Is there a website that explains the process of turning turkey into deli meat?

Question

How do you take turkey meat, and turn it into something that can be sliced without falling apart? What is the process, or a website that explains it, please no lame answers.

Answer 1

Get Ready for some ugliness. I worked at a turkey plant. The birds were gassed, de-feathered, and meat(breast, dark meat etc.) removed from the carcass. The final stop of the carcass required a band saw to skim the little bits of meat, fat etc from the turkeys. Then all the vats that had collected the scraps, fat, bone chips etc. are poured into a very large blender that turns it into liquid turkey product. Then it's poured into a plastic bag with an additive. the bag is sealed and then cooked in the bag in a machine that looks like a restaurant dishwasher. The finished product is then a solid mass(because of the additive). You would not eat this product anymore once you knew this. It also contains almost no nutritional value and is no comparison to real turkey. The turkey plant also takes 2-3 whole turkey breasts and puts them in bags with the additive and runs them through the same process(this product is much more natural and does have nutritional value). Subway among many others uses the lesser quality product I first described. And many grocery stores have it in their deli case. I would never suggest to buy this product , but the better "whole breast or whole muscle" product is fine. Cost is the issue at the store for some people, but the "garbage product is not worth it at any price. And the price difference is huge. Restaurants and grocers can buy the garbage product for $2.00-$3.00 per pound, you cannot. the whole muscle product costs them between $3.75-$4.75 per pound. The grocer charges you $4.00-$5.00 per pound for the garbage and the sky is the limit on the whole muscle product e.g. some stores in the chicagoland area charge $6.00 per HALF pound. Anybody still want to go on the SUBWAY "DIET".

Answer 2

not a lame answer