Just taken Turkey out of the freezer is this normal???

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It’s been out for 40 mins room temp and I noticed there’s a lot of blood around it already on top?? Is this normal or do I need to go on a turkey hunt and buy another one 😞

This is it!

Isn't it in a printed wrapping?

That just looks like the bag it's in to me !

It's the colour of the bag isn't it?

It doesn't look like wrapping to me. I've got no idea if it's normal but I wouldn't be able to cook that

Take the bag off and it will defrost more quickly. You can take any gibblets out later.

That’s the bag! Where the frost is melting you can see the colour!

Wipe some more of the frost away, I think it may be the wrapping?

Scrape some of the ice off the packaging. It looks red to me

It's the colour of the packaging where the thin layer of ice has melted in places.

I also think it looks like the wrapper.

It’s just the wrapper, wipe off more frost and you’ll see.

Even if it is blood, what do you think animals are full of? It’s fine. To not cook a turkey because of its juices is hilarious and ridiculous.

Yes it is I think I will go back to bed 🙈🙈🙈🙈😬

Normal. It's just trapped in the bag. Meat defrosted weeps bloody looking fluid. Yours is trapped on top because of the tight wrapping.

Try to get the wrapping off.

Take it out of the plastic and have a good look at it. It may just be the way it has been hung a little blood has been left behind. Shouldn't be a problem at all particularly bearing in mind that some of the blood from the cockerel was added to coq au vin traditionally.

Poultry has blood and claws and feathers it's just that our modern day lives are ridiculously sanitised. I remember when the chicken feet got boiled up with the giblets for stock.

I don’t normally have a frozen turkey and I just thought the blood had pooled to the top which seemed quite strange 😬

It’s definantly the wrapping 🙈🙈🙈

have an early and Carry on Christmassing.

Brilliant

Good job it wasn't in a green bag or you'd have chucked it out!!

First thread I've ever laughed out loud at.

Oh god thank god mumsnet is anonymous 😂 I felt such a wally!!!

This is so funny! Could happen to any of us OP

OP this is brilliant