Another turkey question, I'm afraid

[saxy_jag]

Believe it or not, I've searched and I can't find an answer to this.

We're getting a fresh, organic turkey tomorrow, which is being killed today. It'll be approx. an 8-10 pounder.

Will it be OK in the fridge until Christmas Day?

[BBWCHATT]

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[gammaray]

As long as you cook the turkey properly it will be fine in the fridge. it's a fairly big turkey though so you may want to tweek the temperature on you fridge down a notch or two to help maintain a temperature of 5 degrees or under in the fridge.

[gammaray]

That was slightly ambiguous. It will be fine in the fridge UNTIL it's cooked.

[saxy_jag]

You're both stars - thank you very much.

[indie_chick5]

Yeah, should be fine my brother is a chef and says it shouldn't be a problem, but just be careful because poultry doesn't "hang" like game birds do to mature or gain flavour. Cover your turkey or it may take on smells from other things in your fridge or vise versa.

[saxy_jag]

Thanks, Indie. Not a great deal in the fridge to taint, but will heed your advice.

[WendyS]

Just don't do what neighbours of ours once did because the turkey they collected on Christmas Eve was too big to go in the fridge. They wrapped it in a large plastic carrier bag and left it outside the kitchen door because it was forecast to be a cold frosty night.
In the morning they came down early to get it all prepared and found just a shredded empty bag. The local foxes had a field day and run off with the whole bird during the night !. Don't think they had a very festive lunch but I'm sure it is still remembered and laughed about whenever they now eat their Christmas turkey.

[Owen Money]

A guy went into Comet to complain to the manager about a freezer he'd bought recently, his complaint was that when he'd bought the freezer, he asked the salesperson how long he would be able to keep a chicken for in the freezer, and was given an estimate of 6 Mths, which the manager agreed with. The guy then said that the freezer was obviously not working properly, because he'd put a chicken in there last night, when he went to check it in the morning, the bloody thing was dead!

[saxy_jag]

Wendy, that gave me such a laugh. Foxes must have thought all their Christmases had come at once.

Reminds of a few years ago, when hubby was driving lorries for a living. One of his customers, on the last day before Christmas, gave him a 25lb turkey. When he got back to the depot, he wrapped it securely in his jacket and put it on the front seat of the car whilst he went in to sort out his paperwork and clock-off. Safe, he thought, from our puppy, whom he took to work with him and who was now sleeping peacefully on the back seat.

However, when he got into the office there were drinks and mince pies and it was another half hour before he got back to the car - to find a very happy puppy gnawing industriously away on a leg of the turkey.

[maggie01]

I am not being judgemental, hyprocrital more like. I buy fresh or frozen turkey but if I thought one was being killed FOR me. Couldn't touch it with a barge poll.