Over the next four weeks Turkeywatch will give an update on turkey information from farms and suppliers nationwide. By Anna Jean Hughes
Bob Kennard of award-winning butchers Grain Farm Organics (www.graigfarm.co.uk) sells two different kinds of Turkey, A free-range additive-free bird costs £9.10/kg and a fully-organic Soil Association bird costs £12.07/kg.
Because all animals generally have an improved flavour the older they are, then slowly grown, free-ranging organic birds are normally older than non-organic, intensive turkeys, and so will naturally taste better.
Our prices have gone up on last year, but the prices of our birds will not now change before Christmas. What happens in the longer future is difficult to predict, but generally speaking organic grain has not increased proportionally more than non-organic grain; in fact it has increased less.
Like most organic meat, organic can take longer to cook, and benefits from long slow cooking. I personally like it with lardons of bacon over the top, together with stuffing. Allow 20 minutes per kg and add 90 minutes to overall cooking time.
We have seen fairly similar, or slightly higher, sales of turkey to last year.
I'm afraid we're traditional at home, and although my wife and I who jointly run our business, have more than enough to do with turkeys in the run up to Christmas, we still have a turkey on the day!
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