Trade Discriptions Act?

[Caran]

Bought a box of pulled duck from Morrisons. It said it was pulled duck on the box. When I opened it there were two uncooked duck legs and a sachet of sauce. Instructions said cook in the oven and then shred the meat.
I felt cheated. I thought I was buying all meat but there were two lots of bones.
Would anyone else have been miffed?

[murraymints]

yup !

[tonyav]

Yep, I'd complain if I were you Caran.

[Mamyalynne]

If it was this product ,it does say 'on the bone' in the description on front of packet.


https://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/product/Gressingham-Pulled-Duck-Legs/289877011


If there was no such description then I'd be disappointed.

[Prudie]

As mamya says I think I'd read the box before I complained, just in case...

[Jackdaw33]

Pulled means to me pre-cooked meat ready to eat. It's like buying an oven-ready chicken, only to read on opening: first pluck the feathers then draw the innards. I would take it back. complain loudly then tell them to duck off!

[Caran]

It wasn't a Morrison brand it was Gressingham.
I'm not complaining about the quality. The legs were huge , they had so much meat on them.

[THECORBYLOON]

The link WAS for Gressingham

[Caran]

Yes Mamya that's the one. When you look at the box its in much smaller print where it tells you to cook and then shred. The Pulled Duck is in big letters so that was what I expected.

[tonyav]

Should say pulled ( by yourself ) Duck.

[Mamyalynne]

The product I linked to is cooked,you woud reheat it,cold pulled duck with sauce wouldn't be as satisfying.

[Mamyalynne]

Such is life always read the small print.

[Tilly2]

What a fuss! Did you have problems shredding it, Caran?

[askyourgran]

Seems you have to read the full description on the box. It is misleading and I would complain anyway. Pulling your own is not a joke. if you know what I mean..no pun intended

[Caran]

I didn't bother shredding them, just ate them as they were.

[Mamyalynne]

I bought an oven ready chicken once - four hours later it was still in my shopping bag,hadn't leapt in there at all.


Boy did they know about it the next day.

[Tilly2]

It does say 'and shred' on the box. I don't think trade descriptions comes into it, Caran

[Caran]

I agree Tilly but why put Pulled Duck in very large letters. It wasn't and that's the point I'm making. It should have said two duck legs, ready for shredding!

[Buenchico]

You could, of course, also complain that a Gressingham duck ought to have come from Gressingham (which is in Lancashire), rather than from just up the road from me here in Suffolk (which is where they all actually come from).

[New Judge]

The “pulled” meat phenomenon (sometimes a scam) is one of the great mysteries of our time.

As I understand it, meat that has already been “Pulled” has been removed from the bone and shredded (rather like your local Chinese restaurant shreds your quarter of crispy duck before your very eyes). This gives less conscientious processors the opportunity to offer “mechanically reclaimed meat steamed from the carcass” (i.e. the shreds that are left on the bones after the proper meat has been removed) as “pulled” meat. I once saw a “Chicken Kiev” that had been made from “meat” obtained in this way. The shreddings were compressed together with some sort of edible glue to give the appearance of a chicken fillet. A food analyst soaked the product in warm water for a few minutes then poured the solution through a strainer. Almost all the solution passed through the strainer with very little solid material remaining.

I fail to see how the product you bought, Caran, can be described as “pulled duck”. You basically bought two duck legs and you’ve got to pull them yourself after you’ve cooked them! But at least you know they were whole duck legs to start with.

[Caran]

Thank you New Judge for that very informative reply.