Monday we bought a frozen turkey from Sam's club for $0.89 / lbs. At home I left it on the counter over night. In the morning we cut it into different pieces. It was still frozen. When preparing lunch we take out a bag. We sorted them in ziplock bags and dropped them in the freezer. We will buy another one for Thanksgiving meals and one more for Christmas party. Good food, big savings.
My wife and I are on turkey diet for 2-3 weeks
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I usually try to buy four this time every year and cook one every couple months.
Smart, except for the leaving it on the counter part. For food safety, always defrost in the fridge.
If you have LIDL near you, they have turkeys for .25¢/pound this week. No minimum purchases necessary.
Never defrost anything on the counter. Was it cooked? I personally would not eat
Never thaw meat on the counter. Thaw it in the fridge. It doesn’t matter that it still seemed frozen to you.
To speed thaw, run the packaged meat under cool water, not hot. But a large turkey would take forever that way too.
Am I the only one wondering if you’re sure you bought a frozen turkey that’d been cooked?
That’s a pretty rare commodity.
In addition to all the “thaw it in the fridge” comments.
Sounds like the salmonella diet
Freeze unfreeze freeze again, no thank you
You’re definitely going to lose weight from food poisoning if that’s your goal.
Over night on the counter???? Y’all just wasted that Turkey.
Invest into canning for bulk cooking and not have to deal with freeze unfrosting process.
Food safety and handling has left the chat
Never leave poultry out overnight. You are just asking for problems or worms or both.