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• If frozen pork comes into contact with other foods, you can get sick from eating those foods.

Keep the sausage in the refrigerator until it feels soft to the touch. When the sausages are soft and you don't feel any ice or ice on them, they are all thawed. Thawing in the refrigerator is the easiest but also the longest. If you have a large batch of sausages, it can take 24 hours for them to fully thaw.

• Once the sausage is thawed, you can keep it in the refrigerator for 3-5 days before preparing it. If you take the sausage out of the refrigerator before this time, cook it right away.

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Method 2 of 3: Thawing in the microwave

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   Place the sausage in a microwave oven dish. Leave the sausage's packaging intact and place it in a microwave safe serving dish. There are a few ways to check if you don't know if your dish will work in the microwave:
   • Some plates have labels on the bottom that indicate whether the dish can be used safely in the microwave.
   • The dish icon with wavy lines on it indicates that the dish can be used in a microwave oven.
   • The symbol of the wavy lines also means the dish can be used safely in a microwave.

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   Microwave the sausages and turn on the oven on defrost mode until you can separate them. If your microwave oven does not have a defrost mode, you should use 50% capacity. Pause after 3-4 minutes and check with a fork to see if the sausage has separated.
   • If the sausages are still stuck together, microwave them again and check in about 1 minute.

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   Microwave the sausage for 2 minutes. Once the sausage has thawed enough to separate each one, put it back in the oven for another 2 minutes. Leave a gap between the sausages on the plate so they can be completely thawed. Check every 2 minutes until the sausage is fully thawed.
   • Once the sausage has been thawed, cook it right away to prevent bacteria from multiplying.
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Method 3 of 3: Thaw in a bowl of water

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   Remove the sausage from the package and place it in a bowl. Sausages are often wrapped in protective packaging that you need to peel off to thaw using this method. Choose a bowl large enough to fit all the sausages you want to thaw and place the sausage in the bowl.
   • If you don't have a bowl big enough to hold all the sausages, you'll need to use 2 bowls.

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   Fill the sausage bowl with lukewarm water. The warm water is usually around 43 degrees Celsius. You can use a thermometer to measure the temperature after you've filled the bowl with water. The temperature is between -5 degrees Celsius and 43 degrees Celsius.

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   Place the bowl in the sink under running water. Turn the tap on so that the running water drips quickly into a small stream. Remember that the water should be dripping, not overflowing and cool. This is to ensure the broth is at a constant temperature.
   • Turn on a dripping tap to let the water in the bowl move continuously. This helps prevent bacteria from growing while the sausage thawed in the bowl.

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   Keep the bowl under running water until the sausage is completely thawed. The time it takes for the sausage to thaw depends on the number and size of the sausages in the bowl. If you have 1 or 2 sausages, the full defrost time can take 25 minutes. If it is 6 or more sausages, it may take an hour or more.
   • Don't leave the sausage bowl under the tap for longer than 4 hours, as bacteria will begin to multiply.

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   Wash dishes and sinks with bleach. Once the sausage has thawed, wash the dishes and sinks thoroughly. If you do not clean your dishes and sinks, bacteria or germs like salmonella can multiply on these surfaces.advertisement

Warning

• Never thaw hot dogs or other meat products at room temperature. The bacteria normally multiply in meat at room temperature.

What you need

Thaw in the refrigerator

• Fridge
• Thermometer
• Plate

Thaw in microwave oven

• Microwave
• The dish can be used in the microwave
• Plate

Thaw in a bowl of water

• Bowl
• Thermometer
• Sink
• Water tap
• Bleach