Talkin' Turkey
We got our turkey order in yesterday; it’ll be close to 20 pounds. That’s a whole lotta turkey. But there’ll also be a whole lot of us come Thanksgiving.
There will be me, Todd, the boys, my mom, gramma, grampa, Aunt Connie, my cousin and her 2 boys and possibly my sister and her boyfriend. That’s a total of (possibly) 13, so like I said, a whole lotta us.
As you may have guessed if you’ve read about my buying green chicken or grass-fed beef, this won’t be any old factory farmed, artificial growth induced turkey.
Nope, the turkey I got is from Shelton’s and there’s nothing fake or phony about it.
In the pamphlet I picked up at Noah’s Ark (my local health food store) it says that the turkeys are:
• Grown without antibiotics, hormones or artificial growth stimulants.
• Not fed any animal protein.
• Grown in free range conditions, not inside buildings.
This is exactly the opposite of commercial turkeys according to Shelton’s.
For me, all of the things Shelton’s does in raising their turkeys is very important. Whatever is put into the turkey will end up in you.
In Food Inc I learned that commercial farmers grow their chickens in 49 days with growth hormones. It actually takes a chicken 3 months for them to reach maturity naturally. I imagine it’s pretty similar with turkeys.
Plus, the chickens that I've been buying that are grown this way taste way better than any other chicken I have ever eaten. So again, I imagine it will be pretty much the same when it comes to the turkey.
Ok, getting of my soap box now. ;)
My next endeavor is to find recipes for gluten free stuffing and pie crusts. Oh, and that don’t taste like cardboard!
So what’s your Thanksgiving Day menu going to look like?
8 comments:
We couldn't find any smaller turkeys and only needed enough for 4 people so we went with a free range, no hormone, no antibiotic, chicken and a uncured ham for our meat. I would have liked to find an organic version of both but couldn't, hopefully next year.
What you got sound pretty good though! I think organic would just be icing on the cake after all that!
I love that too! Cute. We plan to get one very soon too! :)
Thats awesome, and a GREAT SIGN! But now after hearing how nice they are treated, it somehow makes me want to just eat the potatoes on thanksgiving.
I think it's VERY important to know where your food is coming from, especially in the "meat/poultry" category.
That being said, we're having Italian for Thanksgiving this year. Odd, I know... but it's also the anniversary of my Dad's Heart Transplant, so he gets to pick the menu and he doesn't like turkey. LOL!
Jac, that's funny! Well, not the transplant part just the Italian for Thanksgiving part! ;) I'm glad he's doing well and there to celebrate!
Fab sign!! :) And great to hear about it!
We don't really celebrate Thanksgiving here, or with a turkey.. There is the custom of goose/duck for St Martin's (Nov. 11th) when the 'new wine' is..
We got some ducks from a farmer that gave us zero waste pumpkinseed oil directly, not sure exactly how 'eco' or 'organic' they'd be..
It's not so easy to buy eco meat here in slovenia, or for farmers to sell it.. (Usually even more eco meat is bought for usual prices?!)
We get sort of 'better' (grassfed etc) veal from relatives, other stuff, not so sure.. Hopefully next year we'll manage to source something more eco..
You're so lucky to have these easy choices!!
As far as price Layla, our eco meats are generally more expensive. I try to shop around and can sometimes find good deals & then usually stock up!
Your pumpkin seed oil sounds pretty eco to me; straight from the seller & zero waste.
Good luck with your eco meat search!
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