Turkey: to eat or not to eat after 9 days?

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Is it safe to eat a turkey, cooked on Boxing Day, allowed to cool and then kept in a cold fridge since? It looks and smells fine but it is almost 9 days since it was cooked. It seems a shame to waste it if it is safe to eat.

I know some people would eat it without considering it an issue and some people would run screaming for the hills rather than eat it!

But can anyone tell me please if it is safe to eat from an actual food safety knowledge point of view?

No. Should have frozen it. 3 days max in the fridge for open cooked meat.

No chance would I eat that, are you serious?!

Me personally no, but DH most likely would if it looks/ smells fine.

Depends how brave you are!

Hell no!

Absolutely not should have thrown it away by the 30th at the latest.

I should have added that it has been covered in tin foil.

God no, and I say that as a woman with a gut of steel! 😁

No definitely not ok

No I wouldn’t risk it

Still no.
I don’t think anyone assume it was sitting around uncovered.

Personally, I wouldn't chance it, but having said that, I would also add that I would have had to hide it from DH who wouldn't hesitate to eat it.
Usually he can get away with that too, his gut must be so used to him chancing it!

Where the hell do you get your turkeys from!? Are they made of iron? It should be honking by now.

I did some food microbiology modules at university and second Hell No

😂
I don't think the tin foil is going to protect it from 9 days of festering.
Just throw it in the bin

Keep it in the fridge any longer, and the turkey may start running around again with all that bacteria 🦃

Doesn't your fridge smell awful?! Loosely covered cooked meat is going to be pretty whiffy after several days, surely.

No. Freezer leftovers if you aren't going to eat them in 2-3 days.

Waitrose, of course! It was free range too and not cheap. No honking at all, that's geese.

God no. 3 days max without freezing.

I ate some at 7 days and it was fine. I think the usual recomendation is 3 to 4 days though so it is a gamble.

No. It should have gone in the freezer.

I threw ours away on Thursday (cooked Christmas day) as it stank. There wasn't much, but I was cross it got missed when I froze everything else!

Is there a reason why you didn’t eat it or freeze after a couple a days

Jesus, no. You can't be serious.