Can i freeze my turkey crown?

[TheoriginalLEM]

So Christmas has gone spectacularly to shit this year and we have had to cancel last minute die to being covid positive.

We have taken a rain check on Christmas dinner with DD1 so its just the three of us. DD2 doesnt like Turkey.

We bought the turkey before everything went to shit and now we just dont feel like it. We have a ham which we all prefer.

Its use by date is 26th, can we freeze it ? Theres nothing to say we can and its usually freeze on day of purchase so im guessing no.

The dog thinks we should cook it!

Yes you can freeze it fine.

if you bought i fresh from a butchers of course you can freeze it

If its within its date then yes you could. It could still be on the shelf and bought today.

As long as it hasn't previously been frozen it will be fine.

Yes you can freeze it.

Of course you can unless the packaging states it's been previously frozen or not to freeze it. If it can't be frozen you can cook it, cool it and freeze it. Changing its state from raw to cooked means it can be refrozen.

You could also joint it before freezing so you don't have to use the whole bird at once when you do get round to it.

I don't know why they say freeze on day of purchase because you could have just bought it today anyway yes you can freeze it fine.

Its a tesco crown, nothing on it to say suitable for home freezing so i think we might just cook it

I think they say that so you don't potentially let it go off then freeze it.

Yes you can freeze it if you bought it fresh. If use by date is 26th it could still be on the shelf in the supermarket.

Personally I would cook it and slice it far easier to store in the freezer.

Or you can cook it and then freeze it

MrsJay i always think the same and we do it a lot with other meat. Just paranoid about food poisoning.

I have done this, ours said can be frozen in the pack.

You could cook it and then eat it cold perhaps - hope you feel better soon. What bad luck to have it at Christmas

It's just the same as a fresh chicken though and you can freeze those.

So now im being quite dim, i can freeze it sliced after cooking? Then do i just reheat it once defrosted?

MrsJay i always think the same and we do it a lot with other meat. Just paranoid about food poisoning.

Just do what you normally do saves you fretting.

@TheoriginalLEM

So now im being quite dim, i can freeze it sliced after cooking? Then do i just reheat it once defrosted?

Yes

So now im being quite dim, i can freeze it sliced after cooking? Then do i just reheat it once defrosted?

Yes just reheat once defrosted

@TheoriginalLEM

So now im being quite dim, i can freeze it sliced after cooking? Then do i just reheat it once defrosted?

Yes you can.

With Turkey I either reheat in gravy or the DC like Turkey, cranberry stuffing sandwiches.