[Sca-cooks] Turkey Defrosting?

[kingstaste at mindspring.com]

Defrosting under tepid (70 degrees or so) RUNNING water is the method you
are looking for here.  If the sink is busy, use the bathtub (a suggestion
that grossed out my students - obviously they've never had to cook for an
event before!).  Place the turkey in a suitably large container, a 5 gallon
plastic bucket for example, with the plastic still on, and run water over it
so that it continually runs over the side.  It doesn't have to be on full
force, just enough to keep the water moving.
Christianna

-----Original Message-----
From: sca-cooks-bounces+kingstaste=mindspring.com at ansteorra.org
[mailto:sca-cooks-bounces+kingstaste=mindspring.com at ansteorra.org]On
Behalf Of Elise Fleming
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 2:09 PM
To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Turkey Defrosting?


Greetings!  When I was (much!) younger, my parents always defrosted a
frozen turkey in cold water in the sink.  Now, I see on the back of my
frozen turkey's packaging  that it says not to defrost in warm water.  Is
the tricky word "warm" vs "cold" or shouldn't packaged turkeys be defrosted
in water at all?  If not, how can one get it to defrost in one day??  It
isn't defrosting fast enough in the refrigerator.

Alys Katharine


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