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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maira Butt

Christmas ruined as shoppers find turkeys ‘rotten’ and ‘stinking’ in festive dinner disasters

Richard Piers Rayner

‘Tis the season to be jolly - but not for Britons who had their long-awaited Christmas feasts ruined by mouldy and rotten turkeys that “absolutely stink”.

Some supermarket shoppers who ordered their birds well in advance woke up disappointed on Christmas Day to find their main event was far from edible. Others preparing their festive meals on Christmas Eve found it was too late to get a replacement.

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