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handmade34

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13. while Julia Childs never picked up a turkey

Reply to magical thyme (Reply #11)

Sat May 10, 2014, 09:58 AM

May 2014

off the floor... she was Awesome!

(I would still serve a turkey dropped )

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If you dropped a cooked turkey onto the floor, right out of the oven, would you still serve it? [View all] MrScorpio May 2014 OP

Serve it, unless Joe Shlabotnik May 2014 #1

[ha ha , I was going to say hollysmom May 2014 #2

1) did anyone see? 2) did I wash the floor? eShirl May 2014 #3

Assuming the turkey is properly cooked, snot May 2014 #4

Depends on how much alcohol was involved Major Nikon May 2014 #5

Serve that bad boy! Ferretherder May 2014 #6

Yes, we did. We put it back on the grill, briefly, to 'sterilize' it. Shrike47 May 2014 #7

Serve it unless the floor was rammed earth n/t intaglio May 2014 #8

Serve It! brooklynboy49 May 2014 #9

Toss it. n/t Chan790 May 2014 #10

I remember watching Julia Childs pick something up off the floor that she dropped magical thyme May 2014 #11

while Julia Childs never picked up a turkey handmade34 May 2014 #13

She made my cooking slower and a bit more chaotic pinboy3niner May 2014 #16

She was awesome, did you know she also probably was a spy? n/t A Simple Game May 2014 #34

always assumed she was handmade34 May 2014 #37

Depends--how high was the bounce, and did you catch it in the air? pinboy3niner May 2014 #12

Serve the inside. nclib May 2014 #14

I'm constantly eating things that have fallen on the floor - like an animal aint_no_life_nowhere May 2014 #15

Chan790 stands alone on his turkey tossing island. Kaleva May 2014 #17

I'll get on that island and toss Chan790 Skittles May 2014 #19

I was just going to wave to him as he stood alone but you're going to beat him up. Kaleva May 2014 #21

well I'm not going to break his arm Skittles May 2014 #28

I WILL KICK TURKEY-DROPPING MRSCORPIO ASS Skittles May 2014 #18

Believe it or not, there's an Air Force story behind this question MrScorpio May 2014 #20

aw no, you can wash off a turkey sufficiently to serve Skittles May 2014 #24

Kiss it better and serve that bad boy! Iggo May 2014 #22

As Julia Child in that flawless accent once said after dropping a chicken... Rowdyboy May 2014 #23

Anyone who has ever worked in a restaurant would say serve it. baldguy May 2014 #25

yup. mopinko May 2014 #26

It would be considered wrong to actually serve the parts that touched the floor... n/t PoliticAverse May 2014 #27

That's why you cook turkey skin-on jmowreader May 2014 #29

2 questions: are you serious? and why do you ask? n/t orleans May 2014 #30

Does the 5 second rule still count? Initech May 2014 #31

1 - Quick Rinse, 2 - Put Back in the Oven Xyzse May 2014 #32

serve it mgcgulfcoast May 2014 #33

In that condition I doubt it could eat anything you serve it, but you could give it a try pinboy3niner May 2014 #35

I'd serve it. davsand May 2014 #36

Serve it (nt) bigwillq May 2014 #38