In the above article, the section that deals with preparing your turkey, it states that "IT MUST BE DEFROSTED IN THE REFRIGERATOR"! That simply is not true! There is another PERFECTLY SAFE way to thaw out your frozen turkey, and I use this method EVERY time that I cook a frozen bird. First, I clean (& rinse) my kitchen sink out very well! Then, simply put your frozen turkey in your clean sink, and fill the sink up with COLD water so that it covers your turkey (be sure to place turkey in the sink BEFORE filling with water so that the proper water level can be obtained). If your turkey is so large that the water level coesn't quite cover the whole bird, just simply turn the bird over every couple of hours for even thawing. NOTE!!! You ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY MUST use COLD water to thaw out your turkey for this method to be safe!
In the above article, the section that deals with preparing your turkey, it states that "IT MUST BE DEFROSTED IN THE REFRIGERATOR"! That simply is not true! There is another PERFECTLY SAFE way to thaw out your frozen turkey, and I use this method EVERY time that I cook a frozen bird. First, I clean (& rinse) my kitchen sink out very well! Then, simply put your frozen turkey in your clean sink, and fill the sink up with COLD water so that it covers your turkey (be sure to place turkey in the sink BEFORE filling with water so that the proper water level can be obtained). If your turkey is so large that the water level coesn't quite cover the whole bird, just simply turn the bird over every couple of hours for even thawing. NOTE!!! You ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY MUST use COLD water to thaw out your turkey for this method to be safe!