Comments on: Organic or Frozen, Which Turkey is Best?

By: Diana Smith

Diana Smith — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:42:56 +0000

We get our pastured organic turkey from Mennonite friends and there is nothing stringy or dry about them….they are totally delicious. Yes, the price is high but we feel like it is worth it. Cooked in our Weber grill it is a real treat. DEE

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:25:50 +0000

This may or may not be relevant to this but……. a relative of mine was just telling me this (he is a farmer)……… I’m getting chickens this next week and was ready to spend lots of extra time and money to make my eggs ORGANIC……….. well, he says that if I free range them (which I do plan on doing) they will go directly to the cow plops on our farm and eat AND they also “eat” their own manure ! YUK ! I was concerned about the dead animal matter in commercial feeds – he says that chickens are scavengers and will eat dead animals if given the chance so whay bother with ORGANIC ! UGH ! So now, I’m going to buy feed (no antibiotics of course or other meds./chemicals) at the mill and give them all my table scraps and veggie garbage and have my family eat all the eggs they want ! =) =) =) I think alot of time, organic is way overrated. Don’t take me wrong – I prefer fruits and veggies not to be sprayed also beef to not eat poorly but with chickens, I’m going to do the best I can and not worry so much about 100% organic ! =) =)

By: Terrill

Terrill — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:53:43 +0000

http://www.cooksillustrated.com/tasting.asp?tastingid=610&bdc=7320&ex...
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Marilyn, Is this the same article? They did find that the breed of turkey mattered. I am fortunate to have one of the heritage breed turkeys from Mike Walters so hopefully it will have been worth the extra money.

Thanks for all your great recipes- love your site and love my Bosch.

Terrill