I know Halloween hasn’t arrived yet, but this is important! Thanksgiving will be upon us before we know it. Rather than wait, I wanted to warn you again cooking a turkey before it has completely defrosted! If you do, the oven heat will try to cook the coldest parts of the turkey so that the unfrozen parts will be very much overcooked and the skin will resemble shoe leather! Plan ahead before you throw that bird in the oven! Figure 24 hours in the refrigerator for every 5 pounds of bird before it is thawed completely.