On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 05:50:46 -0600, swede
> scribbled some thoughts:


>Help everyone!! I started to thaw my turkey by leaving it out of the frig
>for several hours. Overnight, I placed it in the meat compartment of my frig
>and this morning it was REFROZEN. I know that beef if not safe if refrozen.
>How about turkey: is it safe to rethaw?!
>
>Help!
>
>S

Depending on the size of the bird, and the room temperature,
I doubt that and bacteria would take hold, also, you will be
roasting it I presume and not eating it raw?

Once, I had some Jennie-O Turkey ham in my freezer and
decided to take it out to thaw and put it in the fridge.
Once it thawed, I forget how I ate it, sliced and fried, or
sliced and diced. But I ate it that was maybe 5 years ago?
I am still alive, did not get sick even though the
expiration date was two years previous to the date I thawed
it. Then there has been the ricotta cheese which I have
eaten several months past the expiration.

If the item hasn't been opened, or is kept at a reasonable
temp, it should saty good for some time.

Most times the expiration is due to either color
deterioration, or to vitamin content reducing. Cheese
moldy, cut it off and eat it, it's just a sign of aging.

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