I should not admit this but

[River Wood]

Ok who ever reads this will either think it is a bit funny or I have a problem lol but

a few months ago, I thought I'd buy a turkey to practice cooking it for thanksgiving. I am a person that has NEVER dealt with cooking a bird in my life, a dead plucked slimmey thing....(I hate cooking anyway)

I do get a bit squirmish at dead things anyway.

So this bird is all wrapped up and it is thawed, I flop it on my counter and take it out of the plastic and almost threw up all over it. It has this odor and I just couldn't handle it. I am serious about all of this. It just grossed me out and did make me physically ill.

I wrapped it back up and gave it to someone else to cook and eat.

Ok so how strange is this lol

 

[Sixstardanes]

Umm... that's interesting.

Was it mainly the scent that bothered you?

Dead animal parts are fed to our dogs here every day.

This time of year they get more turkey with the lower prices.

 

[Matt73]

Ok who ever reads this will either think it is a bit funny or I have a problem lol but
a few months ago, I thought I'd buy a turkey to practice cooking it for thanksgiving. I am a person that has NEVER dealt with cooking a bird in my life, a dead plucked slimmey thing....(I hate cooking anyway)

I do get a bit squirmish at dead things anyway.

So this bird is all wrapped up and it is thawed, I flop it on my counter and take it out of the plastic and almost threw up all over it. It has this odor and I just couldn't handle it. I am serious about all of this. It just grossed me out and did make me physically ill.

I wrapped it back up and gave it to someone else to cook and eat.

Ok so how strange is this lol

Was the turkey a bit off? Did you defrost it in the fridge for a couple of days (not on the kitchen counter lol)? A thawed turkey really shouldn't have much of a smell.

 

[Taylor Jo]

All I can say hon is to each his own.... Like you say "cooking" is NOT your thing. Don't feel bad about it. HEY, go out and eat, or do what we do when we have it just the two of us sometimes we buy the meal that's already prepared. It's really good and NO work... Have a Happy one, TJ

 

[River Wood]

Yep defrosted it in the fridge...and it had a good date on it so it wasn't old...sure did smell tho.

 

[Marty]

Con, sounds to me like it spoiled somewhere along the way.

I have a 22 pounder. Join us!

 

[Matt73]

Con, sounds to me like it spoiled somewhere along the way.
I have a 22 pounder. Join us!

Oh oh oh...Can I come?

LOL. If I were closer, of course. HAPPY THANKSGIVING Guys!

 

[MiniforFaith]

Con, sounds to me like it spoiled somewhere along the way.
I have a 22 pounder. Join us!

Marty can I come over?? It will just be us, I miss the family get togethers!!

I didn't realize loosing my mom, that we would loose all that stuff too..

 

[Relic]

Turkey hater here...l always make a huge Butterball every year because the rest of the family likes turkey. l have to agree when you open the wrap on the turk there is a very bad order coming from the thing reminds me of old guts and dead blood stink but it goes away fast enough once the turk is washed inside and out. That isn't the really bad part for me it's the hours of it being in the oven and stinking and l mean stinking up the whole house with turkey stink thats the killer. Then having to sit at the same table watching the others wolfing the stuff down...enough to make ya barf.

 

[Minimor]

Only once did we have a turkey that "stunk" when we started to cook it (that was once last year--I smelled it and thought YUCK, now I see what Relic means when she says turkeys stink

but never before or since have we had a turkey with that odor.

We've got our Thanksgiving turkey all set to cook. Also have another one for later, then will buy a couple more, one each for Christmas and New Years....we do like our turkey here!

 

[Marty]

Of course you guys can come! I'm up right now stuffing the heck out of Young Tom here and then I'm going to shove it in a browing bag. I have enough food for an army. So yalls come and for your entertainment I already did some kind of weird turkey imitation dance while singing Christmas Carols, Dan and I are about to get in a marshmello fight; Hus is making these bad grunting noises trying to fix a zillion strands of lights and no body is going to bed tonite! Door is open.

 

[tagalong]

*tosses terriers, suitcase and Swedish baked goodies into truck and sets out for Tennessee... *

 

[Matt73]

*tosses terriers, suitcase and Swedish baked goodies into truck and sets out for Tennessee... *

Oh geez! Thanks for the morning crack up

 

[Sonya]

I have never noticed a smell from my raw turkey. I don't mind cooking turkey's, it's so easy IMO. The only hard part is cleaning it. I don't stuff mine...I've done it just in a roaster, we have fried them (big pain in the butt). I think the easiest is the bag like Marty is doing. You don't have to baste it and it comes out perfect every time.

 

[HGFarm]

LOL, hey everyone, Turkey Dinner at Marty's house!!!!

Uh, I have NEVER noticed a bad smell from a turkey, and I know that bad chicken REEKS, so I would be suspicious that something was wrong with it..... they should never smell bad!

Hmmm, doesnt like to cook....?? Well, I guess some folks just dont, though I never did understand that. How would you 'survive in the wild'? LOL

 

[Relic]

Well l certainly believe to some people who are not in favor of turkey and the turk not being spoiled or old or whatever they can and do really smell something awful...you know like the differance between horse poop and then going over to the cow barn and having to smell the order of cow pooie.

l know when someone is making steaks l run as fast as l can before l need to barf but someone frying pork chops isn't really all that bad..doesn't always mean the meat is off just the person l suppose who has to smell the stink.

 

[tagalong]

Very true, Relic.... our noses are all tuned to different wavelengths... if you want to get me out of a room and running for the bathroom, open up some black licorice.... *urp*

I cannot stand that smell (or the taste)... and avoid it.

*observes Marty quickly hanging garlands of black licorice all over her little farm on the mountain... *

HEY! I SAW THAT!!

 

[River Wood]

Oh thats sweet Marty thanks for the invite. Maybe next year, by the time I read this post again, I've eaten so much of someone elses good cooked turkey ( and pie and potatoes and....) that I think I'm going to be sick for a few days lol

 

[Danielle_E.]

That is truly strange because I have never cooked a turkey that "smelled" like you are saying. Willing to bet at some point, before you got it this thing thawed out amd tjem was refrpzem agaom and went bad. I prefer buying a fresh turkey from the butcher to buying the frozen ones because you never know. I prefer turkey to chicken any day, yum

 

[Boinky]

*gag* i can totally relate. I have a very hard time touching dead/raw meat (heck it grosses me out to have to deal with dead animals and stuff too). It ALL smells even "good" meat when it's raw. it's cold and slimey and icky. Now don't get me wrong..i LOVE a big old steak, burger ect but raw.. ICK ICK *GAG*. i can relate tot he smell of the turkey too. I don't like the smell even though it's not rotten bad..it's just that raw dead smell. .... Lol i really should become a vegitatrian to never have to touch/smell it again raw..lol

I'm not a big bird fan dead or alive. I can eat it but am not a fan of turkey at all or even chicken unless it's processed certain ways.

Now my idea of a perfect Thanksgiving or Christmas/EAster meal would be CHINESE food..lol yum yum.