this (alleged) sick violence, notice how crowded the floorspace appears.

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arfy · 25/04/2006 11:30

oh don't even get me started on the conditions in which farm animals are kept.

good they've been caught though

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hub2dee · 25/04/2006 11:32

Glad I have quorn roast.

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expatinscotland · 25/04/2006 11:32

Bastards. Another reason to refuse to patronise these people.

Support local free-range farmers!

WigWamBam · 25/04/2006 11:34

Several of my reasons for being veggie in one photograph.

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hub2dee · 25/04/2006 11:35

hi toadie. Nice, innit. Sad

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expatinscotland · 25/04/2006 11:37

We're headed in that direction, WWB. Plus, you don't have to worry about cross-contamination in your kitchen. For now, we do patronise a nearby farmer who breeds British pedigree pigs organically and another who farms chickens organically.

I like to bake, so get eggs from East Coast Organic farm.

We can't eat much meat b/c of the cost, but it's in our power to stop industries from mistreated animals by not purchasing their products, so we don't.

WigWamBam · 25/04/2006 11:38

Nice ... not. Intensive farming pushes my buttons rather.

Really looking forward to spring - especially now we've finally got that bl&&dy quince out! Looks like dd has got the bug too.

WigWamBam · 25/04/2006 11:40

I agree, expat. I did read somewhere that it's not people turning veggie that will stop intensive farming - it's people refusing to buy intensively farmed meat and turning to organic or "freedom" foods that will do it. The problem is that while people insist on making Bernard Matthews and his like a very rich man, nothing will change.

arfy · 25/04/2006 11:45

yep I totally agree - I'm veggie but I don't expect others to be. But intensive farming is disgusting. can't see how it produces decent meat for people to eat either, however as long as it is cheaper and easier than organically produced meat, people will buy it Sad

expatinscotland · 25/04/2006 11:45

One thing we've noticed since we stopped buying battery farmed meat (we stopped after the Dispatches episode on battery chicken farming AND the other Channel 5 show on slaughter houses), is that free range really adn truly does taste better.

oliveoil · 25/04/2006 11:46

that makes me feel sick

don't buy any meat from the supermarket at all, we are lucky to have a local farmer. But I don't eat much of it anyway, seems a bit odd cooing at the lambs with dd1 and then seeing people coming out with joints Shock.

expatinscotland · 25/04/2006 11:49

we refuse to eat lamb or veal at all. or foie gras - that's just cruel no matter what.

some supermarkets do offer british free range organic meats. dh even found british free range chickens in ASDA. BUT they are in high demand and often sold out. good! bring in more and get rid of the battery stuff.

rey · 25/04/2006 12:01

Would love to buy from farmer/farmers markets but often wonder if this is really any better. (Human beings can tell you what they think you want to hear and then the next person comes along and tells you the last one did it all wrong!) Markets in our area are not very consistent at least with the supermarket I get a receipt and they are there the next day/year. Don't eat much meat anyway because news like this keep recurring.

oliveoil · 25/04/2006 12:02

our farmer is definitely a farmer as we have to drive up the lane to get to him, but I know what you mean about markets, they can tell you whatever imo

cod · 25/04/2006 12:02

ffarms in moss side?//
gosh

expatinscotland · 25/04/2006 12:04

We have visited all the farms from where we buy meat. All welcome visitors. They are real farmers who farm in the manner they say they do. Most even have shops attached to them so you can purchase their products that way, too.

Marina · 25/04/2006 12:07

Our butcher has letterheads/leaflets/window stickers from his various Soil Association suppliers in Kent and some of them hold open days etc. For beef and pork he goes and picks the animals out himself beforehand.
I think Bernard Matthews is a national disgrace and always have done. "turkey ham" FFS.

BadHair · 25/04/2006 12:16

I started going to our local butchers 2 years ago. Since tasting their meat I've realised just what utter crap supermarkets sell you. Tasteless flesh that's pumped full of water. Disgusting.

I used to be veggie due to dislike of intensive farming methods, but am now happy to eat meat from free range animals that I know have been well-treated and only travelled a short distance to the slaughter house.

When I cook a chicken from the butcher's, I know where it came from and how long it has been dead (no more than a few hours). If I buy it from Tesco or Bernard Matthews all I know is that it led a miserable life and was killed anything up to a month ago. And it tastes of nothing.

What can I say - if you want to see an end to this sort of thing, find a reputable butcher and buy your meat there.

expatinscotland · 25/04/2006 12:22

'If I buy it from Bernard Matthews all I know is that it led a miserable life and was killed anything up to a month ago. And it tastes of nothing. '

Yep, and may have been smacked around like a ball by some utter c*&t who deserves a long stretch in jail.

Local farmers and butchers, fishmongers, etc. are a vital part of British culture and industry.

Show them support by giving them a chance!

oliveoil · 25/04/2006 12:53

I don't live in Moss Side cod

I live in the one salubrious (sp?) area of Oldham that is surrounded by countryside and gamboling lambs and stinky pigs

Highlander · 25/04/2006 12:55

I went to our local-ish butcher for the first time on Sat. Thought by going at 8am the place would be deserted.............NO!! The queue was forming Shock

The guy said if I wanted suasages in the summer I would have to book them mid-week Grin

expatinscotland · 25/04/2006 18:46

i'm glad to see the trend catching on! the more people start patronising butchers, the greater teh demand, the more support local farmers will have.

ruty · 26/04/2006 09:14

we buy organic meat only but it is so bloody expensive. I can't believe people still buy Bernard Matthews stuff but I guess cost is a factor.

edam · 26/04/2006 09:21

Shows exactly why I'm a veggie. Dh isn't but buys organic or direct from our local butcher. Sadly butcher is retiring but can't find anyone to buy his business. Which means more people having to buy rubbish from supermarkets - disaster for their own health but also for animal welfare.

My BIL is Italian and loves food. Buys half a cow direct from a local farmer, has it dressed and stores in a chest freezer. Much cheaper (lasts six months) but also apparently the taste and quality is amazing compared to even the best supermarket meat.

joelalie · 26/04/2006 12:55

"we refuse to eat lamb or veal at all. or foie gras - that's just cruel no matter what"

I'm with you 100% on the foie gras and the veal but why the lamb? Just curious.