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Food Safety Question......

Canadian Karen

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Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
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Question:

I cooked Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday. Leftovers have been in the fridge to nibble on since then. But since I have been at the hospital with Mom, alot of it hasn't been taken out and eaten. Today is the 3rd day it's in the fridge. If I put it in containers tonight and put it in the freezer (i.e. the ham and turkey) for future meals, will it be okay?

Thanks!

Karen

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Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted

It should be fine.

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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Karen,

I think it will be ok. But, I have found that cooked meats don't freeze well. Bateria wise, I don't think 3 days in the refer would be a problem.

Lisa

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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It should be fine.

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Meat might not freeze well on its own, but you could use it for casseroles either before freezing or later. I've never tried to freeze cooked meat, so I don't know, but the meat still should be fresh enough to eat, so I would imagine it's fresh enough to freeze.

Guhlia Rising Star
Guhlia
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I would think it would be fine. I've never had a problem with freezing cooked meat. You'll just need to be sure that you don't reheat it in the microwave on high. It may take a few tries to figure out the best way to reheat it. Some meats I throw in the oven to reheat. Some I do in the microwave. Hope that helps.

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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I've frozen cooked meat lots of times. I usually cube it up and put it in zip lock bags. It's good for soup, casseroles, mixed with gravy to put over mashed potatoes or anything like that.

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Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
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Thanks guys! There's alot of ham that I don't want to go to waste..... Of course, I couldn't care less about the turkey, as I can't eat it (comes frozen, already stuffed) and the kids aren't turkey lovers, so it's only Terry who eats it...........

Hugs.

Karen

angel-jd1 Community Regular
angel-jd1
Posted

One more vote for, it should be fine. :) One way to freeze is to wrap it in plastic wrap then put into a freezer bag or foil. It seems to help (or at least I think it does)

-Jessica :rolleyes:

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