Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumPhooey. No turkey today.
When I opened the packaging on the fresh turkey, it smelled off. It doesn't outdate until the 31st. I googled "how do I know if my fresh turkey is bad" and yep, it's bad.
What a disappointment!
Fortunately, we are making spanikopita and have dolmas and good bread and various other treats.
A cautionary tale.
Ohiogal
(31,669 posts)But you can't go wrong with spanikopita, yum.
As long as the family's together, that's all that matters, right?
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)and any other things you might need to get a refund on the loss from wherever it was purchased.
No reason you should take the loss.
elleng
(130,156 posts)Good your sniffer informed you.
Merry Christmas!
hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)I always buy about 4 pounds, divide it into about four portions and freeze three of them in air-tight glass containers. Never had any go bad and always on hand for a salad, to add to a omelette, or whatever...
Highly recommend these Costco (Kirkland) pre-cooked turkey breasts. Excellent quality.
sprinkleeninow
(20,135 posts)hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,135 posts)roast a bone-in breast. I don't make whole ones anymore.
Or our grocer sells breast filets/cutlets. Coat them with mayo and plain bread crumbs to which I add some ground poultry seasoning. They're quick and no muss-no fuss.
Turkey's good for ya and sometimes I 'run chicken into the ground'. 😄 It don't have to be a special day.
Demsrule86
(68,352 posts)and leftover vegie platter and cupcakes from the big Christmas eve spread. We always kept it simple on Christmas...with four kids, we were too exhausted to cook two big feasts in a row.
sprinkleeninow
(20,135 posts)We bring back bad stuff. Meats, produce, what's supposed to be fresh is doubly guaranteed.
Mmm, spanakopita and dolmathes. 😋
Do you have baklava, kourambiedes, melomakarouna, revani, galaktobureko, koulourakia for the sweet? We got two supplies from church Sept. and Nov. They were, by hub and me, demolished in no time. 😆 I'd rather eat Greek pastries than 'food'. 😱 And I do dat. 😁
Merry Christmas the balance of this day! 💝
Grasswire2
(13,564 posts)...and delicious white chocolate peppermint bark ice cream. Oy!!
Plus I spent thirteen hours on Sunday baking to send along with family who were going to Seattle to be with other family. So I was a little done with baking for a couple of days.
I love Greek pastries, too. I haven't made baklava for very long time.
Tomorrow I think I'm just on vegetables, though. I'm sweeted out.
Happy New Year to you!
sprinkleeninow
(20,135 posts)I'm past my prime baking for family. I do minimal. It's gotta be special.
Mom-in-law and paternal side aunt baked no less than mb 7 or 8 varieties [each] cookies for Christmas. They'd put them out all thru January. Still fresh, but we'd internally groan by then. 😯
Happy, healthy, safe and prosperous New Year for you and yours! 🎉🎆
Freddie
(9,232 posts)I think they are fresher than the fresh ones, of course you have to leave enough time to thaw in the fridge. For Thanksgiving, Ill buy my frozen turkey Saturday and its thawed by Thurs. For Christmas, I make a ham.