Trash it or go for it????

[jasonjax]

My neighbor thought he had a pork shoulder in the freezer from a while ago... well he had a whole primal rib roast … sticker is from 4/20/17 in original cryovac.


He already started thawing it. Cook it or put it in the trash?


I think from a food safety perspective it is fine, but will the flavors be messed up? Hmmmmmmm….

 

[gtr]

Neither - send it to me and I'll take care of it for ya.

Just trying to help.

 

[Joshw]

I would cook it and eat it. You won't know the difference. I have whole steers butchered, and it is nothing, for me to have meat for several years. If it is vacuum sealed and frozen, it is fine.

 

[jasonjax]

I would cook it and eat it. You won't know the difference. I have whole steers butchered, and it is nothing, for me to have meat for several years. If it is vacuum sealed and frozen, it is fine.

Good deal! I knew it was ok food safety wise, but wasn't sure about the taste. Thanks.

 

[Joshw]

Good deal! I knew it was ok food safety wise, but wasn't sure about the taste. Thanks.

If you have any discoloring, I would trim it off, but if the seal is good, it will be as good as the day he put it in there.

 

[gtr]

Generally, well sealed up meat is good in the freezer for a couple/few years, methinks. I've never done it with a rib roast, and I don't think flavor would be a problem - now - texture is something that might be affected, but I really can't speak to that from experience, so I'd be very interested in hearing how this turns out.

 

[Stingerhook]

Go for it Jason, at worst you will have some great sandwiches in au jus.

 

[drunkenmeatfist]

I wish I had the kind of money to drop that much on a hunk of meat and completely forget about it.

 

[ShadowDriver]

That's a great mistaken discovery! I'd gladly cook that baby up and enjoy.

 

[BBQ Freak]

It will be just fine and smoke on .

 

[4ever3]

COOK IT!!!

I’m on my way to help dispose of it!

 

[Mikhail]

Smoked prime rib is awesome. It will be fine. I've cooked older than that.

 

[EyeBurnEverything]

Neither - send it to me and I'll take care of it for ya.

Just trying to help.

^^^ this. You could also send it to me. I wont even charge you a disposal fee.

 

[sleebus.jones]

Frozen in the cryovac = just fine. I've had steaks get lost in the back of the freezer for 7 (!) years that I sealed with a food sealer and the were 99% perfect. That primal is gonna be just fine my friend.

 

[EyeBurnEverything]

Frozen in the cryovac = just fine. I've had steaks get lost in the back of the freezer for 7 (!) years that I sealed with a food sealer and the were 99% perfect. That primal is gonna be just fine my friend.

7 years ain't nothing. Scientist's are thawing Woolly Mammoth's in the Perma Frost that show mo sign of rotting. I would smoke a Woolly Mammoth leg and eat it just to say ive eaten Woolly Mammoth. I bet its delicious.

 

[Mikhail]

I'll bring a wine that will go well with it.

 

[EyeBurnEverything]

I'll bring a wine that will go well with it.

Do you have a wine old enough to pair well? We might have to wait till they thaw out some cavemen with a jug of 50,000 year old fermented fruit to truley experience the meal.

 

[Mikhail]

Actually I do have some over 40 year old ones. Might not be quite as old as the mammoth, but 10,000 BC was not a very good vintage anyway.

 

[EyeBurnEverything]

Actually I do have some over 40 year old ones. Might not be quite as old as the mammoth, but 10,000 BC was not a very good vintage anyway.

Imagine the fruits they might have had back then that are now extinct? A grape we don't even know exist today.

 

[mchar69]

I wish I had the kind of money to drop that much on a hunk of meat and completely forget about it.

I agree, if I bought a $120 hunk of meat, I would think about it every day....