ronnie_suburban wrote:

Pie Lady wrote:Okay, here's a new one: I have a Rubbermaid glass container with a rubber-seal lid. The rubber seal gasket thingy fell out. If I don't reattach this gasket, the lid is useless.

I read that superglue is flammable and microwaving is a bad idea. Has anyone else done something like this? Otherwise I think it's non-toxic...?

Toss it.

=R=

Is cat bowl now!

I'm embarrassed that I have a whole frozen turkey that was buried under other items. I thought it was a stockpile of ice. The bird has easily been in there for a couple of years.

Would this be a candidate for cooking from frozen? We don't have a ton of room in the fridge to defrost. Appreciate your feedback.

The GP wrote:I'm embarrassed that I have a whole frozen turkey that was buried under other items. I thought it was a stockpile of ice. The bird has easily been in there for a couple of years.

Would this be a candidate for cooking from frozen? We don't have a ton of room in the fridge to defrost. Appreciate your feedback.

Yes, it is definitely doable. For sure, I would and now have done it at least half a dozen times.

You won't be able to get the gizzards or neck out right away, but after at least two hours I can grab the gizzards. Sometimes the neck takes three hours. Of course, I am dealing with turkeys in the 20-22 pound range.

It takes about 50% longer to cook at 325 degrees direct from the freezer.

Regards,
CAthy2

You could also defrost in slowly running cold water in your sink for a bit, at least until you could remove the giblets etc. as long as the water stays cold, it's safe.
And it actually defrosts faster that way.

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2016/11 ... haw-turkey

irisarbor wrote:You could also defrost in slowly running cold water in your sink for a bit, at least until you could remove the giblets etc. as long as the water stays cold, it's safe.
And it actually defrosts faster that way.

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2016/11 ... haw-turkey

Thanks! I am familiar with the cold water defrost. Had to do that with the first turkey I ever cooked. There was some stress that day.

You do need to be aware ahead that while it is certainly safe, the quality of the meat has certainly degraded to some extent. Freezing does not stop aging. It simply slows it down considerably.

It looked pretty good. It did not taste particularly good. Definitely old.

does look great!

HI,

Turkey pot pie, turkey salad, turkey enchiladas, turkey curry, turkey Tetrazini, turkey tacos ... you can make a lot of dishes where the turkey's flavor is not so prominent.

Now you have room in your freezer.

If you cooked it from the freezer, you did not endure days of defrosting the beast and potentially making a mess.

It does look very good.

Regards,
Cathy2

Cathy2 wrote:Turkey pot pie, turkey salad, turkey enchiladas, turkey curry, turkey Tetrazini, turkey tacos ... you can make a lot of dishes where the turkey's flavor is not so prominent.

Now you have room in your freezer.

If you cooked it from the freezer, you did not endure days of defrosting the beast and potentially making a mess.

It does look very good.

The room in the freezer is definitely positive. There were varying degrees of off-flavor in what we tried last night. Mr. X didn't seem to mind it as much so he'll use a bunch of the meat for turkey salad or something. The dog is much less picky than I so some will make its way into his bowl. Much is destined for the compost bin unfortunately.

The GP wrote:The dog is much less picky than I so some will make its way into his bowl. Much is destined for the compost bin unfortunately.

If the dog likes it, you may want to portion and freeze turkey for his meals.

The GP wrote: Much is destined for the compost bin unfortunately.

When I was in charge of composting all those many years ago when I lived in a Housing Co-op in Madison; I was explicitly warned that meat and dairy (it was generally animal products, I think) is not for composting.

Is this a different kind of composting method where this can be done to compost meat? Please send me info on this as I would like to learn. Thanks.

Indianbadger wrote:

The GP wrote: Much is destined for the compost bin unfortunately.

When I was in charge of composting all those many years ago when I lived in a Housing Co-op in Madison; I was explicitly warned that meat and dairy (it was generally animal products, I think) is not for composting.

Is this a different kind of composting method where this can be done to compost meat? Please send me info on this as I would like to learn. Thanks.

We are members of the Compost Club service and meat scraps are allowed.

also, until i switched to dropping off my compost bucket at the dill pickle (where meat scraps are not allowed), i used healthy soil compost. they pick up sometimes with a bike and a bob, but have expanded so they also use vans for pickup. they allow meat and dairy. if you're interested: [email protected]