Have you got Turkey Ham in the USA?? - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

equus · 02-03-2006, 08:02 AM

I've never eaten it myself - I've never dared. I don't even want to think what you have to do to a turkey to make it taste like a pig!! I read the label hear the adverts and each time I find myself muttering 'there's no such thing....' either it's flippin' turkey or it's flippin' ham - ain't no way in hell it could be 'Turkey Ham'.

Bernard Matthews says it good for the health, low in fat, and tasty on baked potatoes - but they never explain what the smeg it is because it CAN'T be Turkey Ham!!

If I'm wrong I'll eat my words but there ain't no way I'm plucking a pig!!

**best** · 02-03-2006, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by equus

If I'm wrong I'll eat my words but there ain't no way I'm plucking a pig!!

and turkey burgers and turkey hotdogs and turkey roasts

I never thought about that part of the job...who plucks the pig *LOL*

I would rather just get a turkey breast myself. No preservatives added. I would think a canned turkey (if they come that way) would have preservatives added.

The turkey burgers were ok. Meatloaf made with ground turkey was good as well.

equus · 02-03-2006, 08:14 AM

I can understand it in a hotdog or burger, like beef burgers or pork burgers, but Turkey HAM - Turkey HAM??? Is it the result of large turkeys that get infested with little piggies? And it's PINK!! The colour of forced PIGGY ham!!

Okay - I know I'm venting but I can't be alone - surely not everyone just ACCEPTED people saying there's such a thing as turkey ham - then EATING it?

**best** · 02-03-2006, 08:18 AM

Wait a minute here *LOL*

Take a good look at the things the Scotts put on a diner table.
A turkey ham sounds good about now *LOL*

Of course there is always a good ole Irish stew..yum yum. *LOL*

equus · 02-03-2006, 08:22 AM

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Take a good look at the things the Scotts put on a diner table.
A turkey ham sounds good about now *LOL*

Hey look, sheeps entrails and barley is what it is and damn tasty too. It CANNOT be compared to the impossibility of Turkey Ham!

For example a stew can be irish - hence Irish Stew, but ain't no way in hell a pig can be a turkey!!

It doesn't even look possible:

cwohio · 02-03-2006, 08:39 AM

i have had turkey ham and quite frankly it tasted pretty good - it wasn't a canned one. it was sold with the regular hams at the store. i don't eat ham that much anyway so i usually go for the real thing if i'm going to have some.

there is SO a turkey-pig!!!

equus · 02-03-2006, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by cwohio

i have had turkey ham and quite frankly it tasted pretty good - it wasn't a canned one. it was sold with the regular hams at the store. i don't eat ham that much anyway so i usually go for the real thing if i'm going to have some.

there is SO a turkey-pig!!!

Until you ate it!!

Would you eat turkey beef? Just cusirous....

equus · 02-03-2006, 08:44 AM

.... from a local turkey ham breeding establishment:

cwohio · 02-03-2006, 08:46 AM

i guess - depends on how it's fixed. i have had turkey burgers - some good, some bad. they actually have a pretty good one here in the cafeteria at work.

equus · 02-03-2006, 08:51 AM

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i guess - depends on how it's fixed.

Are you refering to how it's bred?

Hey - I can cope with turkey burgers - a burger not being a seperate species and therefore impossible.

My issue is soley with turkey HAM!! I can't cope! There's an ad on the telly and I feel forced to mutter for at least the next 5 minutes! I see it in the supermarket, and want to ask purchasers how they think it happened - because surely it's good to know how your food happened, or at the least be able to guess....

MamaGoose · 02-03-2006, 08:51 AM

We've got turkey everything. Hot dogs, kielbasa, burgers.

All yuck stuff.

My question to turkey-pig breeders;

Who sits on the eggs?????????

equus · 02-03-2006, 08:53 AM

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Who sits on the eggs?????????

It could be worse.... Do they come out as eggs??? Or who suckles beaked little critters?

cwohio · 02-03-2006, 08:55 AM

Or who suckles beaked little critters?

Purrdy · 02-03-2006, 01:46 PM

I know the advert to which you are reffering too equus!
Everyone sits around with a demonic look in their eyes smiling!

OOOOOOOOOO and its LOW in fat! Well whoopppeeee doooooo! lets go buy a ton of the gear and wedge it down our necks huh! Its so low in fat you can eat twice as much!

Yes Turkey HAM.......Only an unsavoury character like Bernard Mathews could come up with that one, My husband refers to all this processed meat as 'lips and arseholes'

Yes.....nice.....AND low in fat!

Love Purrdyxxxxx

equus · 02-03-2006, 03:53 PM

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'lips and arseholes'

But in this case uyou don't even know if it's lips or beaks!!! Or maybe the beaks have lips?

susane1408 · 02-03-2006, 03:58 PM

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Food_...ion122866.html

Purrdy · 02-04-2006, 07:03 AM

Ever heard of the expression "it fits like a sock on a chicken's lip"

LOL

Must be a Wiltshire saying...he he

But can conjure up all sort of wierd and wonderful pictures in your mind! (like why would a chilcken wanna put a sock on its lip inthe first place?)

Love purrdyxxxxxxxxx

lulu70 · 02-04-2006, 07:58 AM

...........what about turkey bacon???

Purrdy · 02-04-2006, 08:15 AM

the mind boggles!

princess9282001 · 02-04-2006, 08:54 AM

I worked in a deli for 3 yrs and we in fact sold alot of turkey ham. I dont care for it myself. Although we did have a flavored turkey ham that wasnt that bad. I dont get it either. Theres nothing like the real thing.

Purrdy · 02-04-2006, 10:22 AM

waht a REAL turkey ham or a pretend one?

princess9282001 · 02-04-2006, 06:50 PM

Lol! Ham plain old great ham Yeh last night I ate a make believe turkey ham sandwich and gain 5lbs. lol ( or was that my evil twin) Sorry Purdy next time I'll have to specify

exzim · 02-05-2006, 06:36 AM

They probably mix the two processed meats to cover up the taste of all the antibiotics and preservatives and chemicals they shove into our food. then sell it to us consumers as low fat and healthy. I have a deep distrust for the big food corporations and what they are doing to our food. For example nutrasweet, with it being a neuro toxin, all the antibiotics, growth hormones and preservatives in our food just so the big corporations can make some more bucks and a bigger and better profit.
Sorry, I will get off my soapbox now - and I do feel better for my rant!

Maggie

equus · 02-05-2006, 07:54 AM

I just plucked two pheasants for tea. I plucked them, I picked them, I gutted them - free range? These live free, the season ends next week until october to give them time to breed.

Now that's what I call food - they are entirely pheasant, nothing remotely pig like! And I won't be making them look like ham - although they will be dressed with bacon, braeburn apple and fresh sage!

02-03-2006, 08:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
equus Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: uk Posts: 3,056	Have you got Turkey Ham in the USA?? I've never eaten it myself - I've never dared. I don't even want to think what you have to do to a turkey to make it taste like a pig!! I read the label hear the adverts and each time I find myself muttering 'there's no such thing....' either it's flippin' turkey or it's flippin' ham - ain't no way in hell it could be 'Turkey Ham'. Bernard Matthews says it good for the health, low in fat, and tasty on baked potatoes - but they never explain what the smeg it is because it CAN'T be Turkey Ham!! If I'm wrong I'll eat my words but there ain't no way I'm plucking a pig!!

02-03-2006, 08:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
best Don't get undies in a bunch Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Shore MA Posts: 7,184	Wait a minute here LOL Take a good look at the things the Scotts put on a diner table. A turkey ham sounds good about now LOL Of course there is always a good ole Irish stew..yum yum. LOL __________________ * I asked God to spare me pain. God said "No", Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me. Recovery Related Acronym B. E. S. T. = Been Enjoying Sobriety Today?

02-03-2006, 08:39 AM	#6 (permalink)
cwohio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Litterbox City Posts: 6,141	i have had turkey ham and quite frankly it tasted pretty good - it wasn't a canned one. it was sold with the regular hams at the store. i don't eat ham that much anyway so i usually go for the real thing if i'm going to have some. there is SO a turkey-pig!!! __________________ *Learn to write your hurts in sand. Learn to carve your blessings in stone! - Unknown*

02-03-2006, 08:44 AM	#8 (permalink)
equus Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: uk Posts: 3,056	Photograph... .... from a local turkey ham breeding establishment:

02-03-2006, 08:46 AM	#9 (permalink)
cwohio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Litterbox City Posts: 6,141	i guess - depends on how it's fixed. i have had turkey burgers - some good, some bad. they actually have a pretty good one here in the cafeteria at work. __________________ *Learn to write your hurts in sand. Learn to carve your blessings in stone! - Unknown*

02-03-2006, 08:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
equus Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: uk Posts: 3,056	I can understand it in a hotdog or burger, like beef burgers or pork burgers, but Turkey HAM - Turkey HAM??? Is it the result of large turkeys that get infested with little piggies? And it's PINK!! The colour of forced PIGGY ham!! Okay - I know I'm venting but I can't be alone - surely not everyone just ACCEPTED people saying there's such a thing as turkey ham - then EATING it?

02-03-2006, 08:51 AM	#11 (permalink)
MamaGoose Honk if you're a codie! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: State of Codependency Posts: 115	We've got turkey everything. Hot dogs, kielbasa, burgers. All yuck stuff. My question to turkey-pig breeders; Who sits on the eggs????????? __________________ MamaGoose "Our recovery is tough. We don't have to give up a drink or a substance. We have to give up our very nature. We are caregivers. It's what we do." - historyteach -

02-03-2006, 08:55 AM	#13 (permalink)
cwohio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Litterbox City Posts: 6,141	Or who suckles beaked little critters? __________________ *Learn to write your hurts in sand. Learn to carve your blessings in stone! - Unknown*

02-03-2006, 01:46 PM	#14 (permalink)
Purrdy Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salisbury Wiltshire Posts: 1,903	I know the advert to which you are reffering too equus! Everyone sits around with a demonic look in their eyes smiling! OOOOOOOOOO and its LOW in fat! Well whoopppeeee doooooo! lets go buy a ton of the gear and wedge it down our necks huh! Its so low in fat you can eat twice as much! Yes Turkey HAM.......Only an unsavoury character like Bernard Mathews could come up with that one, My husband refers to all this processed meat as 'lips and arseholes' Yes.....nice.....AND low in fat! Love Purrdyxxxxx Last edited by Purrdy; 02-03-2006 at 01:47 PM. Reason: ooops spellin'

02-03-2006, 03:58 PM	#16 (permalink)
susane1408 * Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lincolnshire, England Posts: 461	http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Food_...ion122866.html __________________ "All we have to do is to decide what to do with the time that is given to us"....................JRR Tolkien

02-04-2006, 07:03 AM	#17 (permalink)
Purrdy Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salisbury Wiltshire Posts: 1,903	Ever heard of the expression "it fits like a sock on a chicken's lip" LOL Must be a Wiltshire saying...he he But can conjure up all sort of wierd and wonderful pictures in your mind! (like why would a chilcken wanna put a sock on its lip inthe first place?) Love purrdyxxxxxxxxx

02-04-2006, 07:58 AM	#18 (permalink)
lulu70 We all need each other. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The road of happy destiny. Posts: 2,223	...........what about turkey bacon??? __________________ "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.....do the thing you think you cannot do." ~Eleanor Roosevelt

02-04-2006, 08:15 AM	#19 (permalink)
Purrdy Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salisbury Wiltshire Posts: 1,903	the mind boggles!

02-04-2006, 08:54 AM	#20 (permalink)
princess9282001 Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: washington pa Posts: 107	I worked in a deli for 3 yrs and we in fact sold alot of turkey ham. I dont care for it myself. Although we did have a flavored turkey ham that wasnt that bad. I dont get it either. Theres nothing like the real thing.

02-04-2006, 10:22 AM	#21 (permalink)
Purrdy Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salisbury Wiltshire Posts: 1,903	waht a REAL turkey ham or a pretend one?

02-04-2006, 06:50 PM	#22 (permalink)
princess9282001 Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: washington pa Posts: 107	Lol! Ham plain old great ham Yeh last night I ate a make believe turkey ham sandwich and gain 5lbs. lol ( or was that my evil twin) Sorry Purdy next time I'll have to specify

02-05-2006, 06:36 AM	#23 (permalink)
exzim Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 69	Turkey Ham They probably mix the two processed meats to cover up the taste of all the antibiotics and preservatives and chemicals they shove into our food. then sell it to us consumers as low fat and healthy. I have a deep distrust for the big food corporations and what they are doing to our food. For example nutrasweet, with it being a neuro toxin, all the antibiotics, growth hormones and preservatives in our food just so the big corporations can make some more bucks and a bigger and better profit. Sorry, I will get off my soapbox now - and I do feel better for my rant! Maggie __________________ A candle loses none of its light by lighting another candle. Unknown Don't wait for people to be kind, show them how. Unknown

02-05-2006, 07:54 AM	#24 (permalink)
equus Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: uk Posts: 3,056	I just plucked two pheasants for tea. I plucked them, I picked them, I gutted them - free range? These live free, the season ends next week until october to give them time to breed. Now that's what I call food - they are entirely pheasant, nothing remotely pig like! And I won't be making them look like ham - although they will be dressed with bacon, braeburn apple and fresh sage!