Turkey is my favorite (and healthiest) meat, and I was really looking forward to supporting this local family business, but if you read the fine print, they are not really turkey farmers, but turkey 'processors' - and most items have a longer list of unpronounceable additives than the stuff in the grocery store, and with few exceptions, almost everything was way over-seasoned. I bought one of almost everything they had (except the pot pies, which I might still try). Here's the score:
'Cuban' meatballs- mild, tasty, not too much bread crumbs, but so salty made my feet swell.
Cajun 'blue cheese' burgers- the Cajun part was passable, but there was NO blue cheese- just milk whey and 'blue cheese flavor', and no matter what heat I cooked them on, they burnt and stuck to the pan; also, way too much breading (who puts bread in burgers?), and salt.
Garlic wine turkey sausage- this was so salty I threw all of it out after 2-3 bites; I'll continue to buy fresh organic (nothing here is, just 'natural' they say, meaning 'no hormones'- but the USDA prohibits the use of hormones in poultry anyway) chicken sausage in Giant (excellent.)
Turkey salad- small cut cubes of artificial tasting turkey with mayo and celery, strange consistency ('wet' is the only word I can think of to describe it), wouldn't even feed it to my cat.
Marinated turkey breast - so much pepper it had too much of a 'bite' to it, had to wash it off.
Fresh fryer chicken- this was the only acceptable 'unprocessed' thing there, nice and fresh.
Prices are OK, but not any cheaper than the supermarket, especially on sale items, and certainly no better quality (and in some cases, surprisingly worse.) Bottom line, if you don't have high blood pressure and really like salt (and most people do like more than I do, I'll admit), try this place; otherwise, be warned. PS- Note weird hours; they claim to sell wholesale to restaurants, but if I was served most of this stuff in a restaurant, I wouldn't pay for it. read more
