My wife just took some steaks out of the refrigerator that have a few brownish spots on them. Are they OK to eat? The sell by date is today but I duinno...
2006-11-06 11:10:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
I would not eat it, just to be safe. It's probably just freezer burn, but better to be safe than sorry.
2006-11-06 11:40:33 · answer #1 · answered by bradon.rekai 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Did you repackage or is it still in the same package from when you bought it? Beef turns brown rapidly when exposed to air. It starts out as spots which just grow and darken until it all is brown. Smell is the key. It looks like a steak and smells like a steak and is not slimy feeling, then cook 'em up and enjoy. A bad smell usually accompanied by a whitish slime are indicators it has turned bad. If the steaks have been refrigerated since purchase and today is the sell by date, then it is likely they are just fine. The Sell By date for meat and other perishables is usually quite conservative provided it stayed cold. Letting meat warm to room temperature means all bets are off regarding the Sell By date. Do this, cut off a small piece of raw meat (do this with pork and chicken as well. They all smell different when they go bad.) and leave it out on the counter and watch what happens over time. Believe me, you will immediately KNOW when it turns.
2006-11-06 12:18:51 · answer #2 · answered by rowlfe 7 · 9⤊ 0⤋
So I take it you never ate dirt as a kid? Remember when you where batching it and you woke up in the morning under the coffee table and there was 2 pieces of Pizza in the box left over from the nite before sitting there? You ate it didn't you, blew off the ashes and downed it with that warm beer.Buuurrrp, good one. I'm just funnin with you, eat the steak, if it's bad you'll know in an hour, go empty the waste basket next to the toilet first.
2006-11-06 11:26:22 · answer #3 · answered by Steve G 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
They should be fine. Do they feel sticky or slimy? Do they smell. Brown spots are just from air hitting them.
2006-11-06 11:14:54 · answer #4 · answered by BlueSea 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That sounds "normal". As long as they smell fine they should be fine. But stay with what you're comfortable with.
2006-11-06 11:23:05 · answer #5 · answered by getting2old2quick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like freezer burn its ok to eat but will taste a little funny and smell is also important
2006-11-06 11:20:35 · answer #6 · answered by marie 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no way
2006-11-06 11:19:00 · answer #7 · answered by dreamz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
THROW THEM AWAY
2006-11-06 11:12:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋