Heartsick: did I just ruin dinner?!

[Anonymous]

Ladies please help me: I just realized I put a chicken in the oven with the plastic giblets bag in it. It cooked for almost 45 minutes with it in there. I pulled out the bag and it's not melted and it's intact, but I am worried the whole chicken is now ruined and will taste like plastic or be full of chemicals.

I'm sick to my stomach because this is dinner for tonight. Anybody do this and it turned out okay? Or should I through it away and go with grilled cheese for tonight?

Thank you all for any advice

[Anonymous]

Just cook it. If it tastes nasty, order a pizza.
You're not gonna die from unmelted plastic.

[Anonymous]

its fine -- the core of the chicken (where the plastic bag was) wasn't up to temp yet... its the coldest part.

[Anonymous]

I'm sick to my stomach because you are so exercised about this. Also, I giggled at the ladies salutation. MY DH does all the cooking round here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:its fine -- the core of the chicken (where the plastic bag was) wasn't up to temp yet... its the coldest part.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sick to my stomach because you are so exercised about this. Also, I giggled at the ladies salutation. MY DH does all the cooking round here.

OP here. We do not have the money right now to do things like order pizza -- we are on the razor's edge. I hope you can sympathize rather than mock me now that you know why I was so upset.

[Anonymous]

Totally fine!! Throw away the giblets. The chicken can be eaten. Many people have a story like this from Thanksgiving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:its fine -- the core of the chicken (where the plastic bag was) wasn't up to temp yet... its the coldest part.

Thanks, fingers crossed!

[Anonymous]

Totally agree with PPs -- you're fine, OP.

Also, it's standard practice in my kitchen to keep these types of events strictly on the down low. No one knows I shaved off a layer of mold from the cheese unless I tell them.

Bon appetit!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Totally fine!! Throw away the giblets. The chicken can be eaten. Many people have a story like this from Thanksgiving.

Oh man, I can only imagine doing this at Thanksgiving. Thanks, PP.

[Anonymous]

Plastic giblet bag? That bag is always made out of some kind of heavy-duty butcher-paper in the chickens/turkeys we get.

Anyway, don't sweat it. If you're really worried, when you're carving it, don't cut all the way to the bone/carcass--leave the last closest little bit.

[Anonymous]

Calm down! It's fine.

[Anonymous]

It wasn't touching the meat that you'll eat--just the underside of the rib cage. If it was melted I would say not to eat it, but it's probably ok. If it tastes weird don't eat it.

[Anonymous]

How was it, OP?

[Anonymous]

Heartsick? Calm down, please.