Defrosting frozen chicken

BlueFox
BlueFox Posts: 15,251
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I forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer yesterday, so I need to accelerate the defrosting for dinner tonight. Fortunately, the Cambridge-Audio amps in the HT/surround system get hot, so they can help with the defrosting.

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,008
    One part of me says that's frickin' funny, another part of me says your nuts. Maybe a bit of both is more righteous. lol
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    Think I would go with the cold water method.
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    But then it wouldn't be Rock-N-Roll Chicken!
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  • 11tsteve
    11tsteve Posts: 1,166
    chumlie wrote: »
    Think I would go with the cold water method.
    you would put a bowl of water on top of the amp??? that's even more crazy....
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    Not sure if we're all joking or not, but please don't eat that chicken!

    Frozen food should be defrosted in the fridge or if you need it quicker...under cold running water. Technically, the defrost mode on you're microwave is 'safe' but I don't like to do that.

    Reason being, if you thaw something by leaving it at room temp (or by putting it on your amp) the outside of the chicken will thaw quicker putting it in the 'danger zone', meaning that it is most susceptible to bacteria, while the middle is still frozen.

    I could go on, but I won't....and If you already ate it....maybe wash it down with some bourbon to kill the bacteria :)
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    11tsteve wrote: »
    chumlie wrote: »
    Think I would go with the cold water method.
    you would put a bowl of water on top of the amp??? that's even more crazy....

    See post above.
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  • 11tsteve
    11tsteve Posts: 1,166
    so... not funny...
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,008
    Correct me if I'm wrong Fox, but don't you live in a state that grows more than half of all the fresh produce for the whole country ?......and you eating frozen chicken ?

    For me....that would be a sign to start downsizing the gear. lol
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited November 2014
    No. I don't eat frozen chicken. I cook it, and then eat it. I am starting to suspect the vendors inject water into the chicken b r e a s t s to increase the weight so the price goes up. Then when it freezes it is freaking solid, like granite. Even with water helping yesterday, it was still pretty solid when cooked, but now is ready for dinner tonight and Wednesday.

    Polk sucks. This site is a reflection of moronic management. There is something sick and disturbing about a company culture that censors chicken b r e a s t s.
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,224
    11tsteve wrote: »
    so... not funny...

    I thought it was funny.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    I was a bit perturbed this morning regarding the unwarranted censorship.
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    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,008
    Fisher-Price has been given censorship duties.
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    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
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  • oldmodman
    oldmodman Posts: 740
    Nah.

    Those amps just don't get hot enough. You need some of those 2K McIntosh Monoblocks. Damn room heaters.
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  • JimKellyfan
    JimKellyfan Posts: 696
    " La Festa Salmonella. So much food It'll make ya puke. Cooked @ 80 degrees for 20 minutes" - Daniels and Webster quote from Tubes and Tape Recorders album- Radio DJ's on Rock 107 in Scranton, the armpit of America.
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  • JimKellyfan
    JimKellyfan Posts: 696
    I use hot water, when in a hurry. No matter, as long as you cook the bejesus out of it, and internal temp reached X, U R good. I test it with my tongue, and if I blister, it is done.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    hochpt21 wrote: »
    Not sure if we're all joking or not, but please don't eat that chicken!

    Frozen food should be defrosted in the fridge or if you need it quicker...under cold running water. Technically, the defrost mode on you're microwave is 'safe' but I don't like to do that.

    Reason being, if you thaw something by leaving it at room temp (or by putting it on your amp) the outside of the chicken will thaw quicker putting it in the 'danger zone', meaning that it is most susceptible to bacteria, while the middle is still frozen.

    I could go on, but I won't....and If you already ate it....maybe wash it down with some bourbon to kill the bacteria :)
    L

    Well, I am still alive. :)

    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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