Christmas 2015 is coming - it's official

[Terry]

Did a bit of shopping for our restaurant today in Makro.
Whoopee - the Christmas Trees and deccies are all there................

[PeteC]

Man o man...it used to be around Thanksgiving at end November, now Halloween! Let's make it the 4th of July for good measure! Give me your $$$$$$, that's all we want.

[pharvey]

Christ - in the UK, Tesco and the like were selling Mince Pies with a "Best Before OCT"!!!

[Terry]

Bah Humbug I say...............

[HHTel]

Now try to buy a turkey from any Makro in Thailand or anywhere else for that matter. ---- bird flu scares causing no import of turkeys!!

[PeteC]

^ Really? I haven't looked but I hope something is around come December. We could always use a Thai chicken I guess and with that thought, the missing turkeys is probably all a plot by CP to sell more chickens! It will be known to history as the great CP Chinese Chicken Christmas Conspiracy, or CPCCCC for short! Pete

[HHTel]

My friends at our local restaurant have tried ordering turkeys from various Makros, Tescos and other outlets. They have been told each time that because of 'bird flu' no turkeys are being imported. Problem eventually solved by buying turkeys from a turkey farm but at double the price of the frozen variety.

[PeteC]

Sounds like a lot of stuffing to me. I haven't read about any BF outbreak for turkeys, chickens or anything, anywhere for months. Sounds like a made up excuse masking something else. Those birds are frozen into bricks and stay that way for weeks/months. I assume if any BF present that would surely kill it. Pete

[migrant]

Sounds like a lot of stuffing to me. I haven't read about any BF outbreak for turkeys, chickens or anything, anywhere for months. Sounds like a made up excuse masking something else. Those birds are frozen into bricks and stay that way for weeks/months. I assume if any BF present that would surely kill it. Pete

Like you Pete, I haven't read of any bird outbreaks, but before we left the states a dozen eggs had gone up 300% in price due to BF

[HHTel]

I agree. But that is what is being spouted as the standard reason by the big stores. Baffling!!

[HHTel]

"Two bird flu strains have been found in the United States this year. The H5N2 strain has been reported in Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin. It has also been identified on farms in British Columbia and Ontario, Canada. The H5N8 strain has been identified in California and also in Idaho, according to the Agriculture Department, and Canadian authorities confirmed the H5N1 strain was found in British Columbia, Canada."

Seems there is some truth in the rumour. Most of the top 10 importers have banned US fowl although Japan has recently relaxed the restrictions.

[migrant]

"Two bird flu strains have been found in the United States this year. The H5N2 strain has been reported in Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin. It has also been identified on farms in British Columbia and Ontario, Canada. The H5N8 strain has been identified in California and also in Idaho, according to the Agriculture Department, and Canadian authorities confirmed the H5N1 strain was found in British Columbia, Canada."

Seems there is some truth in the rumour. Most of the top 10 importers have banned US fowl although Japan has recently relaxed the restrictions.

Interesting, I had not seen any coverage in the states, except the egg price increase. But then the media........

[PeteC]

[migrant]

I remember watching that episode and laughing soooo hard

[PeteC]

Yeah, me too. I usually post the video once a year around Thanksgiving but it fit into this thread so well! Pete