We had to submerge ours in the sink with running cool water before it went into the oven. It cooked fine, but honestly, the chaos was a lot more than we were prepared for!
That year ours was still frozen so we threw it in a cooler with water and kept giving it a spin. It brought back memories of growing up when we’d improvise with whatever we could find chaotic yes but it always managed to come together somehow.
Wow that’s a classic Thanksgiving panic! I once forgot to thaw our turkey and we ended up ordering pizza. It was surprisingly a great dinner just not what I had planned at all!