On Friday, November 29, 2019 at 12:59:21 PM UTC-5, Ralph Mowery wrote:
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So? How long ahead of time do you have to order the cooked ones?
Here since it's usually cold enough outside or in the garage,
I just leave them to thaw out for a couple days in the trunk
of the car. I wouldn't do that if it's 60 outside, but when it's
40F, it's fine. You can also thaw them in hours if you have to,
by putting it in a kitchen sink full of water. Or put it in a 5 gal
bucket and brine it for a day.
The people cooking them do it over wood and sort of smoke
them.
Yes, I agree that would be a good reason to buy a cooked one.
Today I read about the Butterball people having a turkey that you just
pop in the oven even though it is frozen. It comes in a special bag and
is ready in about 4 hours. I may try that for Christmas.
What do they put in it? Some more special chemicals? I'd bet that
it's also going to be one of those small ones that you don't like.
I do like the ones that are cooked over the wood for the flavor. Main
reason for buying them.
It is too hot here to do the thawing out of the refrigerator. At noon
today it is 57 deg F. If it were cooler I could put it in an out
building I store the lawn equipment in or the unheated garage.
I would still do it. Put it in a 5 gallon bucket, HD sells them if
you don't have one. Cover it with water day and a half before
cooking time. Then depending on the outside
temp, check the water temp a couple times a day. If it's getting too
warm, just add some ice. I think this is largely overblown. Even
if you took a frozen turkey and left it out somewhere that it's 60F,
I doubt anything bad is going to happen as long as you keep an eye
on it and use it as soon as it's thawed. First, it's frozen and the
temp of the outside is going to be lower than room temp until it all
thaws out. Second, it gets cooked to 160F which kills all the bacteria
anyway. So, I think you;d have to leave it someplace like 80F, let
it all thaw out and start to rot, before it was bad. And even then,
I would bet it would taste bad before it was capable of making you sick.
Our refrigerator is small. I think only about 20 cuft. The house has 4
bed rooms. We bought the house used. Whoever built it put cabinets in
and only left a small space for the refrigerator. One would think that
with that many bedrooms they would have left a large space for a larger
refirgerator. As it is just me and the wife we did not think small
refrigerator would be a problem. For us, it isn't, but when a whole
turkey is in it, there is little room for much else special for the
larger family geathering. We do have a small freezer in the basement to
put forzen items in. By buying the cooked turkey a day ahead and
cutting it off the bones it takes up only a small space.
I don't know how they do the bagged Butterball. I just found out about
it Wensday after I got home and was looking around on the computer about
turkeys thinking about what to do for Christmas. If it is as good as
the unfrozen one we bought on Wensday, it will be ok. Not great, but
ok.
I would think you could cook any bird from frozen. The only problem is,
the outside will become overcooked, dry, burned, before the inside is done,
so it's going to be far from perfect. I bet the cook from frozen ones
are smaller, which is a help. After that, IDK, good question what they
can do to make it work right.