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: >>>>> I bought a bag of these for Angela to try. Jenni-O brand. Frozen.
: >>>>> They
: >>>>> come 2 patties back to back with paper in between.
: >>>>>
: >>>>> I could *not* get the paper out. Was I supposed to have defrosted
: >>>>> them
: >>>>> first? This is why I hate the frozen hamburger patties. Luckily I
: >>>>> can buy
: >>>>> really good pre-cooked hamburger patties at Costco. But not turkey
: >>>>> ones.
: >>>>>
: >>>>> Eventually I got the paper out as they cooked but they didn't cook
: >>>>> well at
: >>>>> all. As soon as a thin layer had cooked it just peeled off of the
: >>>>> frozen
: >>>>> part. It was like cooking a pound of frozen ground beef where you
: >>>>> scrape
: >>>>> the cooked part and a layer of cooked stuff comes off. Only I wasn't
: >>>>> scraping. It just came off.
: >>>>>
: >>>>> I am not sure I will buy these again. She said they were okay. Just
: >>>>> okay.
: >>>>> Said she thought they might need ketchup. I have never liked ketchup
: >>>>> with
: >>>>> my meat unless it is meatloaf and then I like it mixed in and baked
: >>>>> over the
: >>>>> top. But I really prefer chili sauce. But I digress.
: >>>>>
: >>>>> So anyway... What did I do wrong? I have 10 more patties left and
: >>>>> I'd like
: >>>>> them to come out as patties and not assorted sized chunks and pieces.
: >>>>>
: >>>>
: >>>> You bought pre-formed patties. If you must buy pre-formed patties
: >>>> rather
: >>>> than a package of ground meat, you really do have to defrost them
: >>>> completely before cooking.
: >>>
: >>> Oh bother. I hate defrosting meat. Thanks.
: >
: >
: > Ooo, an empty message I have meat defrosting in the dish drainer every
: > day In winter its as soon as I get out of bed if its something thick,
: > in summer about an hour or two before dinner, if its steak or chops,
: > longer for minced meat, whole chickens etc.

: I usually try not to freeze meat unless it's cooked. I never remember to
: take anything out to defrost. They say to defrost it in the fridge nowadays
: for food safety and that can take 2-3 days.

: When I was a kid my mom just put it on a plate at the base of the fridge
: where the warm air it kicked out would defrost it.

: Perhaps what I should do is just defrost the whole package, cook it all and
: refreeze it. Then if she wanted a patty she could just nuke it. Of course
: I would have to label it in some way so I didn't accidentally eat it. Cuz
: that wouldn't go over well. I only ever had ground turkey once. It was one
: of my few cooking disasters. I tried to turn it into meatballs. We could
: have played tennis with them.

I am making ground turkey meatloaf tonight and it comes out without a
problem. I also make burgers from it, adding something tsaty like
finely chopped onions and a lttle ketcup before broiling or cooking on
the little grill thing(I forgot the naame) that cooks top anbottom at
once. They are not like tennis balls. I have also made meatballs form
them and thare not hard either. I have used it in stuffed peppers, using
home made bread crumbs from lo carb bread in plac eof the usual rice etc
and they are not like tennis balls.

I would suggest for those meat ball that you brown them inoil not untill
done, then finish cooking them in whatever sauce you are using. If the
first time you try something it doesn't work out, don't just give up, but
try again slightly differently. Look at cook books or get recipe on line,
etc and adapt to our food limitations.

Wendy