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    ASK COOK’S COUNTRY

    Sep 08, 2020 3 minutes
    Compiled by Cecelia Jenkins

    Bird Buying

    Do you recommend buying a fresh turkey or buying a frozen one?

    –Terry Lennox, Bloomington, Ind.

    Well, it’s complicated. If you have access to a truly fresh, recently butchered turkey (usually from a farm or high-end butcher), by all means buy it. But at the supermarket, most turkeys sold as “fresh” are actually kept right around the freezing point, which is a bad thing because they run the risk of repeatedly thawing and refreezing; this can damage the cell walls in the meat, causing

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