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XSpender

No advice to give but wanted to say I am impressed with the progress you have made as you enter the next stage of your life with the kids.

We were having roast chicken too but the chicken I defrosted last night stinks to high heaven this morning

Hiddenidenity

Chicken is popular today then

Formula 1 and Tennis is on at the same time. I need to avoid the news to see the results until I've caught up. First world problems obviously

Eager_Elephant

Sloven reporting in:rotfl:

What is this defrosting you all speak of?:rotfl:

I just cook my chicken from frozen:eek:

I buy fresh, freeze when I get home and then about 3pm on Sundays I get it out of the freezer and cook it on 160 for a few hours - its tastes fine:T

Hiddenidenity

Eager_Elephant wrote: »

Sloven reporting in:rotfl:

What is this defrosting you all speak of?:rotfl:

I just cook my chicken from frozen:eek:

I buy fresh, freeze when I get home and then about 3pm on Sundays I get it out of the freezer and cook it on 160 for a few hours - its tastes fine:T

:eek: really? I've never cooked anything from frozen Am I doing it wrong :rotfl:

Toni'sfriend

Me neither. I thought you got food poisoning. Oh well, I'll not worry too much if it isn't properly defrosted.

Eager_Elephant

Well I have been cooking from frozen for years and no one has died yet - the key is to do it on a slightly lower heat than normal otherwise the top looks cooked and the middle isn't.

I even cook pork joints from frozen and they are a lot denser than chicken!! Obviously they take a lot longer but so much easier than having to defrost everything.

Am I also allowed to admit here that I cook mince from frozen, I buy fresh and freeze and when needed I just get it out of the freezer and cook from frozen - it does involve a bit of turning over of the large mince slab but comes out lovely.

I try to only shop monthly so I buy enough meat for the month hence everything is frozen.

Toni'sfriend

I confess. I do mince from frozen as well.

UncannyScot

What EE says above ^^^^
I tend to do this too.
Sometimes, I will buy frozen from Iceland or Farmfoods, but the same rules apply for cooking, take it slow to make sure it is cooked right through.

charlies_tribe

Ive always thought you couldnt cook from frozen, not sure why when you can buy it all already frozen, but would save us a fortune. Quiet often i realise late afternoon that I never took anything out for dinner so we end up with something completely unplanned.

Hiddenidenity

I do buy everything fresh and freeze in smaller sizes, then lift out the night before to defrost.

See always something new to learn.