A turkey related question

nanabanana06

How do you defrost and cook a turkey? We got a 13 pound bird today, frozen. We want to make it Tuesday. We also have the turkey roaster cooker thing, you know turkey crock pot. What do I do? My Dad always cooked the turkey and I cooked everything else. So I'm kind of lost. Thank you.

RondackHiker

MollusksWrangler:

Defrost it in the fridge. I always do mine in an apple cider brine and then roast it. 

Oh crud. This thread reminded me... I popped a frozen 24 pound turkey in the fridge yesterday, because I didn't want to squeeze it in the freezer if I didn't have to. I meant to google and see how long it would be okay for. Do I have to cook it earlier than Thursday now?

 OP, I usually buy fresh or defrost in water.  

Mrs.adambabycakes

Are there no instructions on the bird? I would put it in the fridge now to thaw. As for cooking, I would Google. Do you have a meat thermometer? Don't forget to take out the innards from the chest cavity before cooking. [:]

nanabanana06

Mrs.adambabycakes:

Are there no instructions on the bird? I would put it in the fridge now to thaw. As for cooking, I would Google. Do you have a meat thermometer? Don't forget to take out the innards from the chest cavity before cooking. :

Ok, here is what I vaguely remember about turkey. Take out insides, stuff full of yummy stuffing, tie leggies together, and cover yummy skin in foil. I do remember something about basting and butter, but that's it. Oh, and the little red thing pops out when done.

RondackHiker

Nana_Osaki06:

Mrs.adambabycakes:

Are there no instructions on the bird? I would put it in the fridge now to thaw. As for cooking, I would Google. Do you have a meat thermometer? Don't forget to take out the innards from the chest cavity before cooking. :

Ok, here is what I vaguely remember about turkey. Take out insides, stuff full of yummy stuffing, tie leggies together, and cover yummy skin in foil. I do remember something about basting and butter, but that's it. Oh, and the little red thing pops out when done.

 Don't stuff it! It can cook unevenly easily. Food poisoning is no fun.

I'm going to try brining it. There's some pretty simple recipes online. If I didn't eff it up by putting it in the fridge. 

Mrs.adambabycakes

RondackHiker:

Nana_Osaki06:

Mrs.adambabycakes:

Are there no instructions on the bird? I would put it in the fridge now to thaw. As for cooking, I would Google. Do you have a meat thermometer? Don't forget to take out the innards from the chest cavity before cooking. :

Ok, here is what I vaguely remember about turkey. Take out insides, stuff full of yummy stuffing, tie leggies together, and cover yummy skin in foil. I do remember something about basting and butter, but that's it. Oh, and the little red thing pops out when done.

 Don't stuff it! It can cook unevenly easily. Food poisoning is no fun.

I'm going to try brining it. There's some pretty simple recipes online. If I didn't eff it up by putting it in the fridge. 

This. Plus, don't go off the red button that pops. Get a thermometer.

blush64

RondackHiker:

Nana_Osaki06:

Mrs.adambabycakes:

Are there no instructions on the bird? I would put it in the fridge now to thaw. As for cooking, I would Google. Do you have a meat thermometer? Don't forget to take out the innards from the chest cavity before cooking. :

Ok, here is what I vaguely remember about turkey. Take out insides, stuff full of yummy stuffing, tie leggies together, and cover yummy skin in foil. I do remember something about basting and butter, but that's it. Oh, and the little red thing pops out when done.

 Don't stuff it! It can cook unevenly easily. Food poisoning is no fun.

I'm going to try brining it. There's some pretty simple recipes online. If I didn't eff it up by putting it in the fridge. 

If you cook it to the proper temperature there won't be a problem. If you do it right, you're ok. 

nanabanana06

Mrs.adambabycakes:

RondackHiker:

Nana_Osaki06:

Mrs.adambabycakes:

Are there no instructions on the bird? I would put it in the fridge now to thaw. As for cooking, I would Google. Do you have a meat thermometer? Don't forget to take out the innards from the chest cavity before cooking. :

Ok, here is what I vaguely remember about turkey. Take out insides, stuff full of yummy stuffing, tie leggies together, and cover yummy skin in foil. I do remember something about basting and butter, but that's it. Oh, and the little red thing pops out when done.

 Don't stuff it! It can cook unevenly easily. Food poisoning is no fun.

I'm going to try brining it. There's some pretty simple recipes online. If I didn't eff it up by putting it in the fridge. 

This. Plus, don't go off the red button that pops. Get a thermometer.

I'll make sure to get a good digital thermometer for this. Doesn't cooking the stuffing in the turkey taste better though??

Mrs.Rose

Used this recipe last year:

https://allrecipes.com/recipe/perfect-turkey/detail.aspx

 

we also used knorr concentrated stock and butter to baste the outside 

kbingram51

You could always leave it in the car.

Mrs.adambabycakes

kbingram51:

You could always leave it in the car.

Didn't see that coming.

Hesterlicious

Mrs.adambabycakes:

kbingram51:

You could always leave it in the car.

Didn't see that coming.

I'm surprised it took that many posts.

RondackHiker

Hesterlicious:

Mrs.adambabycakes:

kbingram51:

You could always leave it in the car.

Didn't see that coming.

I'm surprised it took that many posts.

Link or back story? Google gave me nothing.

RissKay

You're gonna laugh. 

Last night, Good Eats was on (a thanksgiving turkey episode, no less) was on. I watched the whole thing. HAHA.

He said that the freezing point of a turkey is actually 0 degrees, because even though the freezing point of water is 32 degrees, there are more fluids than water in a turkey. So, even the freezer isn't really "freezing" the turkey. Random fact.

Then, he said to never thaw it at room temp, always in the fridge. He said you also could put it in a cooler if you are going to make sure the temp doesn't get too warm (using ice packs or whatever to keep it cooled)  

And that is what I learned from Good Eats.  

kbingram51

RondackHiker:

Hesterlicious:

Mrs.adambabycakes:

kbingram51:

You could always leave it in the car.

Didn't see that coming.

I'm surprised it took that many posts.

Link or back story? Google gave me nothing.

I kept waiting for someone to say it and was shocked that people had only given helpful suggestions. The holidays are makin you bishes soft.

 

FTR, I wasn't bumping too much when this actually happened. But it's highly referenced round these parts. 

Original post:

https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/64736285.aspx

 

RondackHiker

kbingram51:

RondackHiker:

Hesterlicious:

Mrs.adambabycakes:

kbingram51:

You could always leave it in the car.

Didn't see that coming.

I'm surprised it took that many posts.

Link or back story? Google gave me nothing.

I kept waiting for someone to say it and was shocked that people had only given helpful suggestions. The holidays are makin you bishes soft.

 

FTR, I wasn't bumping too much when this actually happened. But it's highly referenced round these parts. 

Original post:

https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/64736285.aspx

 

Wow. Thanks. That thread was awesome. I love the worry over the turkey.