nancy wrote:

> Once I took a package of chicken wings (?) from the freezer
> to thaw in the refrigerator. They were in there for a couple
> of days when I decided I would need more chicken wings.
> How to get them to thaw faster than the ones I'd taken out
> earlier? Well, everyone says thaw them in water.
> I was dumbfounded, emphasis on dumb ... they thawed out
> more in two or three hours than the ones I'd take out days
> earlier.
>
> Now I don't have to plan too far ahead ... what's for dinner, just take it
> out in the morning and put the package into a container of water. (Follow
> suitable safety directions and the larger the item, the more time it will
> take, I'm talking a package of chicken parts or a steak)

If you put an uninsulated package of chicken wings into a metallic sheet
pan, the metal helps to thaw it much more quickly.

Bob