One year old meat

[Alia]

Apparently I have about 5 kg of daging sapi and one paha utuh of daging kambing in my freezer from last year Qurban and that makes them a year old !

Are they still good to eat ?? I’m now contemplating the idea of cooking them or just throwing them away.

 

[ukcouple]

Apparently I have about 5 kg of daging sapi and one paha utuh of daging kambing in my freezer from last year Qurban and that makes them a year old !

Are they still good to eat ?? I’m now contemplating the idea of cooking them or just throwing them away.

My freezer is set at -20 deg C.

I would eat 5 year old meet kept at those temperatures.

 

[Puspawarna]

If they've been frozen all that time, no problem. If I were you I'd cut them into fine slivers for stir fry, dendeng, stew or curry, or something flavorful and tenderizing of that nature, since they may be freezer-burned and not as tasty as they originally were. But they should not present a health risk.

 

[ukcouple]

Apparently I have about 5 kg of daging sapi and one paha utuh of daging kambing in my freezer from last year Qurban and that makes them a year old !

Are they still good to eat ?? I’m now contemplating the idea of cooking them or just throwing them away.

For anyone interested here is a must read article regarding the age of foods in the supermarket.

Apples TRUE AGE: UP TO 12 MONTHS
Fresh Fish TRUE AGE: UP TO TWO YEARS
Bread TRUE AGE: UP TO 12 months
Potatoes TRUE AGE: UP TO 12 MONTHS
Bananas TRUE AGE: UP TO ONE MONTH

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ls-old-food-supermarket-basket-really-is.html

 

[Puspawarna]

For anyone interested here is a must read article regarding the age of foods in the supermarket.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ls-old-food-supermarket-basket-really-is.html

...er...I have no comment on the veracity of that particular article. But using the Daily Mail as a cite is like using "I heard Trump say that he heard people say" as a valid source of facts and information.

My source on this is also not without bias (nothing is!), but I suspect it comes reasonably close to the truth on this particular matter: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Daily_Mail

 

[ukcouple]

...er...I have no comment on the veracity of that particular article. But using the Daily Mail as a cite is like using "I heard Trump say that he heard people say" as a valid source of facts and information.

OK.. given your political proclivities.. perhaps the GUARDIAN would be a more suitable source..

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/jul/13/foodanddrink.features18

 

[Puspawarna]

OK Purspa.. given you political proclivities.. perhaps the GUARDIAN would be a more suitable source..

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/jul/13/foodanddrink.features18

Probably!

 

[ukcouple]

Probably!

that's Puspa, not Purspa. Apologies.

 

[Puspawarna]

I didn't even notice, and of course no person in their right mind would be offended by such a typo. But it's funny that I missed it, since I'm supposed to be a half-way decent copyeditor.

 

[Banana72]

As long as the mistake was not on purspose, everything is fine.

(lame attempt at joke, i'm bored and it's only Tuesday..I know).

 

[mauricio]

We had Fruit Cake forgotten/kept in the refrigerator (not freezer) for more than 2 years, and it was still good (aged perfectly). The rum and sugar must have preserved it well, I guess it could last some more years until fermentation starts.

 

[ukcouple]

We had Fruit Cake forgotten/kept in the refrigerator (not freezer) for more than 2 years, and it was still good (aged perfectly). The rum and sugar must have preserved it well, I guess it could last some more years until fermentation starts.

People have eaten Mammoth meat from the Siberian permafrost that's about a million years old, and lived to tell the tale.

 

[Jaime C]

If properly vacuum sealed, and maintained at proper temperatures, 2-3 years is fine.

 

[jstar]

That's the big problem here though; the power outages might lead to some surprises if you've been gone for some longer time. Luckily I found out after taking a some Magnums; all completely deformed so I realized the fridge must have been defrosted.

Something else; there is no clear indication here in the shops whether something has already been frozen before. (In the EU that is mandatory.) That is a risk with raw meat and fish. Of course it is fine to freeze it again after you cook/bake it.

 

[Puspawarna]

That's the big problem here though; the power outages might lead to some surprises if you've been gone for some longer time. Luckily I found out after taking a some Magnums; all completely deformed so I realized the fridge must have been defrosted.

I'm sure many of us know stories of people being gone for a significant time period, during which an outage somehow causes a fridge/freezer to stay off, and coming home to spoilage of epic proportions. By coincidence I just read of exactly such a case for a neighbor of ours in Hawaii - I guess a power outage killed a freezer in the garage of their vacation condo and they came back six months later to a crime-scene worthy stench.

My favorite story involves a married couple who are friends of mine: he likes durian, she does not. He left some durian in the fridge before they went away for a few days, and you can guess what happened. She made him throw away the refrigerator.

 

[jstar]

Now I have three thermometers in the fridge (and freezing area) and I also connected a clock on the same wall outlet. If it blinks on 00:00 I know there has been a power failure during my absence. I got taught 5° or more for four hours or more would be risky but I can't check that of course.

 

[Supir Angkot]

Dear Chef Alia,

Having spent the past months waiting in eternity to be in the Farrah Quinn Kuliner Show
I have decided to abandon the silly idea and posting this here instead.

Well today is your lucky day because I’m volunteering to be human guinea pig if you will, food taster for your upcoming premier cooking experiment should you decide not to chuck that poor paha kambing.



Although I have no food allergy of any kind and I’m a Puskesmas card carrying member I trust you know how to perform CPR in the event of emergency.


Happy Hump Day

S.A

 

[jstar]

Ah yes, the Indonesian version of Nigella Lawson. Including the surgery.

 

[Alia]

Sweet ! Thanks guys !

So they basically still ok. I think I’ll make some rendang for the beef and kebuli for the goat. Never cook kebuli before, but no other time better than now.

Supir angkot, let me know your address, I’ll send them by JNE one day serpis. And please get back to me when nothing happens with you, so I’ll start to consume mine.

 

[Scooterindo]

Your meat will be fine but if I was you I wouldn't force the defrosting process.
Let it defrost naturally and completely.

Bon appetite