BeckyFL Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 If I paid $1.99/lb for a "Fresh" antibiotic free turkey at The Fresh Market, why is it still frozen inside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabelle Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 That's happened to me so many times. Perhaps by fresh, they mean freshly-thawed. And if so, the least they could do is make sure it's really thawed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialmama Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I asked my step-dad this last year. He deals with butchers all the time. According to him, many butchers do hundreds or thousands of birds at at time. As they are prepared, they either go directly into a freezer to keep them well chilled (a fridge is not going to do anything as the door is always opening) or they get transported in a truck with temperature controls. So it may still be "fresh" by some standards, and if it hadn't been frozen during that process, it'd probably spoil faster. We'd all like a fresh turkey that was slaughtered this morning, but that's pretty rare these days. Happy Thanksgiving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilliant Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 The same thing happened to us; it was just barely frozen with ice crystals, not rock-solid. The butcher told me they were cooled to almost freezing otherwise they couldn't get them to everyone to stay fresh for Thanksgiving. (basically the same thing Karen's step-dad the butcher said!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 My dad was a refridgerator truck driver and he delivered many 'fresh' turkeys over the years. It's like the other posters said, they have to be kept very cold in between being slaughtered and being bought. I think the only fresh non-frozen turkey you could hope for would be bought at the lot, killed there and immediately transported (by you) or else bought alive and killed by you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 That happened to me once and I went back to the store and complained. They told me that by law a "fresh" turkey was allowed to be thawed and refrozen THREE TIMES!!!:eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee in NC Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Poultry is not considered frozen until it reaches 28 degrees F. It is not uncommon to have a fresh bird be slightly frozen - the coolers are kept at 30-32 to make sure that the poultry is never above 40 degrees F. It's USDA regulation.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Flash freezing is common but I also don't like our "Fresh" Market here. I feel as if their products are just a bit of slick advertising..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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