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On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 22:35:16 -0600, (z z) wrote:

> I succumbed to the lure of cheap frozen turkeys tonight. Bought a small
> turkey for 59 cents per pound $7.53 total. Figured if I begin thawing
> tonight it might be thawed by Sat night.
>
> So I have one of those small "drinks" refrigerators. I set it on the
> coldest fridge setting. Safe to thaw a turkey?

"Alton Brown did a demo of various defrosting methods with different
temps of water, etc. on his roast duck episode. Cold, slowly running
water is the fastest way to defrost."

http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2008...ting-meat.html

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