How long after you bake a turkey, can you continue to eat leftovers??!
How long after you bake a turkey, can you continue to eat leftovers??
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As long as it's been stored and wrapped properly you should safely be able to eat leftovers for about a week. Any food like poultry or dairy, Including things with mayo have about a 4 hour window before food borne illness sets in. Dont save leftover salads w/ mayo or sour cream if they have been out more than 4 hours. Keep to the 4 hour rule (thats what professionals do for buffets and such) and always wrap everything seperatly.
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Work at a catering company
About a week if you just leave it on the turkey. About 2 weeks if you carve it and store it in a Tupperware-like container.
It may be safe after that, but it won't taste nice.
about two days.
About 3 days, then your risking getting sick to your pants.
It even starts to taste funny after the first week. Best practice is to remove all meat from the bones the same day and store the meat safely. If you have a great deal left, it would do well to store some in the freezer for later recipes like soups, meat pies, chili, etc. saving out only as much as you feel you can consume in that first week. My mom used to also save the bones (carcass) in the freezer to make a wicked good pot of turkey noodle soup and serve it with cornbread on a nice cold Saturday afternoon :o)
if your turkey was refrigerated under two hours after you baked it you can eat the leftovers for two to three days. if thee stuffing was removed and the leftovers frozen within 1 day you can unfreeze and eaten up to six weeks. All of this information is only good if you followed food safety rules when you prepared and cooked your turkey
I only go 3 to 4 days after. No sense risking getting that sick over one meal.
As long as you wish. Though if you begin getting sick it is a hint to perhaps stop eating said turkey.
If in frig then they are good for about 4 days,
NOT OVER A WEEK FOR ME. YOU CAN ALWAYS PUT SOME IN THE FREEZER.
Anything you won't eat by the 3rd day can be frozen. Just wrap it tightly in foil, then seal in a ziploc bag. It will be good up to 6 months in the freezer.
Stored properly in the fridge, about 4 - 5 days.
Three days maximum