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Cooking lean pockets in toaster oven?

I've been revisiting frozen food due to COVID, including one of my old favorites, hot/lean pockets. Years ago, I used to always make these in the toaster oven; they are much, much better that way than microwaved. I also tried to avoid lean pockets —…
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Optimizing for efficiency: boiling frozen salmon without defrosting

Background: I'm trying to eat healthier - not necessarily optimizing for taste but for cooking complexity/time and health. I have frozen salmon filets (small/thin) I'd like to cook in boiling water, doing nothing else than boiling water, setting…
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Why do most precooked frozen fries smell bad and what to do about it?

Something like 4/5 of frozen fries brands in the store essentially smell like synthetic piss to me when you start cooking them and it doesn't go away. They taste fine but the smell is just vile. This isn't just one or two bad experiences I've had…
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How long can frozen salmon be unrefrigerated and still be safe for sushi?

I've bought a small frozen salmon filet (in a non-vacuum sealed plastic bag) for sushi from a local Japanese market. It took about an hour to get it home via public transit, and the edges had thawed out a bit and became soft by the time I was able…
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Proper freezing for King Crab Legs

A local grocer is selling cooked, frozen King Crab Legs. I'd like to buy them a week in advance of Christmas and keep them frozen until it's time to eat them. If they sit in my freezer for 7 days, will that be too much time? (will they go bad in…
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Is it safe to consume microwaved Campbell’s chicken stock?

I often pour a bowl of frozen veggies and a cup of chicken stock (straight from those 1 litre boxes) in a bowl and microwave it for 12 minutes. It comes out fairly hot. Is this safe to do? Or am I risking food poisoning by not boiling the chicken…
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beef ribs thawing overnight in sink will meat be good

I laid frozen beef ribs out about midnight in the sink, got up around 9 am and remember I laid them out. will they still be safe to grill???
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How do I reheat previously-cooked frozen sausage?

This probably has an obvious answer I'm missing. To make a long story short, my mother helped us out with an event several months back involving having to serve breakfast to a large number of people including breakfast sausage, a mix of links and…
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Oven Temperature an 3 frozen pot pies

I'm cooking 3 frozen pot pies do I need to adjust my temp so that they will cook in the hour it takes to do just one
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Fry frozen chicken

When I planned to fry a chicken, I forgot to get it out of the freezer earlier. I tried to fry it on low heat, so that it can defreeze slowly. Not only is this method really bad for the meat quality, the real issue was that the frozen chicken…
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Can you reheat cooked calamari without thawing?

Can you reheat cooked calamari without thawing first? If I take it from the freezer and boil it, how long will it take to reheat the calamari?
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Volumetric conversion between frozen and fresh spinach

I like to freeze my spinach and use it in smoothies. When I bring it out of the freezer, I crush it as much as I can. I then measure it out in 2 cup quantities. How much would this equal in fresh spinach. Thanks in advance.
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Store bought Frozen Chicken Breast inc added water

I bought the above and the package says 'oven cook from frozen, if allowed to defrost reduce cooking time accordingly'. If allowed to defrost safely, can I shallow fry it in a wok, or HAS it got to be oven cooked?
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Frozen turkey breast worry

New cook here! So I started to cook a 3 lb. frozen turkey breast. It cooked for 75 minutes and I inserted a meat thermometer, while keeping it in the oven. It registered 165. I took it out and put it in the refrigerator overnight. The next morning,…
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frozen meat and pork kept in freezer for 4 years never opened

I recieved a freezer full of frozen meat is beef or pork is still good if frozen for 4 years. never unfrozen still in package from store
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