"Its on Butterball turkeys- What I heard is that they arent 'killed' the HALAL way. If that's true then PFFFFFT! What next? All canned food stuff? Probably some big wig here got together with another big wig and decided that if they ban imported turkey then people have to buy local ones. Then again, do we have local turkey?!!"
Hmmmm.... hinky. It IS a conspiracy! I was RIGHT again. Dayum.
I would be more than happy to buy a freekin local turkey IF THEY HAD ANY TO SELL!!!
**** BTW - I got a 24lb Butterball turkey 2 days ago from the PX at Arifjan (thank you again, J). Was just posting this FYI.
Oh, by the by, peeps: What is UP with calling Brazilian turkeys "local"? Je ne get it pas. Brazil is waaaay over der.
No conspiracy, Sultan just ran out of stock (again). This seems to be a common occurrence, they just run out of Sara Lee and Butterball products and we just have to wait until their new shipment arrives. It happens a lot since I purchase smoked turkey breast on a weekly basis and when they run out of stock I usually end up getting Khazan. Not sure why they don't order a new shipment a head of time...
ReplyDeleteI found my turkey in the Shuwaikh City Center and then stumbled upon some more in the Salmiya Co-op last night, so you might want to try these places, too. Of course, they are the "local" kind from Brazil, but hey, better than nothing, right? Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI found my turkey in the Shuwaikh City Center and then stumbled upon some more in the Salmiya Co-op last night, so you might want to try these places, too. Of course, they are the "local" kind from Brazil, but hey, better than nothing, right? Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI ended up buying 2 of those 'local' turkeys from Brazil (not sure how that's more local than a Butterball). Each one weighs in at a whopping 3.5 kilos! If I didn't know better I would venture to say they were overgrown chickens... never seen anything so tiny! I spoke to my mother in the states who snickered a little as she told me about their 24 pound turkey -- for less than 1/3rd what I paid for ONE of my little dudes.
ReplyDeletehave you tried lulu hyper?
ReplyDeletehttp://expatandthecity.blogspot.com/2011/11/spotted-lots-of-butterball-turkeys-on.html
ReplyDeleteLuckily, I was able to grab the last 2 jars of cranberry sauce from Salmiya's Sultan Center yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI was there today and it was sooooo funny.... I saw one of the employees running around with apparently the
"last package " of fresh cranberries. I stopped him dead in his tracks as he was going somewhere with them.... but not quite sure where. I asked him where he got them-- he replied it's the last bag and then I asked how many were actually available and he said,
Sultan Center in Salmiya was supposed to expect 60 bags of fresh cranberries but they only received 12.
The conspiracy continues.........:-)
I got the last 2 local small kind from Shamiya coop this morning but then I went to Rawda coop hoping to find gravy and they had a one big turkey not butterball but it was big and looked like a nice brand.. and they had also a few Sadia brand they're small.
ReplyDeleteWas just at the sultan center , salmiya. they had bags of fresh cranberries in the fresh produce section:-))))
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