turkey breast...woulda, coulda, shoulda???
I purchased a frozen turkey breast the other day because I just felt like some turkey. (thank you very f'n much Jerzee Tomato). ANYWAY, I left my house at 630 am today and at 7am I send my father an email that says "take the turkey out of the freezer and put it in the kitchen sink filled with COLD water and swap it out every half hour to an hour or so. DONT put it in the sun or any weird shit like that". That is the exact email.
I get home 15 hours later and I touch said turkey. Hmmmmmm, a little too thawed to be cold water bathed. I say to him...did you put that turkey in the kitchen sink? His response? No. The bathtub. I said, the bathtub filled with cold water? No. Warm. (which probably means hot). I lost a fucking grip on reality. He thinks its no big deal.
Think it would kill him if I cooked it and fed it to him anyway?
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11 Comments:
Don't be too hard on him. A lot of people are clueless about food. My mother-in-law steams broccoli for 45 minutes, until it is grey mush, and then expects me to eat it. No, thanks. She also roasts meat (either overcooked to death, or still raw), "carves" it, and serves it to the holiday table with the butcher's string still attached. This is someone who raised a family, and had to cook meals virtually every day.
Anyway, to answer your question, I'm assuming the turkey was in some sort of wrapper while it was being bathed? It should not have spoiled in that time, and cooking it thoroughly should kill any bacteria.
salpico at 10:17PM on 09/19/09
If you want something done right, do it yourself.
dmcavanagh at 10:47PM on 09/19/09
We eat things like this all the time an are ok, my husband eats alot of crazy things!
JessicaHunt at 12:00AM on 09/20/09
I love the e-mail you sent to your dad. If my dad could work a computer, I'd send him e-mails like that, too.
Funnily enough, my dad's also really bad about food stuff. I don't eat a lot of meat, but when I go grocery shopping for my parents I buy it for them and as we all know, it's pretty expensive. He works night shifts and he'll take something out of the freezer for the next day and leave it on the counter to thaw out. This is around 2 a.m. When I go into the kitchen around noon, it's still sitting on the counter. My parents refuse to throw it out because I've already spent the money on it, so the eat it and never get sick. Maybe you should feed the turkey to your dad.
PumpkinBear at 12:05AM on 09/20/09
As long as the thing wasn't body temperature and you cook it all the way through, I'd go ahead and use it. I tend to take turkey breast off the bone, fillet it, stuff and roll it like a roast. It's cooked through and there's no guesswork about being done "near the bone." Make sure you cook it to 161 all the way in the center of the meat.
Good luck! And don't give your dad too hard a time. ;)
therealchiffonade at 2:17PM on 09/20/09
Turkey germs in the bathtub. Gross. I hope the wrapping didn't have any little holes in it.
RegrettableFoodie at 2:19PM on 09/20/09
It is my fault because Friday I made for Mr Tomato the Smoked Turkey breast, stuffing, cranberry conserve sandwich he loves. It was good stuff really good. And with that let me volley for serve the thanksgiving chat...
This year my sister will be joining us with her new man and I am going to make them sit at the kiddy table. HAHAHAHA!!! As mistress of all things Thanksgiving, I say let the party begin. Let's talk Turkey!!!!
JerzeeTomato at 2:50PM on 09/20/09
oh lord, i'm not ready.
dearrie at 4:25PM on 09/20/09
Tossed the turkey. Bought a fresh. Roasting as I type!
ChelleyD01 at 4:29PM on 09/20/09
Then that was absolutely the thing to do. You were obviously not comfortable preparing or serving it and now you've got a Heavenly aroma (with no doubts) wafting through the house.
therealchiffonade at 5:47AM on 09/21/09
my dad is a firm believer that everything tastes better cooked in bacon fat.
i am SO his daughter-lol.
gastronomeg at 11:52AM on 09/21/09