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MrScorpio

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20. Believe it or not, there's an Air Force story behind this question

Reply to Skittles (Reply #18)

Sat May 10, 2014, 05:00 PM

May 2014

Back when I was stationed in Germany, all four of us in my office got a free turkey for Thanksgiving.

Anyway, later after the break, we all sat around and told each other how we spent the holiday. Turns out the youngest airman dropped her turkey while taking out of the oven. Guess what she did… She TOSSED it. Whoa, everyone else, including myself, told her that she was crazy to toss a free COOKED turkey in the trash. We all said that we would have washed it off and stuck it back into the oven to finish it off.

Kids.

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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