Turkey: Fresh or Frozen

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Do you buy a fresh or frozen turkey?

Fresh
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43%
Frozen
6
43%
Neither
2
14%
 
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Turkey: Fresh or Frozen

Postby hyajil » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:13 am

I'm hosting an early Thanksgiving this Saturday and trying to decide if getting a fresh turkey is good idea.

What do you do? If you buy fresh, where do you get it? How far in advance do you have to order?
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Postby Darth Tater » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:25 am

Sorry, I'm no help to you. This year I have THREE Thanksgiving dinners to go to - one on Saturday, one on Sunday, and one on Monday. Image

Thank GOD I am running a half mary on Saturday morning to burn a few of those calories before digging in! Image
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Postby NewFinnLoper » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:27 am

I have done very few turkeys...but they have all been frozen...so I can't say which worked better for me...

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Postby RA. » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:31 am

I always get frozen. The only problem with that is to make sure you give it lots of time to thaw!
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Postby BJH » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:35 am

There were fresh turkeys at my grocery store last year. I've never had one though. I think they may have had some early since I remember my mother making a comment about the number of days a fresh turkey could sit in the store before becoming questionable.

I know that at the organic butcher near me you have to have ordered the turkey months and months in advance to get a fresh one.

And, since it takes about three days in the fridge for a frozen one to thaw, decide soon. ;)
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Postby दिवंगत » Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:08 pm

We switched to fresh a few years ago; there is no comparison to frozen, go fresh.
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Postby seuss » Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:39 pm

1triatatime wrote:We switched to fresh a few years ago; there is no comparison to frozen, go fresh.


agree. i usually buy it the day before. i have rarely ordered in advance - just go get one.
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Postby hyajil » Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:41 pm

seuss wrote:
1triatatime wrote:We switched to fresh a few years ago; there is no comparison to frozen, go fresh.


agree. i usually buy it the day before. i have rarely ordered in advance - just go get one.


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Postby UltraQueenga » Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:03 pm

I've never roasted one, it's always been my DH who prepares the bird, stuffs it and cuts it. I make the stuffing. I'd vote fresh any day.
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Postby turd ferguson » Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:07 pm

Neither

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Postby Jwolf » Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:33 pm

Fresh free-range, usually organic. It's more expensive for sure, but we buy it only once or twice per year. This year we won't be home so we aren't buying a turkey anyway.

Around here you can order the organic ones in advance, about a month. You can order a "utility" turkey (missing a wing or a leg or soemthing) and it's cheaper.
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Postby VeloCarrie » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:35 pm

I'm one of those FREAKY Tofurky chicks. :oops:
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Postby hyajil » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:30 am

Carrie wrote:I'm one of those FREAKY Tofurky chicks. :oops:


Hence the 'neither' option on the poll. :D
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