Deer meat gone bad?
09-07-2006, 09:46 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Southern Illinois
Posts: 55
Deer meat gone bad?
I haven't made any jerky in awhile so today I pulled out two of the last four packages of burger from last year. After I thawed it out I noticed it was an ugly brown color (except for the very middle), and had an unpleasant odor to it. These were wrapped in a 1lb "tube", like sausage comes in. Was this freezer burn or what? I ended up throwing it out but I thought it should have still been good. There was no blood in the freezer so I don't think it was thawed at some point. I guess I'll have to use beef for the next month or so...[:@]
09-08-2006, 04:51 AM
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Ohio
Posts: 7,876
RE: Deer meat gone bad?
Bummer! Don't know if you have anyone like we have here, but there's a guy outside of Toledo Ohio who is a nut basically.He rescues animals, all carnivores, the dangerous ones and keeps them in his yard in cages. Lions, tigers, and bears along with a host of others. He would take the meat. Collects live stock from the area as well. He's nuts! For a long time he had just an 8' tall chain link fence around them. You could touch them if you dared. Henow has another outside the first.
Found this site looking for him. He's a bigger nut than I thought. Not fond ofanimals like his anyways, but less now.
http://www.bigcatrescue.org/big_cat_news.htm
Found this site looking for him. He's a bigger nut than I thought. Not fond ofanimals like his anyways, but less now.
http://www.bigcatrescue.org/big_cat_news.htm
09-08-2006, 05:22 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Nekoosa Wi USA
Posts: 6,066
RE: Deer meat gone bad?
Being a formerbutcher I can tell you I have smelt some presty nasty meat. We used the meat pakings like you used and have never once had any meat go bad simply by sitting inside these bags. The only time it would go bad is if it was thawed at one point or another. The discolorization is nothing to worry about. This is common for older venison and beef. What you may be smelling is blood in the meat that got freezer burnt.The bags do not let odors escape.One way to check your meat out is to fry up a small portion of it, if the smell goes away it shoudl be safe to eat, buyt if it stinks even while frying it, I would discard the meat or give it to a hunter who has hunting dogs.
