Help me settle a huge row about turkey

[elevenswan]

Turkey was picked up at 11 this morning. Fresh not frozen. One half of the family says it should be left out (warmish house) all today and overnight so it comes down to room temperature and so that the stuffing expands properly. Other half says you're not supposed to leave raw turkey out of the fridge for more than 2 hours and leaving it out overnight could give you food poisoning.

Who's right? I'm very firmly on team food poisoning but they're accusing me of being dramatic and say I'm catastrophising due to my anxiety. They say 'we've never had food poisoning before', I say that's cos you've been bloody lucky!

[plannedshock]

I wish my turkey would tell me what to do.
Great stuff thank you!

[WellErrr]

Kitten 😂😂

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

Free if your turkey is still talking to you, you may have more worries than what temp to store it at

[FreeButtonBee]

I'd put it in the fridge overnight but would be happy enough to tKe it out first thing in the morning and leave it on the side until time to cook. My turkey says you can leave it out for 6-8 hours before cooking without any ill effects

[EvansOvalPies]

Frozen to defrost in kitchen overnight is absolutely fine - you can't cook it if there is even the slightest chance of an ice particle!!

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

I looked at our temp 9.5c Turkey now in fridge and veggies evicted into garage.

[WellErrr]

*as cold as

[WellErrr]

I got my frozen one out last night and put it on the utility room side. No heating and it's fairly cold in there.
But worried about it tonight but it's extremely cold to the touch, as old as the chicken in the fridge, so out it stays.

Plus there's no room in the fridge anyway.

[harderandharder2breathe]

Team food poisoning here!

[plannedshock]

Mine is still frozen, I've left it on the side in the kitchen to defrost tonight...food poisoning odds?

[HerodZackHunt]

Evans sorry to have made you panic! A shed is probably a safer bet than the garage

[museumum]

We would put it in the garage/shed but it's only 4deg here.

[elevenswan]

I knew I was right!

[SauvignonBlanche]

I sometimes leave mine in my conservatory overnight but it's too mild today, mines in the fridge.

[EvansOvalPies]

Elevenswan - you are most definitely not catastrophizing. You can never be too careful about the possibility of food poisoning (Agree with Kittenrush that your family are being mean to you in that regard).

After reading HerodZack's post I panicked and went to check the temperature of our shed. I feel it is cold enough, and the goose came in a semi-insulated box, so feel happy. (Depends where in the country you are as to how cold your outbuildings may be). I still most definitely wouldn't leave it in the kitchen, though.

[StubbleTurnips]

I'm on team food poisoning here, plus the spaniel has unreliable character around the temptation of turkey!

[therootoftheroot]

in the fridge but get up early and take it out to allow it to come to room temp before cooking

[FurryDogMother]

Definitely the fridge, but take it out an hour before you plan to start cooking, so that it comes to room temperature and the cooking times will be accurate.

[LeadPipe]

I agree with everyone - the fridge!

[Kittenrush]

Would they usually leave meat out for over 24 hours? I think not.
Tell them if they want to spend Boxing Day shitting through the eye of a needle then by all means.
(In addition I think it's really mean they've used your anxiety as an argument against you)

[TheoriginalLEM]

Oh, I was just about to post the same question. My kitchen is freezing but I think i'll just get mine out early in the morning.

[HerodZackHunt]

When we collected our goose this morning they had a big sign up saying not to rely on leaving the bird in the garage overnight because the weather is mild. So they're on team botulism too.
Goosey is in the wine fridge in the garage.

[KondosSecretJunkRoom]

Left out all day?

Can you chop her off a leg to fester?

[EvansOvalPies]

I collected our goose this morning, far too large for the fridge so it's in the shed. Cold enough, and safe from Mr Fox.

I wouldn't keep it in the kitchen overnight (unless you have an extremely cold kitchen).

[AntiQuitty]

Growing up we had to keep ours in the bath as nowhere else, we never got food poisoning but it's certainly not something I'd choose to do!