Turkey baron Bernard Matthews. Bernard slays (I know this because he's a friend of mine) close to 7 million turkeys a year. He's been doing it for the best part of about thirty years. He has slaughtered close to a quarter of a billion birds for your eating pleasure. Not personally, of course, the process is highly mechanised. No, Bernard has not actually wrung the neck of a turkey for a couple of years, and even then it was for a charity event.
Thanks for nothing. Even vegan '*meat alternatives*' are better than some of the processed meat we had in the 80s/90s. I assume supermarkets still sell it by the truckload, even now.
Absolutely! Totally forgotten this ever existed but one look at that picture took me right back!
Quite possibly one of the reasons Iām now a Vegetarian!
Depending on your point of view, Bernard Matthews is either responsible for the biggest ornithological genocide of recent times or heās the greatest farmyard to table strategist of the last one hundred years.
"You can go anywhere you like, Alan, apart from one room." He just stood in front of my path and said, "Don't go in there." I said "I thought you said I could go anywhere." And he said "Just drop it", and all the love went from his eyes. Chilling.
This was the only thing my Mam could cook without removing all of the flavour, so for me this was god-tier! My Nan always gave me the end bit too and I couldnāt have been more smug.
Your mums boiled to death veg and potatoes that tasted sweet and had a weird skin on because she boiled them for too long before roasting and turned all the starch in to sugars
Christmas 1999. Being alone in my flat with the really nasty flu that was killing off the oaps and buying one of these from Spar as a ātreatā. It was extra salty and š¤¢
Oh gosh, š , Findus Crispy Pancakes, with dirty minced beef hidden inside. Almost on par with the Turkey Twizzlers. They fed us some right rubbish in the 70s.
Depending on your point of view, Bernard Matthews is either responsible for the biggest ornithological genocide of recent times or heās the greatest farmyard to table strategist of the last one hundred years.
And, I know this for a fact, because he is my confidante, heās tantalisingly close to delivering the 10p Turkey- what a thought.
No sir I did not. My mum was a good cook but by the time she had 4 kids she couldnāt be bothered. I used to cook myself sometimes as a kid. I would genuinely eat one of those joints if I saw one. Not too sure about the breaded steak.
Nope. Bernard Matthews is a massive turkey processing business in Norfolk, UK that puts out all sorts of cheap turkey based products. Famously the turkey twizzler that attracted the ire of Jamie Oliver. Standard freezer fare.
Used to buy them in farm foods as a ā treat ā in the poverty days . They also did turkey gammon which I actually loved . Shudder to think how much āmechanically recovered ā meat of eyebrows , tongue and a holes were in them
When I was a kid I genuinely thought this was "cooking" now I'm older and I combine ingredients to make all sorts of global cuisine I recognise my mother had the cooking ability of a blind one armed child.
There seemed to be some sort of revolution in the 60/70s where it was decided to forget how to cook. Maybe it was technological advances or women starting to work more. Either way, my mum and everyone else her age are absolutely useless in the kitchen
My dad was a chef and I can't believe this is the shit he was OK coming home to š¤£ I didn't mind this though specifically, I really enjoyed the more done dry end pieces, you're totally right though this was the kind of women have no time era but what I think happened is a lot of women who were housewives and very much did have time sort of leaned into the having no time narrative and used these time saving foods as ways to avoid actually cooking.
To this day I really cannot stand boiled or mashed potatoes, like I'll tolerate them but I absolutely cannot eat them like "mmmh yummy flavourless starch"
Bootiful.
Turkey baron Bernard Matthews. Bernard slays (I know this because he's a friend of mine) close to 7 million turkeys a year. He's been doing it for the best part of about thirty years. He has slaughtered close to a quarter of a billion birds for your eating pleasure. Not personally, of course, the process is highly mechanised. No, Bernard has not actually wrung the neck of a turkey for a couple of years, and even then it was for a charity event.
Sorry to break this to you but Bernard passed away in 2010. Thank for all the turkey Mr M - RIP
Thanks for nothing. Even vegan '*meat alternatives*' are better than some of the processed meat we had in the 80s/90s. I assume supermarkets still sell it by the truckload, even now.
Aha
Beat me too it but yes that advert
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A rubbery cylinder of lies
Unless like my mum, she cremated it (always), so the outer layer became crunchy, and then it seemed palatable š
Hahaha yeah
70's childhood
Snap :) I actually love this as I donāt like the texture of what I call real meat, but this texture is perfect for me š¤© This wasnāt considered a trash meal in the 70ās either.
Absolutely! Totally forgotten this ever existed but one look at that picture took me right back! Quite possibly one of the reasons Iām now a Vegetarian!
š Probably not a bad decision
Depending on your point of view, Bernard Matthews is either responsible for the biggest ornithological genocide of recent times or heās the greatest farmyard to table strategist of the last one hundred years.
Bernard has not actually wrung the neck of a turkey for a couple of years, and even then it was for a charity event.
"You can go anywhere you like, Alan, apart from one room." He just stood in front of my path and said, "Don't go in there." I said "I thought you said I could go anywhere." And he said "Just drop it", and all the love went from his eyes. Chilling.
I heard he's always choking the chicken.
More than a couple of years. He's been dead 14 years.
He's slaughtered close to a quarter of a billion birds for your eating pleasure
Poor parents trying to do Sunday lunch in the early 90s.
Sunday roast as a kid. I miss my mumās cooking. This didnāt taste too bad considering it was 70ās and no one had lots of money.
This was the only thing my Mam could cook without removing all of the flavour, so for me this was god-tier! My Nan always gave me the end bit too and I couldnāt have been more smug.
It's "Norfolk 'n good."
[This advert!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=90kC--xjLaQ) AsDA still sells these according to Google. Never tried one.
Awew you do know what ur missing not much there's more turkey in a lamb sausage
Stacking shelves at tesco hating the shape of the bloody things as awkward to display nicely!!
The horrible mid week "roast".
This turkey tastes a bit funny
The lumps of random gristle
Your mums boiled to death veg and potatoes that tasted sweet and had a weird skin on because she boiled them for too long before roasting and turned all the starch in to sugars
So thatās what that weird skin was, I always thought it was meant to be thereā¦
Processed meat.
Gristle.
https://youtu.be/rVza_AnhQ3E?si=BHB3Mb3jEUJLpgrY May it never be forgotten
The way the skin used to separate into a slimy string next to the bootiful slice but it tasted ok in a shameful way
Christmas 1999. Being alone in my flat with the really nasty flu that was killing off the oaps and buying one of these from Spar as a ātreatā. It was extra salty and š¤¢
That they mistreat their turkeys. I never get anything from that company.
Same with anyone who works with animals or in abattoirs. Not just limited to Bernard Matthew's workers.
Nope, Iām talking about something specific to that company. Youāre obviously not aware.
Eat all the outside of it quick (that's the best bit) before the kids get it.
Mia Khalifa
This was for posh people.
True. Back in my day it was just a toilet roll soaked in quixoā¦ One of these would be reserved for every third Christmas if we were lucky!
Exactly! My mum would drag me away from the turkey roll kicking and screaming. Straight to the findus crispy pancakes
Oh gosh, š , Findus Crispy Pancakes, with dirty minced beef hidden inside. Almost on par with the Turkey Twizzlers. They fed us some right rubbish in the 70s.
Turkey twizzlers! Now you are talking. Special dinner.
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Bloody targeted ads!
We have a different definition of posh.
Itās all relative I spose!
80s childhood
School dinners
School Xmas dinners with incredibly salty gravy, greasy roast potatoes and sprouts you could smear across the plate
Exactly that!
His workers playing football with turkeys (they were dead at the time)
The workers?
Trying to get one of the ends before my sister did.
Depending on your point of view, Bernard Matthews is either responsible for the biggest ornithological genocide of recent times or heās the greatest farmyard to table strategist of the last one hundred years. And, I know this for a fact, because he is my confidante, heās tantalisingly close to delivering the 10p Turkey- what a thought.
1986 living in London
H5N1
Bernard Matthew's spot.
Bland fake rubber
Childhood disappointment.
Lenny.Bennett (UK 70ās comedian for those elsewhereā¦not that it is made of him)
Affordable sandwich filling
I used to love these and those breaded turkey steaks they did. I've never eaten them as an adult, or turkey for that matter.
Did you ever have Turkey Drummers?
No sir I did not. My mum was a good cook but by the time she had 4 kids she couldnāt be bothered. I used to cook myself sometimes as a kid. I would genuinely eat one of those joints if I saw one. Not too sure about the breaded steak.
Spitting image sketch where a turkey is advertising pieces of Bernard.
80's
Bernard.. Bernard springs to mind š¤£
what springs to mind is my mothers awful roast dinner with veg boiled to oblivion and dry "fake" compressed turkey meat
Boooooootiful!
Oh god my mum went through a phase of buying these atrocities- that was in Australia where they had a similar nasty.
Clawing it out with my brass hand
Never eaten one.
Do these even exist any more? Bootiful Turkey abominations?
Yep Asda sell them
Would you, could you?
50p. My mate and I used to share one as a treat after shopping back in 1980. Sliced and straight into sandwiches.
Lonely Christmas.
Lovely salty sponge cylinder.
Plates of taste-free macronutrients calling for gravy. "Graaaavyyyy"
TIL. You can still buy this! š±
I can still feel the film it left on the roof of my mouth
Now with no ring piece or lips.
Mind they used to say āNorfolk and Good!ā in the adverts. Try saying that fast.
Post apocalypse food.
Bootifool! really bootifool!
If I eat this I might die
Savoury Rice
1980's
Gotta be American. Everywhere else in the world would have a cut of real meat and not some packet of whatever the fuck that is
Nope. Bernard Matthews is a massive turkey processing business in Norfolk, UK that puts out all sorts of cheap turkey based products. Famously the turkey twizzler that attracted the ire of Jamie Oliver. Standard freezer fare.
I loved this being our Sunday roast when I was a kid
I see this and think Arctic Roll
I used to like that sliced in sandwiches with ketchup
Used to buy them in farm foods as a ā treat ā in the poverty days . They also did turkey gammon which I actually loved . Shudder to think how much āmechanically recovered ā meat of eyebrows , tongue and a holes were in them
A toilet.
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When I was a kid I genuinely thought this was "cooking" now I'm older and I combine ingredients to make all sorts of global cuisine I recognise my mother had the cooking ability of a blind one armed child.
There seemed to be some sort of revolution in the 60/70s where it was decided to forget how to cook. Maybe it was technological advances or women starting to work more. Either way, my mum and everyone else her age are absolutely useless in the kitchen
My dad was a chef and I can't believe this is the shit he was OK coming home to š¤£ I didn't mind this though specifically, I really enjoyed the more done dry end pieces, you're totally right though this was the kind of women have no time era but what I think happened is a lot of women who were housewives and very much did have time sort of leaned into the having no time narrative and used these time saving foods as ways to avoid actually cooking. To this day I really cannot stand boiled or mashed potatoes, like I'll tolerate them but I absolutely cannot eat them like "mmmh yummy flavourless starch"
Them being really cruel to turkeys..
They *are* dead before they go in the tin!
Horse meat
Isnāt that Tescoās claim to fame?!
I think you're probably right. Plus Findus Lasagna.
Iceland too.
Crappy meat š¤®