I bought butterball turkey today Nov 19th and it was completely thawed. Can I refreeze it? Or can I keep it in the refrigerator until Thursday, which is 5 days from now. I don`t know how long it was thawed before I bought it.
Once frozen, meat should not be refrozen without being cooked first. So if you have thawed 2 pounds of ground beef and then you bake a meatloaf with it, then you can re-freeze the meatloaf. But don't re-freeze the raw hamburger.
It isn't generally safe to refreeze raw food. This is especially true for chicken, which is contaminated with salmonella at scary-high rates. If the chicken has thawed, it isn't generally safe to refreeze it and eat it later. This is especially true if it is thawed in room-temperature water rather than being thawed in the refrigerator. Once thawed, the chicken should be cooked fairly quickly. Once cooked, it can then be frozen for later consumption.
Ideally this should be cooked within a few days of being thawed or purchased.
yes - but it might be a little dry
Turkey can be left out for a little bit after its done. However, it should have liquid injected into it, so it does not dry.
Stuffing out of the bird is better--it doesn't soak up the fat from the turkey as it is roasting. Also, if it is baked separately in a casserole you have a better chance of it being properly cooked through. If done in the turkey, there is the chance it will not be thoroughly cooked.
!) Take the meat out of it's packaging 2) place into a sizable dish and cover 3) put in microwave for 10 minutes, wait every 30 seconds or so and take it out from the microwave 4) uncover and removed thawed meat from frozen block, cover and place back into the microwave and repeat step 3 and so on. TIP: if BBQ available, you can wrap the meat in Aluminum foil and place on the top shelf turn after about 5 minutes, repeat. and judge with some sort of poking device... once fully thawed, remove from BBQ and continue with your meal.
I'm not sure but maybe about 3 degrees ?
Depends on the way you cook it. Or if it is frozen solid or thawed out at all. 7 minutes for frozen solid. 2 and a half minutes for thawed. Test the burger afterward to see if the burger is fully cooked
By sitting out for a long time with or without being cooked or cross contamination
some food items are cooked as all of the food items cannot be eaten raw and taste bad without being cooked and we also cook to make our food tasty and delicious to eat