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dpack



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 14 10:08 am    Post subject: long term frozen meat question Reply with quote
    

while tidying the freezer i discovered a 8 kg pack of boneless flank highland moo from 2008

although i was looking for dog food when i melted it it seems in good condition and fit for human use.

it has been at minus 30 ish most of that time but i thought the recommended use before date for meat was about a year

what length of time do you folk stick to?

anyone tried permafrost mammoth?

Rob R



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 14 10:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

6 months for the commercial freezers, up to about three years for the domestic one. Not meat, but when they were clearing out Grandma's old freezer they found some frozen fruit from the mid-eighties (20+ years), it tasted fine, apparently.

dpack



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 14 10:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

6 months make sense so as there is plenty of "shelflife"left for the customer

i have eaten stuff up to 3 yrs or so ,the last bits of beltie must be about that by now

i suspect vac packed in thick poly helps ,stuff ive home wrapped in clingfilm ,snap lock or twist bags always seems to frost up and get freezer burn if left too long.

i was puzzled by how good the old stuff seems.

Pilsbury



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 14 10:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Apparetly mammoth meat was ok to eat once they had dug it up....

Nick



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 14 12:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The problem will be lack of texture, and it drying out, mostly. If it's genuinely been below about minus 15, it should be safe pretty much for ever. Vac packed and sealed will help.

I've still got some Rosewood pork, and it's fine.

Rob R



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 14 12:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nick wrote:
I've still got some Rosewood pork, and it's fine.


Keep it, it can only go up in value

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 14 1:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Could be your new marketing angle Rob. The Rosewood Farms Collectable Meat Range...

Nick



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 14 1:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Rob R wrote:
Nick wrote:
I've still got some Rosewood pork, and it's fine.


Keep it, it can only go up in value


Do you remember, roughly a million years ago, when I bought some (mutton?) off you, you 'kindly' threw in six jars of mint sauce, as they were just on their sell by date?

I found, and am using, one of those currently.

I have children older than that. Would this also form part of your Heritage Range?

dpack



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 14 1:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i have some 5 yr old rosewood ham if that helps

Rob R



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 14 1:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
i have some 5 yr old rosewood ham if that helps


I think I have a piece of your Beltie beef still in the (domestic) freezer. Should really drop it in some time. That's only been in there two years and seven months, though, so hardly a record breaker.

Leo



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 12, 14 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I seem to recall that the freezer times for meat are based on the usual fat content of the particular type of meat.
As in, pork won't keep as long because it typically has fat on it, beef is typically lower fat content. I think this is also the fat in the meat, as opposed to around the meat, if that makes sense.
It's the fat component that goes rancid over time. All that said, i've never yet had rancid meat out of the freezer, no matter how old.

Colin & Jan



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 12, 14 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I've just 'rustled' in the bottom of the freezer and found a piece of pork that says June 2011. I'll let you know later tomorrow (provided it doesn't finish me off) if it was OK.

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