Reply to: Gobble

[Lockhouse]

I'd eat it. I'm not a fan of sell by dates - if it smells or tastes off it's off, else it's Ok to eat IMHO.

[darmstadt]

We once had a Haggis in the freezer for 3 years which we had to eat as it was the last remaining edible thing in the household. It was bloody disgusting once we had clubbed it to death after it had been thawed.

[rhubarb]

There are millions of people starving and you want to throw food away.

Get a conscience man, give it to the mother in law.

She is coming round christmas day to do her usual ruining thing.
I could always cook it up anyway. A "special xmas turkey" just for her.

[threaded]

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.

If it is "Guaranteed Salmonella Free" then it has also been irradiated with a very powerful Cobalt-60 source...

So if it's been kept chilled, well, even as long as the bag hasn't been opened, it'll last like the Pharaohs.

Safe to eat, no worries.

[EternalOptimist]

There are millions of people starving and you want to throw food away.

Get a conscience man, give it to the mother in law.

[minestrone]

I thought this post might be about something else for a minute there....

Reminds me of an old song I know to the tune of Michael rowed the boat ashore.

Anway, as long as the turkey has been safely frozen for the year then there will be no issue with the taste or quality. If you can be assured of that then go for it. I was a butcher for 5 years and although we would never have given a frozen bird from out freezers for sale there is no issue with eating one that has been totally frozen. Usual disclaimers apply.

[centurian]

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

Expensive... for those that don't get paid when sick...

[MaryPoppins]

I thought this post might be about something else for a minute there....

[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.

[suityou01]

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

Thanks!
Rhubarb.

We're good, aren't we?

[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.

[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.

[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".

[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]

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.