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On Monday, November 21, 2016 at 1:07:27 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> On Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 10:29:44 PM UTC-6, Doris Night wrote:
> >
> > I always cook chickens from frozen. Don't see why it wouldn't work for
> > a turkey.
> >
> > You just need to have a meat thermometer and check the bird a few
> > times when it's getting close to being done.
> >
> > Doris
> >
> >

> I honestly don't remember my mother ever defrosting a turkey.
> She's put it in the oven, low temperature, with water in the
> pan and covered. The bird would go in the oven in the wee
> hours of the morning and would be fully cooked a bit before
> we were ready eat. That insured it had rested before carving.


But, but, but. Stuffing!

Cindy Hamilton