"amandaF" > wrote in message
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> On Sep 28, 5:17 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>> "amandaF" > wrote in message
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>> ups.com...
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>> > Yesterday, I bought a whole chicken dressed and stuffed already
>> > wirhing 5.64 lbs. I asked the ugy there how mnay minutes would I need
>> > to bake and he said about 1 1/2 hour but go to foodnetwork.com and
>> > find out for sure.
>>
>> > So today, I went to foodnetwork.com and there were a million recipes
>> > for bakign chicken and so I decided to just do 1 1/2 hr at 350 degree
>> > but only that I forgot start the timer. It was sooon after I tatked
>> > with a firned on the phone and so I juts guess that it's been about 45
>> > mins and so I timed for another 45 mins. But after 20 more minutes, I
>> > still see pink and so I am putting for another 15 mins. Obviously,
>> > initial cooked time must have been less than 45 min when I realized
>> > that I didn't put the timer on.
>>
>> > So, wht temp and how mins per lb was I supposed to use for baking a
>> > stuffed chicken (stuffed like Turkey)?
>>
>> You can estimate the time, but for a stuffed chicken, the only way I'd
>> trust
>> the process was to use a meat thermometer. Do you own one?
>
> No. I don't have it. This is what I did. I ate some from the top layer
> and then noticed some pink and so I just cut them up removing the bone
> and cooked some more in microwave and played it safe.
>
>

OK. Sounds like you are a candidate for skydiving, and having your parachute
prepared by a blind paraplegic.