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Default turkey thawing advice needed

Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> (Steve Pope) wrote:


>> But all of the water-method instructions I've seen (including those
>> printed on this turkey's wrapper) say do not let water contact the
>> turkey, have it wrapped-up waterproof. Which seems reasonable
>> to me, you don't want to soak a turkey before roasting it.


>True - by the time I'm running water inside the body cavity, I'm ready
>to roast it. I don't like ice crystals inside the cavity when I stick
>it in the oven. <shrugs> I think I didn't do the best job writing
>above. :-\ (I leave it wrapped while it's in the water.)


Gotcha. So this is just rinsing it at the end, not soaking it.

I really think my plan now is cook-from-part-frozen. Seems like
the least effort, and it's likely to work.

Steve