turkey disaster!!!!

jamespir

oooh looks like it will be beans on toast for chrimbo lunch and turkey for tommorow

kimmy1984

u know how you can defrost meat in the microwave, well cant i defrost it in the oven on the lowest setting????? im guessing no but heres hoping! lol

custardy

kimmy1984 wrote: »

u know how you can defrost meat in the microwave, well cant i defrost it in the oven on the lowest setting????? im guessing no but heres hoping! lol

no because you are then heating the meat very slowly creating a nice breeding zone for bacteria
then to combat this you would need to cook the shizzle out of the bird to cook it through making it crap
if i were really desperate with a semi frozen bird then it would cut the breasts off the bone and remove/halve the legs
be aware though the risks of knives/frozen meat/trips to casualty
dont risk your xmas over an overhyped type of poultry

robpw2

kimmy1984 wrote: »

u know how you can defrost meat in the microwave, well cant i defrost it in the oven on the lowest setting????? im guessing no but heres hoping! lol

you can but you have to be careful it doesnt start cooking ..thats the problem especially with turky
have you a saw ? if so make sure its clean and saw the turkey into easy manageble chunks and microwave the smaller manageble chunks

or do the pork which is wat im having as i got a really nice stuffed pork joint from tesco for £2.90 yesterday

custardy

robpw2 wrote: »

you can but you have to be careful it doesnt start cooking ..thats the problem especially with turky
have you a saw ? if so make sure its clean and saw the turkey into easy manageble chunks and microwave the smaller manageble chunks

or do the pork which is wat im having as i got a really nice stuffed pork joint from tesco for £2.90 yesterday

i have a nice shoulder of pork but have been outvoted for turkey
after many years as a chef i hate turkey

robpw2

custardy wrote: »

i have a nice shoulder of pork but have been outvoted for turkey
after many years as a chef i hate turkey

good job in my house i do the shopping lol
i find turkey way too dry
i origanally bought lamb but chose the pork i saw yesterday

custardy

robpw2 wrote: »

good job in my house i do the shopping lol
i find turkey way too dry
i origanally bought lamb but chose the pork i saw yesterday

sad thing is i do the shopping too
she came home with a turkey yesterday :mad:

robpw2

any news kimmy is your bird still frozen or have you found a way to warm her up?

misskool

kimmy1984 wrote: »

u know how you can defrost meat in the microwave, well cant i defrost it in the oven on the lowest setting????? im guessing no but heres hoping! lol

if you have a newer oven there will be a defrost setting. look at your oven manual to see if there is one

don't use a low heat setting. you really shouldn't be warming the meat up trying to defrost it!

oops, just seen the time

kimmy1984

hi, my turkey was fine! thankyou , i put it in the sink for a couple of hours under running cold water, then put it in a warm oven for an hour, it was fine, very nice lol, my dad was a bit dubious about eating it, but soon overcame his fear and took some home! none of us are ill so hooray =D