Ladies and Gentlemen , Do You Really Know What You're Eating ? Let's Talk Turkey And Find Out?
Deli Turkey is very popular amongst both men and women . However it's favored more so by women presumably because of it's dietary favorability .
So ladies(and men).. . . Do you know HOW that deli turkey was made ? And please include how much you pay per pound or half pound for sliced turkey at your deli . There are many grades of sliced turkey and I can probably tell which one you're buying by the price you're paying .
I'll post the answer later if no one gets it . But you may be surprised at what you see !!
The turkey goes down an assembly-line and at each stop (it never actually stops) a worker removes one part of the turkey(breast , leg , thigh etc ) . And all the waste from each station falls into a vat on wheels . Then when the turkey carcass is completely stripped of meat , the person at the last station takes a band-saw and zips across the carcass for any pontential remaining meat , fat , etc . And everything falls into a vat also . Those vats of scraps , fat , gristle , bone chips , etc are then put into a blender that completely liquifies everything . So the 'turkey matter' is literally poured into plastic bags , sealed , and then run through what essentially is a restaurant style dishwasher(no soap of course just water) and cooked in the bag . The turkey solidifies because of a chemical that has been added . And bingo , you have deli turkey .
HOWEVER , other deli turkey products can be good . Those are the ones where you can see the grain of the meat and cost you $7/# or more
(cont) Those $7/# plus turkey breasts/deli meat are formed by taking either 2 or 3 whole turkey breasts and placing them in those same plastic bags with a little solidifying chemical and whalla , you have what looks like the 'other' turkey deli meat except when you slice it you can clearly see the grain of the meat and is much healthier for you .
BOTTOM LINE is this . If you're buying deli turkey for anything less than $7 per pound , you're likely eating more chemicals and waste products than are good for you . Thus completely defeating the purpose of eating deli turkey for health reasons in the first place .
Next time ask for a sample slice of the most costly turkey and the least costly turkey . You'll clearly see and taste a huge difference . And be wary , some stores don't even carry the 'good stuff' at all !! We've been trained to think the cheap stuff is turkey . . .and it's really not !!