question about my post regarding thanksgiving.

[Frogdogtimestwo]

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/turkey/cooking_techniques.cfm
says its a no, no. Thought I would post this is where I looked up whether it is considered safe or not

 

[ranchhand]

Quote:
I might do it with an unstuffed bird- but stuffed? No way.

I just start the big bird early in the morning and go back to sleep for a while. Stuffing, crispy skin, nice juicy turkey meat...............and I don't even have to wonder if it's safe.

 

[Acre of Blessings]

Quote:
Wasn't it also the yoUSD@ that said several years ago that "eggs" weren't good for you

Still eatin' mine and aint' got sick over no over-night turkey yet......My Mother has cooked a turkey this way since before us 3 kids were born and the oldest is 43.....so glad my brother isn't on this site

You go ahead and cook your turkey and don't worry about what the yoUSD@ thinks........ Happy Thanks-Giving to all.........

 

[PurpleChicken]

Quote:
Ok, now at least I see why they are saying unsafe.

When organic materials start to go bad 2 things happen. First, bacteria levels increase to unsafe levels. The second part is that some of this bacteria produces toxic chemicals, call it bacteria poop, that heat doesn't destroy.

I suppose if the turkey was thawed for a while or sat at room temp and then was cooked at 180 degrees, was 30 pounds and full of stuffing, it could possibly get someone sick. It's a good theory but in reality it's bunk.

I think that "other forum" is trying to just play it safe.

The same rules hold true for fish yet about a billion of us eat raw fish and other meats quite often. No, I wouldn't eat raw chicken or hamburger from a grocery store.

 

[redhen]

I eat raw hamburger sometimes.. (only a little bit though..)

 

[KDbeads]

Mom still cooks her turkey in the oven at 200 all night long. No stuffing though.

We aren't dead yet!

 

[oberhaslikid]

My Grandmother did it this way ,My Mother did it this way and I have always done it this way.We all lived to tell about it.
Waking up to the smell of turkey filling the house. I cant imagine any other way to have Thanksgiving.200 degrees all night long.

 

[chickabator]

I have always cooked mine alnight in the oven on 250. I put it in about 1 or 2 in the morning and then go to bed. It makes dh drool alnight long. He has been drooling thinking about it for the past 2 weeks. None of us have ever gotten sick from it and I have been cooking it this way for over 20 years now. I dont stuff it till the next morning and then raise the temp to 325 and bake it for about an hour the dressing is done anyway it basically just warms it up. everyone in the family says I fix the best turkey they have ate. even my family that lives in Indiana says they have never eaten any better. I dont know sometimes I would rather have someone elses cooking.

 

[halo]

I think Im going to try to slow bake a turkey this year. I know Ive tried that this year with rotisserie chicken, and it turns out wonderful. Why not a turkey too?