How to get a turkey leg home?

[la79al]

Okay, REALLY silly question here. I am heading to DW in September without the kids. Of course I want to bring something back for each of them. DSD is easy, a charm for her bracelet. I really think that DSS though would enjoy a turkey leg more than anything. We are flying home though. Any suggestions on how to get a turkey leg from FL to PA?

 

[Debi]

Hello!

This thread is best for the Theme Park Attractions and Strategies board, so I'm moving this thread to that board. Please check the TPA&S board for further replies.

Happy planning!

 

[Princess Stitch]

I suppose you could just wrap it up and stick it in some kind of cooler.. you'd have to find away around the no liquid or gels thing.. I've heard some people use bags of frozen vegetables to keep their food cold in coolers.

You'd have to make sure it stayed at the right temperature though. The last thing you want to bring your DSS home is food poisoning!

 

[Disney Von Drake]

Pack it in styrofoam with dry ice and send it UPS.

 

[finnster77]

Surround it with a couple of bags of frozen peas inside a freezerbag and stuff it into your suitcase. Should keep just fine for several hours.

 

[anbouk]

a very good DF of mine works for the Dept of Health (FOOD SAFETY). They do not recommend food not held at their proper temperature after 2 hrs!!! Meaning chicken/poultry MUST be refrigerated within 2 hrs after cooking/eating. Not so sure it is worth taking a risk here with the health consequences you may face. I'm sure your son would understand this.

 

[PiperPizzaz]

I don't think it would be worth it but, if you really want to you need one of those electric coolers I would think. Stick it in the frige asap and then the cooler for trip home (with some frozen stuff around it.)

 

[Hobbes]

How to get a turkey leg home? Leave it on the turkey, and let it walk...

Ahem, sorry, its Friday afternoon-well it is here- and I'm on countdown to the weekend!

 

[MNWDWMANIAC]

Turkey legs are my favorite smack at the MK. I know up here when they sell them ready to purchase they are already smoked and cooked but get sealed to keep the juices and flavor in the turkey leg until it's time to reheat it.

Unless you plan to seal it with a vacuum and pack it on some serious ice I'm not sure it will be safe or even taste the way we all know they do when they are fresh and warm at the MK.

 

[LilGMom]

How to get a turkey leg home? Leave it on the turkey, and let it walk...

I was going to say "In you belly". 'Put the baby in my belly!!'

 

[disnut8]

We've done this. We took a Ziploc bag (a big one) with us to the park (Epcot). My husband went back to the turkey leg stand in America and asked for two legs to go. They wrapped the legs up with extra foil and my husbadn put them into the Ziploc bag (they both fil but you could take a bag for each leg). Then he put the bag into our carrying bag and came back for us to watch an Off Kilter set. After that, we went back to the car and put the leg bag into our cooler and got some ice from a gas station. The legs held until we got home eight hours later. Our friend put the legs into the freezer and said they were fine briefly heated up. The only bad thing was we had to smell those legs all the way back to Georgia!

 

[seashoreCM]

My recommendation: Don't bother. Instead buy some raw turkey legs at the grocery store back at home and roast them yourself.

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[Disney Von Drake]

My recommendation: Don't bother. Instead buy some raw turkey legs at the grocery store back at home and roast them yourself.

Disney hints: http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/disney.htm

That won’t work because the turkey legs at WDW aren’t roasted, they’re smoked. The smoking process imparts an entirely different taste to the meat. Meat smoking is a very slow process and done over low and indirect heat. You need special equipment to smoke meat.