Defrosting turkey

sexykellylovespink

how big is your turkey....when you eating it.

anguk

I'm going to take mine out tonight and hopefully it will be defrosted ready to cook on Thursday. The wrapper says 48 hours in a fridge but it won't fit in mine so I'm leaving it out on the bench. My kitchen is really cold and never gets warm so it's like being in a fridge anyway!

billieboy_2

sexykellylovespink wrote: »

how big is your turkey....when you eating it.

5.2Kg....Christmas Day 2pmish.

Primrose

Reminds me of the time years so when a newly married friend who wasn't very good at cooking, invited her inlaws over for Christmas lunch. She took the Christmas capon out of the freezer around 8 a.m. on Christmas morning! They didn't have a microwave. She was too embarrassed to go and ask any neighbours if they had one she could borrow, and I think they ended up eating eggs and bacon for Christmas lunch. Mother in law was not impressed!

slowandsteady_2

Thanks for this, my turkey is at our freinds house as no room in my freezer, dh is bringing it home tonight as i have it in my head that its gonna need at least 36 hrs, he reckons its too soon but i havent decided if im cooking it christmas eve or day yet. I thought id leave it in the car boot overnight and bring it in the kitchen to defrost in the morning then i dont think thats too soon if i decide to cook it thursday, should be just right i hope.

Otherwise i'll be up very early on christmas day

Nottoobadyet

When I was in the US earlier this year, there were a list of food safety tips in the paper that were responding to questions received at the help line of the largest Thanksgiving turkey distributor (butterball, I think).

One was: Can I defrost the turkey by putting it in the bathtub with my children?

That should make us all feel better about our silly lentil questions

wogglemaker

Nottoobadyet, a question like that could only be asked in America

Nottoobadyet

wogglemaker wrote: »

Nottoobadyet, a question like that could only be asked in America

:rotfl:

Probably true... I'd like to think that someone wrote it in to take the !!!!, but Americans don't do irony so well, so I guess its unlikely.

More importantly, only the Americans would have a turkey advice hotline!

Penelope_Penguin

As this has fallen from the front page of OS, I'll add it to the existing thread on defrosting turkey

Penny. x

janiebaby29

I have a large polystrene box , the kind that meat gets delivered in .
it has a lid .
if i put my turkey in this , the turkey is 4,2kg , when would the best time to start doing it .
i do have ice bags as well and it would stand in a cold hallway, should i treat it as being in a fridge ??