Defrosting turkey

tanith

Had a bit of a scare when I checked in the garage to see if it was defrosted this pm only to find it was still stiff:eek: but have had it in cold water for the rest of the day and now its fine... its resting in the oven with a nice foil blanket waiting for me to switch on at 5 am:eek:

Jay-Jay_4

I bought mine Thursday and left it in a coolbox in the shed. Yesterday Morning (Saturday) it was still frozen solid :eek: It spent yesterday evening in the kitchen unwrapped and thankfully it was defrosted by this morning.

It's now cooked, sliced and waiting to go into the fridge for tomorrow

CharleneUK

Just took my lamb out!

stumpjumper

Update: Turkey dinner was fab! I made up my own stuffing recipe that thankfully worked. We're now getting merrily sozzled.

Merry Xmas for tomorrow folks hope you're turkey turns out as well as ours did

Angelraesunshine

ok i have a 8.2kg turkey to defrost, should i get it out today or tomorrow? i plan to cook it on xmas day morning.

ckerrd

I suppose it depends where you are defrosting it - but I would do it for at least 48 hours in a cool place

thriftlady_2

Sunday morning should be enough time

Angelraesunshine

well it will never fit in the fridge and my fridge would probably take a week to defrost so it is going to have to sit on the draining board in the kitchen, cos of the extention i am having built the kitchen is quite cold a medium chicken in my kitchen would probably take about 24 to defrost

Dustykitten

Try these links for useful info:

http://www.food.gov.uk/news/pressreleases/2007/dec/xmaspress

http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthydiet/seasonsandcelebrations/winter/saferchristmaseating/

lil_me

Some good advice on those threads Dusty