Could you have eaten this?

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So ils did a massive turkey Xmas day and a ham joint Boxing Day. We visited for a few days from Boxing Day onwards, on Boxing Day we had the turkey reheated along with the ham. For the remainder of our visit the turkey and the ham came out at every breakfast and lunch and sat on the table for an hour or so with everyone (approx 10 adults and children) touching it. We also had a turkey and ham carbonara one evening.
On the 29th of December fil bagged the remaining meat up and froze it.
We got invited to Sunday dinner yesterday and guess what we had? Turkey and ham pie!

I really didn't want to eat the pie as imo they had waited too long to freeze the meat, it had spent too much time sat at room temperature, everyone had fingered it and it had been reheated at least once possibly twice already.

Dh said I am being ridiculous what do you think?

and meat for dinner being carved by said FIL
without tongs

That’s disgusting! I agree with you OP

Are you sure it was a turkey and not an ostrich?

I can't see how a 20lb turkey would fit in the oven.

And I also hate the thought of an intensively reared bird that size.

We get smaller, free range or organic and add extra meats if necessary.

YANBU, that would make me feel sick

Yuck.

definitely would not have eaten it, even if it appeared rude to the pie maker!

I'd like to know how bloody big these pieces of meat were to feed 10 people on so many occasions.

But tbh I bet the pie was fine.

Eh me !

I diced and froze my leftover ham and use it for chicken and ham pies !

They sound better than my in-laws. They'd still be eating the turkey days after Christmas, and it wouldn't even have been in a fridge, just out on the counter with the cat nibbling it. They must have stomachs of iron.

I'd be sick of turkey after a few days. (regardless or whether it had kept well, or not)
Get ILs to buy a smaller joint.
The next couple of days would be fine, but otherwise make turkey soup, or freeze with gravy.

No I would't eat it. Not sure if I'd want to eat anything at their house ever again. And I don't think I'm over fussy about dates for food.

Sounds gross to me.

Did this turkey and ham come from the same butchers as the mumsnet magic chicken ?

Good grief no! There absolutely no way I would have eaten that! I thought you couldn’t keep reheating chicken plus it wasn’t stored properly, if it was frozen on 29th it was 4 days after it’s cooked which I think is too long!

I probably wouldn´t have realised that it´s the same meat...

However: I wouldn´t have eaten this - or anything else - if I didn´t trust the cook to observe some basic standards in regard to food safety and hygiene. Especially meat and fish...

I´d probably have to become strategically vegetarian in OP´s situation! 😂

Was it a fresh turkey or a frozen bird?

Can you eat turkey that was frozen, defrosted, cooked, sat around for 4 days, frozen then cooked in a pie?

The risk is obviously there but what would put me off is the same food over and over again. Turkey and ham aren't exciting at the best of times, having eaten it for 4/5 days in every meal. No way. How big were these joints 😂
Similar to the Mumsnet everlasting chicken lol

"We use plastic gloves, I buy them by the box."

Ugh, like a holiday inn breakfast in covid times? 🤢 that's as grim as fingering a turkey

It’s a definite “no way” from me 🤢😂

Yes, the issue is that the food wasn´t stored properly. Which would have made cold cuts even worse tbh!

Reheating is generally fine if the dish is cooled quickly after cooking, stored in an adequate manner (not just left to sit at room temps) and the dish is steaming hot throughout.

😂😏 I don’t think they were being serious, Shreky.

Do these creatures belong to the same family of chicken that can feed a Mumsnet family of 5 for a solid week.

I’m with you OP. Freezing meat after that many days and reheating it so many times is just unsafe. I’d find it very gross but wouldn’t want to offend so would probably force it down and hope for the best!

That isn't how food poisoning works. The bacteria produce toxins and they don't cook off. You can kill the bacteria and still have a load of poisonous shit there

I wouldn't have but in the 70's through to the late 80's Mum and Dad used to buy a capon bird and cook it on Christmas Day and leave it in the garage covered up in foil for at least three days. In those days it was always cold at Christmas time so it didn't matter and it was too big to fit in the fridge.

Absolutely not. If they’d cut a bit of both meats off and set aside to free for the pie in the future then yes I would. But not after it’s been sat out for days before freezing.