Quick hamburger question

cheeseandrice

So H was responsible for taking out the meat yesterday to thaw for the grill-out today. Clearly he forgot to take out hamburger (even though he remembered the hot dogs?)

Anyway. How can I quick-thaw it? If I can't do it safely, I'll either run to the grocery store or just tell people we only have hot dogs and brats.

celticmyss

Personally I'd make sure it's sealed in a  baggie or something and then submerge it in bowl with a trickle of cool running water. 

cheeseandrice

It is in a Ziploc bag, so I think I'll just do that.

Nebb

We thaw everything with submerging it in a bag in warm/hot water. We've never gotten sick, its safe. The water doesnt stay hot for very long because the food is frozen and it ends up being luke warm.

cheeseandrice

Yeah. I'm not too worried about the safety part, since they'll be going on a fire-hot grill But I wanted to make sure I didn't screw up the taste/texture of the beef either.  

Oh- in my Googling, it says it's actually quicker/more effective to use cool water, not hot?

Nebb

I think its pretty quick either way, but I doubt it matters.

brandichamberlain

I've noticed that the hot water just gets cold really fast anyway so maybe it just becomes less effective to do it that way?

cheeseandrice

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_quick-hamburger-question?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:17Discussion:2700824b-df52-47d7-aaf4-0f26ad76f085Post:0f382a8b-f5d6-448b-b391-861a756e5255">Re: Quick hamburger question</a>:
[QUOTE]I think its pretty quick either way, but I doubt it matters.
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]

<div>Yeah. Mine's all thawed already :)</div><div>
</div><div>I thought that was interesting about cool water working better though. I wonder why. (But I'm too lazy to Google more now.)</div>

Nebb

I like to think the short period of extra heat in the water helps speed things up. I thaw shrimp in cold water though lol