Help - thawed turkey too early!

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

I can still test it for you

boliston

I'm sure more people get into trouble with turkey that has been cooked before totally defrosted than cooking a day or two after the defrost in the fridge has finished

robotrobo

Help - thawed turkey too early!



I think you will have to kill it now;)

Rain_Shadow

Just keep it in the fridge and cook it on the day.

Seriously, what a load of fuss over nothing.

curiousralphy

Not sure if this is still any good to you, but you can keep it in brine for a day or two.

https://www.nigella.com/recipes/spiced-and-superjuicy-roast-turkey

System

Thanks everyone for your help.

I was just going to cook it tomorrow but woke up not feeling to great so decided to just cook it today as the thought of rushing around tomorrow with the flu didn't seem to great. Hopefully works out!

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Have you stuffed the bird yet, we need to know!

System

Chance would be a fine thing :rotfl:

DigForVictory

So, how'd it go?

Safely at the after dinner mints, fending off charades & wondering how people can say A Good Brisk Walk is a good idea?

System

It went well thanks. I cooked, cooked and sliced on Christmas Eve and reheated the sliced I needed yesterday by poring over some stock and it came out great.

Given it is a crown and cooked in around 1.5-2 hours I don't really think cooking in advance saved much time but was convenient.

Next year I am ordering fresh turkey!