Posting for traffic- CHICKEN HELL

[TheSheepofWallSt]

Oh I’m an idiot.

Cooked two frozen chicken kievs in the oven. Thoroughly cooked. Hot. Cooked them probably 10-15 mins longer than packet suggested (23 mins). Ate one... had a moment of horror...

Yep. Defrost before use.

Am I going to round off 10 days of covid with food poisoning? Tried to make myself sick but only succeeded in pulling a muscle under my tongue (not envy)

I cook pretty much everything from frozen. Never had food poisoning.

Would you defrost chicken nuggets OP? Kiev is similar.

Reminds me of the time when two hungover friends excitedly bit into their m&s breaded chicken. A real treat as we were students. Reader, the chicken was breaded but raw.

They had whiskey shots which I'm not sure we're required, but had no ill effects

I did the same a couple of weeks ago - we are still alive!

I had the more expensive Waitrose ones and not the essential ones which you can cook from frozen.

You’ll be fine as long as they were hot all the way through

Jeez what a nightmare of a day you’ve had OP... tried to make yourself sick, pulled a muscle in your tongue... all with a burnt tongue! Bless you. I highly doubt you will get the screaming ab dabs but do report back tomorrow and let us know. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you

getting past the rules that have beendrummed into you is tricky.

I want to cross the road at the point I was taught as a child. they have now installed a zebra crossing about 30 yards further up. it still feels wrong to not cross where I was taught 40 years ago.

My OP once ate a chicken kiev in a pub - the butter inside was still frozen. I pointed it out and almost begged him to stop eating. He just shrugged and ate the lot. He was fine.

Mmmmm, Chicken Kiev.

The one really reassuring thing in life at the moment is that no matter what has happened, or might happen, if you post on Mumsnet in AIBU about chicken (of any kind), there are literally 27 different interest groups that come together with a variety of chicken perspectives.

Feeding a family of 8 all week
Neighbours with chickens
Chicken keepers
Chicken/food waste protestors
Chicken Kiev enthusiasts

All life is here.

I’m firmly of the opinion (again probably wrong) that food poisoning tends to manifest 12 -24 hours(ish) after eating the offending item.

If I’m not back with a good news story in 24 hours, send help.

(For the sympathetic posters who felt sorry for me, I’ll just add to the mix the entirely blue/black toe that had a Pyrex dish dropped on it last night, my rattly post-covid chest, and the blepharitis flare that has left me with the eyes of a sad rhino. Food poisoning on top would be just ... extraordinary.)

You will be fine honestly wouldnt worry

You forgot the chicken washers OP

@CanIGoHomeNowPlease

Same. Proper chicken breast not MSM.
Felt dead posh. Been forced to turn to Ocado (definitely not the norm since having a kid) in lockdown shopping crisis, got carried away and thought I was 25, single going to eat my chicken Kiev and pop off to Fabric later (after having had a listerine rinse for the garlic, obvs)

@louderthan1

I’m not a chicken washer I’m a chicken washers son I’m only washing chicken til the chicken washings done ... that’s how it goes right?

Oh, I was expecting a post about a garden full of lovely, mischevious chooks

No we know why we had to buy loo roll, for accidental food poisoning. Seriously though I think it would be fine, often those foods do instruct you to cook from frozen. Now though I want a chicken kiev, a proper one not some fake gluten free one.

@sadeyedladyofthelowlandsea
I've been cooking whole chickens from frozen for about 15 years (I bulk order from a butcher and keep everything in the freezer and I just dont ever remember it defrost stuff!). I've never been sick from chicken, or beef. I've been sick after sushi a few times! But frozen chicken cooked is safe.

You had one incident; it could have been bad chicken. Or you didnt actually get it up to temperature. Hot doesn't mean it's actually gotten up to the right temp for long enough.

This is why I'm a veggie

I cook things from frozen all the time that say 'defrost before cooking' - I go and find a comparable product on Iceland website, as I figure they know about how to cook frozen things, and follow instructions for their product. How different can it be, is my reasoning. I am, happily, undead so far.

So, Iceland appear to have Kievs that are 25-30 mins from frozen, at 200. So that's you fine, then.

If it was piping hot in the middle your fine. Chicken can be cooked frozen but usually says defrost first to reduce cooking time. I watched a cooking programme the other day where they were making curry and added frozen chicken chunks/strips.

I don't think I would worry about this, especially with cooking it for longer than recommended anyway.

Hope you are ok.

Trying to make yourself sick probably wasn't the best plan either, ignoring the pulled musce (how did you do that...)

A friend of mine ate pork that was iffy once, clicked on and made herself puke almost immediately, and got the food poisoing anyway. Doc said it was because bacteria was already in her system so puking made no difference. Have never bothered looking up if thats accurate, and don't fancy it either

This is why I'm a veggie

Worst food poisoning I ever had was from spinach that hadn't been washed properly

15 hours post-Kiev.
No signs yet of anything... untoward.

@formerbabe - I hear you. Goats cheese did for me once- MAN was I ill. Got stranded at a new boyfriends place for 2 days as couldn’t leave to go home... we were only in the early weeks, and he heard EVERYTHING

@formerbabe and @TheSheepofWallSt I'm veggie because I'm weirdly allergic to meat, fish and poultry. I had "vegan" soup on a work trip in October but whatever was in that I lost 10lbs in 5 days and thought I was going to die

I'm now wanting a Plant kitchen no chicken Kiev though!

You are crackers, I cant believe you tried to make your self sick. It was hot right through, you just overcooked the outside