Do i need to buy a new turkey? Help!?!
Answers: Ok so i was an early bird (ha ha) and bought my 13lb turkey on November 12th , it was frozen, and i put it into the refrigerator and by the end of the week it was thawed out. Its now wednesday the day before thanksgiving and im feeling a lil nervous that i should'nt cook it? so if thats the case do i have time to thaw another one or should i buy the turey in a bag that is ready to go? Thanks for all your help!!!
OK: if the turkey was bought (frozen) on the 12th, and it was placed in the fridge, it took at least a good 48 hours to thaw. So, essentially your turkey has been refrigerated for 2 weeks at this point.
I hate to break it to you, but even if the turkey was in its original wrapping (that heavy-duty plastic), ONE week is kind of pushing things. Any bacteria living on the carcass would have had a chance to multiply---yes, even in the fridge---and leave behind toxins that can make your dinner guests ill.
I think you might have to replace it with a prepared turkey, or at least, find a fresh one that isn't frozen. If you intend to get another turkey in the 13-pound range, you MIGHT successfully thaw it in a water bath...but I would try to find a fresh one, just to be certain.
Ooo...you should have kept it frozen for a little longer...I really don't think it'll hurt anything, but was the turkey open or did you have it covered? If it was just kind of sitting in the fridge, then you need to get a new one. And you can defrost it, but it might take a long time, and I'd just buy one thats ready for cooking right away and then put it in the fridge til you want to cook it.
i think you should buy a new one because it might be rotten and just get a fresh one so everybody could like the turkey
Generally meat will stay good in the fridge for about a week so I think you should be okay.
We're looking at thawed poultry thats been sitting for 5 days. That is kind of pushing it. Hopefully, your fridge is nice and cold, and at this point, I would do a smell check to see if the bird s has a sour scent or any kind of a foul smell to it. It would have been a good idea to re freeze it if you knew it had thawed, then taken it out again last night or so. Smell it and use your judgement.
I think it would be fine. When you open the turkey you will definitely know if it's spoiled.
I would go ahead and cook it today so it's not sitting any longer. you can wrap it in aluminum foil or keep it in a turkey bag that is closed well in the fridge until tomorrow and get it out and just warm it for about 30 min. in the oven. be sure to brush with butter so it will stay moist before heating.
The early bird gets the worm, but that's not always a good thing.
You definitely don't want anyone getting sick from a bad turkey, and it won't smell rotten. I wouldn't take a chance. Toss it. Folks will understand.
If it was thawed out by Friday the 16th I wouldn't chance ruining your holiday. You can smell it. That will give it away for sure. You can thaw a new on in a sink of water in about 24 hours.
If it's been thawed out in the fridge for a week, I wouldn't eat it. But the ones in that bag you are refererring to, are like the precooked oned? Because those aren't that good, I'd just buy a fresh turkey at any supermarket..
Toss the old bird and buy fresh!