One Avian Flew over the Turkey's Nest

Many years ago I heard that Food Lion was putting formaldehyde into their hamburger that was getting, what shall we say, a little age on it and to keep it fresh longer.. Now before anyone jumps on me for passing nasty rumors, I said that I had heard it, I do not know if it is true in any way at all.. This turned me against Food Lion and I have never shopped there since.. I am not much of a meat eater, or shall I say, I am semi-veg, there are very few meats that I will eat and only small amounts of very well done meat at that.. So any time I hear of any rumors, that is all it takes to turn me off off meat, sorry, but turkeys are included.. I believe there is something wrong with my "mind's eye", it isn't functioning properly, if I imagine an animal while eating, I just can't eat it at all.. I used to love a ham and cheese, but now in my "mind's eye" it is pig and cheese, so I can't eat it anymore.. Crazy, but true.. So now if I fix a turkey for Christmas Dinner, I will remember this post and will most likely not eat a bite of it, even if it is smothered in good old gravy.. I tip my hat to you P1ke for helping me to "see" more clearly and adding another meat to my selection of foods to stay away from.. Oh well, it doesn't matter to me as I can always find enough other delectables to dine on, and it doesn't deter my family in any way, ther are meat eaters.. My son could eat a Rib-eye off of a cow standing in the field, if it would be still long enough for him to add a bit of steak sauce to it.. [b] HAVE A GRET CHRISTMAS ANYWAY[/B]

I would be a little leery of buying a turkey from that place, honestly. I mean, I really don't want to buy a bird, take it to a lab to be checked over for disease and other things, only to find out that I can't use it.

Bird flu isn't catching from eating the meat, it get quarantined so it won't spread.

Well, for one I am not traditional and MUST cook a turkey or whatever for Christmas, or any other celebration. I cook whatever I feel like cooking. I do get bored and get very tired of the 'same old, same old'. So I like to mix it up. This year, I am raising 7 ducks and killing them just before Christmas. We will be eating Duck this year. Likely more than one in the pot as well. IF I were of the majority and following (I don't often follow anything, I prefer to lead, you see) this tradition of killing a big dry turkey to eat, no, I don't think I would be so likely to purchase one from just recently recovering from Avian Flu. Although, so long as the gov't has cleared them and inspected them regularly, as I'm sure they do.....if it was possible to acquire my turkey elsewhere, I would be more likely to do it. However, if it was the only place to buy it, and I needed it, I might do so.

Would I buy an Hungarian Turkey? No - nor would I buy a Turkish Hungarian. What are they trying to do? I like to be able to reminisce with my turkey as I'm stuffing and trussing him. I don't speak Hungarian. I can't even do apologetic gestures in Hungarian. Utterly pointless. Maybe I'll have to stick to a bread'n'butter sarnie this year ...

Hi p1key, No I wouldn't, the butcher that I buy my meat from has a farm and he reares fowls and they are all free range so that is where I buy my turkey from, he also have chickens ducks and pheasants. I know how he feeds theem and looks after them, but I wouldn't eat anything that is from abroad. Hugs. Tamara

If a company let something like that out on the market, I would know that they put profit ahead of their customers and wouldn't buy from them ever again. Now, I know that companies don't REALLY care about me but about my pocketbook. However, I don't think they have a right to put my health at risk for the sake of their profits.