Christmas Day Turkey off by now?

[BrandoraPaithwaite]

We've had a big piece of turkey breast leftover since Christmas Day. DP just made a pie and it tasted like the turkey was off to me. I spat it out, DP ate a massive piece and said it was delicious.

Would cooked turkey go off in 5 days? It was out on the side covered in foil overnight Christmas night then breast cut off and wrapped in foil on Boxing Day, travelled in car to ours (about 1hr 15mins) then in our fridge since then.

To avoid drip feed... Turkey was fresh from naice butcher, collected on 23rd, fridged, driven up to PILs on Christmas Eve, brined in sink overnight and cooked Xmas day. Was lovely on the day.

We have our own little taste tester, our cat.

DH offered her some today and she happily ate it, so he had the last of it, we call her ratatouille as she is like the character in the film.

I wouldn’t have eaten it once I knew it had been left out overnight much less days later. We used ours by 27th, after that I wouldn’t have felt comfortable.

I looked up advice on some Food Standards website and it said that you can eat leftover turkey cold for 2 days after cooking, but then days 3 and 4 you should only eat reheated leftovers (and it needs to get to the right temperature). However, this advice assumed that the leftovers had been properly stored.

Not only was ours left out of the fridge overnight but, I accidently partially reheated it as didn't realise it had been stored in the oven until I opened the door. 😁. Like I said, the last was eaten yesterday. I'm not advocating this method of food storage.

Readers, he did not get the shits.

Readers, he did not get the shits.

😆