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Freezing cooked turkey?

Iguana
Iguana Posts: 1,780 Forumite
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Hopefully this is this right thread to post on, please move if not.

My daughter posts on another forum and she noticed on there that are some posts saying that you should not freeze cooked turkey.

Does anyone know the reason why?

My organic turkey cost an arm and a leg; one of the posts said throw it away.

Any advice please?

i have sliced mine up and frozen it!
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  • neets
    neets Posts: 53 Forumite
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    glad you asked this, it's something i need to know too, was waiting for an answer by text from my dad :) i have 2 platefuls of turkey waiting for freezing or throwing away!
  • thriftlady_2
    thriftlady_2 Posts: 9,128 Forumite
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    Of course you can freeze it!
    I've been doing it for years,my mum's been doing it for years and my MIL's been doing it for years.What you mustn't do is freeze it twice-so don't defrost it and make it into curry and then put it back in the freezer.Defrost it and eat it.Its fine to defrost it and make a curry or whatever just don't freeze it again.HTH :snow_laug
  • tru
    tru Posts: 9,138 Forumite
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    You can freeze cooked turkey :xmassmile

    I reckon people get confused, because you're not supposed to freeze it twice. That means don't freeze it, then defrost and re-freeze if it's raw, the same if it's cooked.

    You can freeze it raw, defrost it, cook it then re-freeze. Just make sure you defrost it in the fridge and if you're heating it, make sure it's really hot before eating.
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  • tru
    tru Posts: 9,138 Forumite
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    Thriftlady just explained it much better than me :snow_laug
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  • recovering_spendaholic
    recovering_spendaholic Posts: 3,062 Forumite
    I bought a fresh free range turkey this year and ordered a 4 - 5 kg bird, but when I picked it up the butcher told me that I could have a 7.5kg bird for the same price as he had some left and it was late on Christmas Eve. I cooked it and we had it for Christmas dinner and sandwiches for tea and then we had it again today for another roast leftover dinner and sandwiches for tea and there is still LOADS and LOADS left and I can't face it again - TBH I can't even face making curry or anything out of it so my question is - can I just take it all off the carcass and then wrap it in clingwrap and put it in a freezer bag and freeze it? If so how long will it keep for?
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  • kippers
    kippers Posts: 2,057 Forumite
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    I quite often freeze cooked chicken & turkey. The books says it keeps for 1 month when cooked but i'm sure i've kept it longer.

    I use it for meat pies and currys (obviously defrosting first though).

    Does anyone know if you can take it out the freezer, defrost and then use straight in sandwiches without re-heating (i've wondered this for ages as my daughter loves Turkey sandwiches).
  • dlb
    dlb Posts: 2,488 Forumite
    Thats what iv done with mine, froze it in a few freezer bags, just enough in each to make pack lunchs for the kids when we get back to school, i will take out the night before and it will be fine to put straight onto sandwiches.
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  • thriftlady_2
    thriftlady_2 Posts: 9,128 Forumite
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    Definitely freeze it, but don't freeze it all in one bag or you will have to use it all at the same time. Freeze in meal sized portions. Also, you can freeze the carcase for making stock later. I've done this with my goose carcase as I haven't the energy to make stock at the moment.
  • trying-very-trying
    trying-very-trying Posts: 1,215 Forumite
    thriftlady wrote: »
    Definitely freeze it, but don't freeze it all in one bag or you will have to use it all at the same time. Freeze in meal sized portions. Also, you can freeze the carcase for making stock later. I've done this with my goose carcase as I haven't the energy to make stock at the moment.

    I watched a nigella prog once where she said that one chicken carcass isn't enough to make stock, so not only does she freeze all her chicken carcasses, if she goes to a friends house and they serve chicken, she will always ask if she can take the carcass home to add to her freezer collection. She never runs out of chicken for stock. And of course you can then freeze the stock as well.
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  • sunshine6650
    sunshine6650 Posts: 311 Forumite
    Im new to all this but ive satrted to freexe some of mine just from reading these & past posts. I will put it in curries & stir frys i think...prob his work lunch as well.
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