Turkey Cooking Facts & Safety
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, everyone will want to enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner safely with your family and friends. You need to make sure that you thaw the turkey correctly, cook the turkey to the proper temperature and then store your leftovers correctly to ensure everyone goes home full and that they do not end up in the hospital.
Follow these guidelines provided by the USDA website: https://www.fsis.usda.gov
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Very useful information! The first time I made a turkey I was completely stressed out. I definitely would have benefited from this post back then.
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I agree Amanda’s the first time is scary.
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Great post, Diane!
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Thanks Robin!
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Nice article 👍
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Yes they provide the safest way to cook food.
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Please take a look at my recipes and share your thoughts 🙂
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Sure thing!
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Like how you got right to the MEAT of it… You don’t want to end up in the hospital. You’ve got our attention now! 😁
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Hahaha good comment! Thanks Sue!
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Thank you for sharing this. Very helpful
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You’re welcome!
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Very useful content. Thanks for sharing it. I hope you will soon visit my blog to see my new posts. I will surely visit your blog again.
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Thank you!
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I’m always stressed that the turkey isn’t going to be perfect or that it’s going to over cook or be too frozen!
Very helpful, thank you!
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You’re welcome! Did you see where yesterday I did a post on the meat and fries you told me about? I changed it up a bit because we like saucy type foods. It was amazing. I posted your link on the post.
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thank you!
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I had to take a Food Safe course when I became a cook and cringed at how many mistakes I’d made over the years for thawing and storing meat. It would be smart to give everyone these courses- kind of like learning to drive!
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Absolutely! Being married to a health inspector for 29 years opened my eyes as well!
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This is helpful, though I can say that I will likely never cook a turkey – we used to just get a turkey or chicken breast and now I do my “one pot wonder” — all the traditional fixin’s for Thanksgiving and cooked in one pot (green bean casserole items in a pot and chicken pieces thrown in). 🙂
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Perfect for you! My family would kill me if I only had enough food to fill one pot! 😂🤣😂
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If I was smart, I’d have some for the next day, but I usually just have it all Thanksgiving day so I can feel just as uncomfortably full as those who have had a multi-course dinner!
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I’m surprised I haven’t killed myself or others with the way that I have carelessly dealt with Thanksgiving turkeys. I could tell you horrible stories about improper thawing, cooking turkeys that were rock-solid frozen, etc. I’m a real mess. Somebody must be looking out for me!
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I know what you’re saying. I use to thaw everything on the counter! My husband is a retired Health Inspector and if you saw how fast the bacteria multiplies it would scare the daylight out of you. The stories he has of restaurants is an entirely different subject!
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Yikes!
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This is so helpful! Thank you for sharing!!!
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You are very welcome!
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Thank you for this post! Turkey intimidate me!
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You are welcome! The more you cook them you will see how simple they are.
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Thanks for sharing Jack!
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Nice post, feeding the world
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Yes! ❤
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For people like myself just getting into cooking I really liked this article.
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I am so glad Matt! Food safety is huge in my book as my husband is a retired health inspector. The things he saw in restaurant kitchens were nasty!!!! I have had food poisoning once from a restaurant and I never want it again!
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Early morning checking my email, came across this blog. Thank you, very informative and saved me some time, which is always a win-win situation. Love your blog!
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Thank you so much Kimberly! Happy Thanksgiving!
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Reblogged this on In Dianes Kitchen and commented:
I want to reblog this post in hopes it will make a safer Thanksgiving for you and your family.
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