Allan; reminds me of something my grandmother did when she started to go a bit senile...
She was always hyper-thrifty (Depression era habits) and the basement shelves and freezers were always full of stuff she'd bought on sale, or canned herself, some of it there for years.
One year she offered to donate the turkey for a Thanksgiving dinner being cooked by her daughter-in-law (my aunt). My aunt cooked it, everyone ate it, and afterwards my grandmother asked what everyone thought of the turkey. My aunt was unenthusiastic but didn't want to be openly critical.
My grandmother then said "You'd never know that turkey had been in the freezer for five years."
Everyone was mortified.
Glad I missed that dinner.

Speaking of which, there's nothing better than a fresh-killed turkey if you can get one in your area...