Defrosting turkey

janiebaby29

Bumping up to try to get a reply to my last post ??

p-pincher

hi janiebaby

according to the food standards agency website a turkey youe size would take 42 to 50 hours to deforst in the fridge and 12 to 16 hours in a cold room (below 17.5 degress celcius)

janiebaby29

p-pincher wrote: »

hi janiebaby

according to the food standards agency website a turkey youe size would take 42 to 50 hours to deforst in the fridge and 12 to 16 hours in a cold room (below 17.5 degress celcius)

i will take it out tommorow morning , that should defrost in time for thursday night

billieboy_2

p-pincher wrote: »

hi janiebaby

according to the food standards agency website a turkey youe size would take 42 to 50 hours to deforst in the fridge and 12 to 16 hours in a cold room (below 17.5 degress celcius)

Thanks, that's set my mind at rest about defrosting at room temperature. The link is here.

jodie114

ok, seasonal question alert!:xmassmile

i have a 4.5kg boned and rolled turkey breast joint frozen.. i want to cook this chrsitmas eve am ideally, so when should i get it out of the freezer, and transfer to the fridge?
Thanks... is there a general guide for gammon joints and beef joints as well, or just a couple of days etc...

Sagz_2

No advice I'm afraid (my nut roast doesn't take much thawing!) but thank you for bringing back the memory of the year my Mum forgot to take the turkey out of the freezer and it ended up sitting in a warm bath over Christmas eve :rotfl:

Penelope_Penguin

jodie114 wrote: »

i have a 4.5kg boned and rolled turkey breast joint frozen.. i want to cook this chrsitmas eve am ideally, so when should i get it out of the freezer, and transfer to the fridge?

How long to defrost a turkey :xmassmile Click on the link for all you need to know :xmassmile

loocyloo

arghh! HELP!

DH has just rung, he has been given a fresh 7kg turkey by work. its minus 12 where he is, so assuming it will be fine sitting in his car all day!

i've said i think it will need freezing, as it won't last until christmas day before going off ... so he is going to put it in his freezer tonight, and then collect it before he comes home tomorrow night it will then sit in his car, in a cool bag + ice packs for 4/5hrs ....

but ... how long will it take to defrost? i've just read something about frozen turkey needing 3 days to defrost in fridge ... so as soon as he has brought it home, do we need to start defrosting it?

i've always bought a fresh turkey the day before christmas, so never had this problem!

any advice? !!! please!

Penelope_Penguin

We had this question yesterdaym and I found a website to answer this I'll merge this to that thread so that you can find it too.

I'd put the fresh turkey on the fridge and not bother freezing it, FWIW

loocyloo

thank you, but i'm a bit worried about the turkey spoiling if we don't freeze it! ( would be different if i was the one to get the turkey, but as i'm doing it all 'blind' as it were, i don't know what it looks like fresh! )