Now that the bird flu outbreak on the Bernard Matthews' Turkey farm in Suffolk has been proved to be the deadly form of the virus what food produce can I eat which is similar to turkey/chicken?
The government has announced that there is only a small risk that humans can catch the virus but apparently it is also true that there is an incubation period in which the birds show no signs of the virus and in which time they could be sold to the public as meat.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
2007-02-02 22:33:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
You should try eating quorn products.
They sell several products which are based on chicken/turkey.
In fact the products are so much like their real meat counterparts that if you were to give them to someone without telling them they would think that they were indeed eating real burgers, sausages, etc.
None of my family are vegetarians but we eat quorn products all the time as they are much healthier than real meat. Very low in fat and extremely high in protein.
A bit scary though that the deadly version of bird flu has finally hit the UK. No doubt the government will tell us that there is no danger to the public. But then again this was the same government which told us that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq!
2007-02-02 22:41:43 · answer #1 · answered by dougietrotter1945 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
White meats like lean pork and veal might make suitable substitutes. All game is pretty low fat, as is rabbit. Meaty fish like fresh Tuna would ring the changes.
As for Quorn my best mates Botanist wife wont touch it -"too fungal" she says. But it is tasty if properly cooked.
There is another meat substitute, a soya product known as KESP or VSP (vegetable spun protein). It comes as mince and chunks(which I cant vouch for). Marinated in stock & a little oil it is pretty good in bolognese, chili and even burgers. Use plenty of strong flavours which it absorbs.
Strange that this Bird Flu outbreak has happened when there are no migrating species about, with the birds in pretty much sealed sheds. Does anyone else suspect the Animal Right terrorists or other political extremists might have had a hand in this? Bernard Mathews is the most prominent turkey farmer in the country. And Turkey farming is probably the most intensive form of "agribusiness" hated by animal rights activists. Of course these turkeys were due on our tables at Easter, so this would have been the ideal time to paralyse a whole industry..
2007-02-03 11:54:52 · answer #2 · answered by pwei34 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to be absolutely safe eat a chicken flavoured vegetarian substitute made by Quorn. It is not cheap - but is has never cheeped -so you will not catch anything from it. You can buy it in most supermarkets.
ETA Ah beaten to it by dougietro... - he has the right idea. :)
2007-02-02 22:43:31 · answer #3 · answered by stgoodric 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eh....the bird flu wasn't such a big thing at all. Where is it now? The thing's petered out. Why not eat more pork and shellfish?
2007-02-02 22:44:39 · answer #4 · answered by Benvenuto 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A nice medium rare rib-eye steak with pepper sauce. I'm making myself hungry.
2007-02-02 22:54:30 · answer #5 · answered by derek 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try quorn i used the pieces and the mince and both were truly delicious im fed up with finding lumps of fat and grisle in meat
2007-02-03 09:34:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eat beef, pork or even a fish meal.
2007-02-02 22:45:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any meat really, but if you are looking for a low fat meat try vennison
2007-02-02 23:21:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cooking kills the virus
2007-02-02 22:36:56 · answer #9 · answered by Sir Sidney Snot 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try emu, kangaroo, crocodile, bison and catfish. They are all very tasty, low in fat and healthy choices.
2007-02-02 23:46:01 · answer #10 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋