I hear that Makro had frozen local turkeys in stock yesterday.  In the continuing absence of imported birds I may have to buy one this year.

 

Anyone here tried Thai Turkey recently and if so how was it?

Not recently but a couple of years ago.  It had a vague off taste and was very dry...very little fat content; a 3 1/2 kg bird left hardly enough drippings for gravy.

That doesn't sound too encouraging ????

 

That doesn't sound too encouraging ????

Thai turkeys are like Thai beef...

edible, but nothing to write home about.

 

I agree that past local turkeys were as described herein.  However, this year we purchased a local (My Choice) turkey from Tops and while

it was a bit thin in the breast meat, it was tasty and produced good gravy.  I don't know the source but was happy with the result.

Before the embargo on US turkey, Foodland sold NORBEST frozen birds at a reasonable price.  They continued to sell whatever they had left of that pre-embargo stock over the next few holiday seasons at very high prices: I recall seeing a 5kg bird at around B3000.

They may be importing them again and they are a very decent product but take a close look at the tag to ascertain the stock date before buying.

 

At one time, there were a number of poultry farms in Thailand tying to raise turkeys on a large scale but finding breeds that could handle Thailand's intense heat waves was difficult.  The devastating bird flu epidemic in the mid-aughts whipped out every flock as Thailand and other countries slaughtered almost all poultry trying to contain the disease.  I remember that for more than a year, chicken and duck as well as eggs were unavailable in markets and restaurants here.

Edited December 4, 20187 yr by dddave

Villa Market stocked them last year. But at 4,000 baht a piece I opted for the chicken corner instead.