Goomba38 wrote:

> zxcvbob wrote:
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>> C M wrote:
>>
>>> This will sound lazy and even silly, but my friend said she has great=

>>> success with cooking her turkey like this: Take it from the freezer,=

>>> pull off wrapper, put in oven 350 degrees, and cook it an hour or so
>>> more than if it was thawed. I told two people I know at the senior
>>> center I planned on doing it, and they said I would get salmonella, t=
he
>>> paper packed giblets would be awful and said I should definitely not =
do
>>> it!!! What do you think, please. CM
>>>
>> I've cooked them like that. It works great, and actually it greatly=20
>> *reduces* the chance of food poisoning.
>>
>> regards,
>> bob
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> How does not washing out the bird and starting it frozen reduce food=20
> poisoning? Not to mention that by the time the center is thawed and=20
> heated to the apropriate temp, the outside has gotta be way dry and=20
> overdone?

You're guessing and I've done it.

FDA says don't wash birds. Not necessary for the bacteria likely to be=20
on them and only serves to spread contamination in your sinks and=20
surrounding areas.

Bacteria are essentially close to suspended animation when frozen and=20
are a surface phenomenon. As such, they're killed pretty quickly as=20
the surface temperature gets above 140=B0F.

Conduction insures that the meat won't dry before it's cooked. With an=20
open cavity, the meat is heated from both sides.

Pastorio