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[rhubarb]

We've had a turkey in our freezer for about a year now.
Any thoughts on whether it's safe to cook and eat or not ?

Rhubarb.

[Gonzo]

The internet says it will be safe to eat but quality may have deteriorated.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=...df6c68fbbc2a74

hth

[suityou01]

We've had a turkey in our freezer for about a year now.
Any thoughts on whether it's safe to cook and eat or not ?

Rhubarb.

Look inside your freezer door. I thank cow and sheep can last for up to 9 months. Fowl would be 3 months, so I think your turkey is no good. Sorry.

[RichardCranium]

It depends upon how cold your freezer is. (And it may have already been 2 years old when you bought it, as we discovered when the Missus worked for Waitrose and confirmed when she worked at Tesco.)

Personally, I'd get it cooked and eaten and buy another one for Xmas. But then, we keep our freezer set to its "Alien Cryogenic" setting.

[suityou01]

It depends upon how cold your freezer is. (And it may have already been 2 years old when you bought it, as we discovered when the Missus worked for Waitrose and confirmed when she worked at Tesco.)

Personally, I'd get it cooked and eaten and buy another one for Xmas. But then, we keep our freezer set to its "Alien Cryogenic" setting.

Now that's cold. Brrrrrrrr. I suppose every time you go for an ice lolly you have to be quick in case "it" wakes.

[RichardCranium]

Now that's cold. Brrrrrrrr.

It certainly is. But according to the dial the contents will be fine because that end of the scale is simply marked "0K".

[oracleslave]

We've had a turkey in our freezer for about a year now.
Any thoughts on whether it's safe to cook and eat or not ?

Rhubarb.

I wouldn't eat it. Food poisoning is unpleasant.

[rhubarb]

(And it may have already been 2 years old when you bought it, as we discovered when the Missus worked for Waitrose and confirmed when she worked at Tesco.)

Thats a very good point!
Don't think we'll bother taking the risk.

Thanks!
Rhubarb.

[suityou01]

Thats a very good point!
Don't think we'll bother taking the risk.

Thanks!
Rhubarb.

We're good, aren't we?

[OwlHoot]

Frozen supermarket turkey should be safe for years, given the way they pump it full of brine under high pressure, to increase its weight (*), and reduce the risk of food poisoning for people who leave the cooked turkey lying around for days over Christmas.

Damn, reminds me, I haven't got round to ordering my goose yet. It's probably too late now.

(*) The supermarkets claim the brine treatment is designed to make it more juicy.