Co-operative chicken

[esme]

This will sound ridiculous and like I have too much time on my hands but the chicken from Co-op is amazing, tastes so much better than anything I have tasted from other supermarkets or even the organic butcher - highly recommend and they quite often have good offers on making it pretty reasonable! Thought I would share :)

Perhaps we could also get a recipe suggestion chain going...

[The Minkey]

Yes, it does seem good chicken and produces less fat than other supermarket brands :-)

[the-e-dealer]

As the Ad says Goot with Foot.

[Dopamine1979]

Never really noticed much difference personally. Although now I'll be expecting it to taste nicer so it probably will which is no bad thing I guess.

[jimbo1964]

Co-Op food is generally really good. Their Fairtrade Chocolate is delicious as are the hot croissants. Wine selection also generally very good. Room for improvement in the salad department.

[EDdownunder]

Think "really good" might be pushing it, I find the meat, especially, is poor quality and overpriced. On one occasion I bought meat that went off in the fridge prior to the use-by date so my experience is polar to what you guys n gals are suggesting. I wuld rather eat my socks than buy seafood from the co-op and have not tried the chicken but perhaps it is worth considering in an emergency. The fruit and veggies not only need improvement, they actually need stocking.

The local greengrocers and the meat from North Cross Road or Billy Rose are all fantastic and not really that different in price to any of the supermarkets, the co-op included.

Does anyone actually choose to shop in the co-op? wonders never cease.

[jacks09]

My gf and I try and get oine every saturday.....with the grow you own salad! Amazing value and taste!

[seanmlow]

I agree with this - much less fatty and really tasty!

[DulwichFox]

Chicken does not really taste of anything.

Thats why it is Curried, Barbecued, covered in Spiced Flour and fried, Covered in Bread Crumbs,

Tandooried, Tikka'd

Fox.

[maxxi]

Their Fairtrade Bananas, Chocolate etc are good value, the bread selection is getting better and two bottles of Spitfire for ?3 is okay with me.

Fruit & Veg - variable depending on when you go.

Pork, seafood/fish, definitely not.

@Foxy - try a 'Label Anglais' chicken from Sparkes on NorthX Rd market - they taste the way a chicken should.

[DulwichFox]

maxxi Wrote:

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> @Foxy - try a 'Label Anglais' chicken from Sparkes

> on NorthX Rd market - they taste the way a chicken

> should.

I have had one of those from Borough Market.

They do not have much meat on them for ?14.00

Could not tell the diff. if blindfolded.

Fox..

[maxxi]

Not huge breasts no but lots of meat on the legs - but if you really can't taste the difference then you'd be wasting your money on anything other than the cheapest supermarket fowl. Or Spam. Spam's good.

[DulwichFox]

Yer Spam with HP or Daddies Sauce.. :))

Fox...

[Devil]

I have to say that I have found the Co op (coop!) chicken 'truly irresitable' range to be quite horrid, and I never ate the breast I had cooked, and threw the 2nd breast away. Its William Rose for me - solely for the taste - not pretentions at using the shop like so many others.

[Undisputedtruth]

Co op have their own farms and so do Morrisons. Waitrose have a farm in Herefordshire. It could be that these Supermarkets have greater control on their product quality.

Personally, I wouldn't dismiss Co-op food just because the brand isn't fashionable on this forum. All supermarket do some good food. The fun is discovering where they are.

[Annette Curtain]

The in house butcher at Morrisons in Camberwell green is good value/quality

(for a supermarket)

4x thick pork chops ?4 all cut and packed on the premises

I prefer Pheasant to chicken any day (in season) ?3.50

Netts

[Undisputedtruth]

I quite like Morrisons meat. Possibly the best value/quality amongst the supermarkets.

The meat manager at Morrisons,Camberwell branch, said, a year ago, that he wanted to bring in Mutton. I'm still waiting.

[Annette Curtain]

Morrisons fish counter is very good too

Whole Octopus ?3 or there abouts (that's two whole arms each in my house)

(tu)

[Undisputedtruth]

I tend to alternate between Sopers and Morrisons' fish counter. Morrisons have some excellent weekly special offers on their sea food.

[The Minkey]

I heart Peckham Morrisons ;-)

[bon3yard]

Its even better if you brine it first for 24 hours. (tu)

[El Pibe]

The Chinese supermarket just up the road. Cheap as chips.

Plus they chop up kingfish heads for me for stock for next to nowt.

[woodrot]

EDdownunder Wrote:

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> Think "really good" might be pushing it, I find

> the meat, especially, is poor quality and

> overpriced. On one occasion I bought meat that

> went off in the fridge prior to the use-by date so

> my experience is polar to what you guys n gals are

> suggesting. I wuld rather eat my socks than buy

> seafood from the co-op and have not tried the

> chicken but perhaps it is worth considering in an

> emergency. The fruit and veggies not only need

> improvement, they actually need stocking.

>

> The local greengrocers and the meat from North

> Cross Road or Billy Rose are all fantastic and not

> really that different in price to any of the

> supermarkets, the co-op included.

>

> Does anyone actually choose to shop in the co-op?

> wonders never cease.

Are you being Ironic or just ignorant ?

[david_carnell]

Devil Wrote:

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> I have to say that I have found the Co op (coop!)

> chicken 'truly irresitable' range to be quite

> horrid, and I never ate the breast I had cooked,

> and threw the 2nd breast away. Its William Rose

> for me - solely for the taste - not pretentions

> at using the shop like so many others.

Twat.

Your mind reading powers are truly sensational that you, and you alone, know which of William Rose's customers use his shop for their tasty produce and which use the shop because they are pretentious. Can you spot them in the queue just by looking at them? Do they have a uniform? Hemp bags perhaps?

[woodrot]

those who secure a Xmas turkey are indeed part of a WR secret society