Re: buying old meat from supermarket

On Sep 2, 2:05=A0pm, TFM=AE <hillbilly...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > As we know some people have a greater density of taste buds built into
> > their tongues. =A0I have less, but my wife and son have more than i do
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> > they can detect subtle food flavours that I cannot.
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> > Tescos in North London U.K. sometime do meat in their 'reduced price'
> > section. =A0The other day I got some really good beef and lamb which
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s
> > slightly 'darker' coloured from this section at about 1/4 of the
normal
> > price. =A0I fried it up and enjoyed it and put the rest in the
freezer.
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> > Other members of the family thought this was truly awful. =A0My view
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 that
> > although if you smell it closely, it is different; =A0but that it is
> > basically just a bit of *oxizidation* and it does not effect the
taste.
> > Years ago they used to hang up 'game' outside for weeks.
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> > Views on this really seem to divide people. But I cannot believe that
a
> > big store like Tesco would continue to sell this very slightly off
> > coloured meat, if it represented any health risk.
> > Any comments on this please, whether one can safetly consume such
meat?
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> "Reduced for quick sale" is my favorite cut of meat. =A0I've eaten it
for
> decades.
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> If it stinks when you open it, let it breathe a while. =A0If it still
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nks
> after a few minutes, you be the judge. =A0I've had a lot of 'fresh'
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> meat stink like hell right out of the package but then smell fresh as a
> daisy minutes later.
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> I just finished eating some questionable ground lamb. =A0First time I've
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> had it. =A0I'll update tomorrow if I become ill.
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> Also, I've had fresh smelling meat emit a stench from Hell once I
started
> cooking it. =A0It's only happened a couple of times, but it went into
the
> trash immediately.
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The stores around here allow you to return bad meat so if it stinks
just take it back.