HOLIDAY
TURKEYS
You will be receiving your shipment
of holiday turkeys
at
about 8:00 am on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 for your full-time, part-time
and per diem employees.
These turkeys will arrive on a refrigerated truck and the entire shipment will
be unloaded to an interior location of your choice. Do not allow your
staff members to take turkeys before they have all been unloaded and signed
for. Please alert your staff that the
turkeys are coming, as they will need to pick them up on the day of
delivery.
The 12-14 lbs. frozen turkeys are
individually packaged with gel packs in Styrofoam coolers. The packaged turkey
will be safe for at least 48 hours outside of refrigeration.
*Thawing
instructions listed below.
Each box is stamped with NCD (for Nursing
Center Division employees) HD (for Hospital
Division employees) or RC (for Rehab
employees). The cards included with each turkey differ per
division.
Please
pass this email information on to your Rehab Manager so that he or she can alert
the staff.
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The logistics of the
delivery schedule is determined by the food vendor/trucking company. (They
coordinate delivering over 50,000 turkeys to 271 Kindred locations around the
country.) Therefore, the delivery schedule cannot be changed. We have
tried to give each facility enough notice for delivery date and time to alert
your staff to pick them up when they are delivered. We're very sorry for any inconvenience
this may cause.
Thank you for all
you do and...
Happy
Holidays!
Gail
Oerther
Creative Services
Coordinator
Kindred
Healthcare
502.596.6968
502.596-4107-fax
*I've
included thawing instructions here. Cooking instructions are printed on the
turkey packaging.
How
To Thaw A Frozen Turkey
Never thaw a frozen turkey at room
temperature. Thawing a turkey in the microwave is not recommended. Use one of
the following methods instead:
Refrigerator
This is the best way. Leave the
turkey in its original bag, place it in a pan, and put it in the refrigerator.
It takes about four hours per pound -- two or three days for an average size
turkey.
Cold
Water
If you're in a hurry, you can use
this method. Leave the turkey in its original bag, put it in the sink, and cover
it completely with cold water. Either leave the water running slowly or change
it every half-hour. This method takes about 30 minutes per pound, or six-nine
hours for an average-size turkey.
