Defrost before cooking

If I cook something and then eat it without defrosting it, will I be ill? :redface:

 

[KM-Tiger]

Is this a trick question?

At what point in the cooking did you freeze it?

 

[Gillie]

He's bloody clever!! Cooking it without actually warming it enough to defrost it!!

 

No, it's not a trick question!

I cooked a Chicken Kiev (from M&S, not Birdseye stuff), but got distracted and cooked it, ate it and then realised it needed to be defrosted before cooking.

It was well over-cooked though so I should be fine (so everyone keeps telling me)

 

[Grassman]

A Chicken Kiev straight from frozen !!!!!!!
OH MY GOD GET TO A HOSPITAL QUICK

 

[ThomasHardy]

Not sure, if it was fresh chicken which was frozen and then cooked straight away you can expect to need the toilet a bit over the next few days, but I am not sure on stuff that comes in a box (if it did?) but the box should say you need to cook longer if straight from freezer etc.

 

[KM-Tiger]

Never mind the defrosting - doing that or not will affect texture, not safety.

The question is was it heated hot enough to kill any bacteria that it might contain? Or in other words was it still cold in the middle? Was the meat white or still had a tinge of pink?

From your "well overcooked" description, it sounds like it was heated more than enough. You should be fine.

 

[estwig]

What makes you think the scum in a box from M&S is better than the scum in a box from Birds Eye, apart from the nicer box.

 

[maxine]

Ah, you will be fine Look at all the ready meals that are for cook from frozen anyway - just as long as it was really really cooked all the way through

If not, suggest you put your loo roll in the fridge

 

[Delboy]

as has already been said you will be fine, all chicken keives are pre-cooked at maifacture, also they say de-frost before cooking to keep the texture / reduce the time. As long as the centre was piping hot (or if you really want to be technical,) at 72degrees for 5 seconds, then you will be fine!

 

[stugster]

That's fowl.....

 

[asonda]

Carl, You don't half worry!

You'll be fine. Don't worry about it.

Funny this came up today, radio 1 had some food safety official on, telling everyone not to reheat rice and all sorts of shizzle.

 

[Delboy]

aye rice is a dodgy dodgy food! on the food catering course we were told that rice is the main cause of food poisoning!

 

Thanks, I'm feeling fine at the moment.

 

[Gillie]

Some good news for you Carl ... you will live!!

 

[ThomasHardy]

Some good news for you Carl ... you will live!!

He better live, I like my hosting the way it is

 

What makes you think the scum in a box from M&S is better than the scum in a box from Birds Eye, apart from the nicer box.

It's not just any old chicken... This is....

 

[asonda]

It's not just any old chicken... This is....

chicken that got M&S stamped on it's arse before being chopped

 

[Cornish Steve]

That's fowl.....

What a pultry joke.

 

[Gillie]

And filled full of processed chemicals .... make yer own in future!!

 

[stugster]

What a pultry joke.

I'm going cheep :/

 

And filled full of processed chemicals .... make yer own in future!!

Don't have the time.

 

[stugster]

Time or the Thyme?

 

[Dizzydiza]

Seems like you got yourself into a flap over nothing

 

[stugster]

Did you cook the food because you were peckish?

 

[Cornish Steve]

He should have seed the instructions before cooking. Maybe it's all a roost to get sympathy.

 

[stugster]

Are we going to continue winging these jokes?

 

[Cornish Steve]

Stop pulling my leg.

 

[stugster]

Oh, for clucks sake, Steve!

 

[KM-Tiger]

Wed 9th July 2008, 0845.

Carl, please post something so we know you are still alive!

 

[Hedgie]

It is with great sadness that we mark the demise of Carl.

Henpecked to the very end he now finds himself in a box of his very own. He will be cooked, I mean cremated, on friday.) (Just hope he has been defrosted )

 

I'm alive and fine.

 

[Cornish Steve]

Great news. You'll read cooking instructions three times over from here on in.

 

[asonda]

I'm alive and fine.

Some food poisoning can take up to 48hours to begin, you're not out of the chiken coup (I mean woods) yet!

 

[Cornish Steve]

Some food poisoning can take up to 48hours to begin, you're not out of the chiken coup (I mean woods) yet!

Only a car fanatic would choose the word 'coupe'.

 

[asonda]

Only a car fanatic would choose the word 'coupe'.

aye How do I respond to that? lol...Except notice I spelt chicken wrong in my post

 

[stugster]

Great news. You'll read cooking instructions three times over from here on in.

Especially when you're having birds round

 

[Amaury Architectural]

Just so long as he is not spitting feathers over anything

 

[Grassman]

Some food poisoning can take up to 48hours to begin, you're not out of the chiken coup (I mean woods) yet!

Sounds like a proper cock and bull story to me

 

[Knife_fork_spoon]

Frozen foods esp meat, should be defrosted before hand due to they don't reach the temperature required to kill bacteria.

Kievs are already re-cooked then frozen.... So this should have been ok - it's mainly raw meat frozen that should be defrosted.

Just need to make sure it's piping hot before eating....