Do I eat this 3-week-old frozen brownie?

[Drain Bead]

About three weeks ago, a new brownie shop near us was having a deal. Buy two, get one free. I put the third frozen brownie in my office freezer (a mini-fridge freezer, not a full freezer), intending to eat it the next day, then completely forgot about it until just now.

It's currently sitting on my desk cooling off after a 30-second defrosting stint in my microwave. It smells good. Should I eat it?

[Telemark]

Why wouldn't you? What could go bad in a freezer for 3 weeks to a brownie? Snarf that sucker down!

[pbbth]

Eat the brownie! 3 weeks in the freezer isn't going to cause any harm.

[Misery Loves Co.]

Definitely, unless it's freezer-burned to hell (pale brown, leperous)

We routinely freeze surplus brownies, and you don't even have to defrost them to enjoy!

[dangermom]

Why not? Now, if you failed to wrap it up at all it will probably taste kind of funny, but there's nothing actually wrong with it. Eat it up.

[Sticks and Scones]

Three weeks? No problem.

Three months? It would probably be covered by frost and you'd have to chisel it out, anyways! :p

[6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast]

I think it was "Buy two, get one freezered, be too scared to eat it and buy another two. Get one freezered, be too scared to eat it....."

[Mr. Excellent]

For that matter, it's entirely possible the thing would have been safe to eat (albeit stale) after three weeks in a dry cupboard without freezing at all.

[Mr. Excellent]

Eat the brownie! 3 weeks in the freezer isn't going to cause any harm.

Now I have that song from Reefer Madness: The Musical running through my head. "Eat the brownie ... eat the BROWNIE ..."

[moldybread]

NOOO!! Don't eat it!!!!......................send it to me instead.

[Alessan]

Why did you defrost it, though? Frozen brownies are delicious.

[BrotherCadfael]

We routinely freeze surplus brownies, and you don't even have to defrost them to enjoy!Hell, with brownies, you don't even have to cook them to enjoy!

[Kyla]

I'm stuck on the idea of a brownie shop. I love me some brownies, but a whole shop, just devoted to them? That's awfully specialized.

[needscoffee]

I'm stuck on the idea of a brownie shop. I love me some brownies, but a whole shop, just devoted to them? That's awfully specialized.It's next to the Scotch Tape store.

[Cat Whisperer]

Three weeks in the freezer? I'd eat it after three weeks in the fridge. Hell, I'd eat it after three weeks on the counter if it wasn't moldy. This is all hypothetical, of course, because I don't think a brownie's ever made it to three weeks around here. :)

[Drain Bead]

I'm stuck on the idea of a brownie shop. I love me some brownies, but a whole shop, just devoted to them? That's awfully specialized.

Two locations, no less. (http://www.sugardaddys.com)

My personal favorite is the Drunken Chunky.

[tdn]

This is all hypothetical, of course, because I don't think a brownie's ever made it to three weeks around here. :)

That reminds me of the time I sent my brother's family a box of live lobsters for Christmas. They cooked them and ate them the same day. A week later he called and asked if it was safe to eat the leftover lobster meat.

I didn't understand the question.

[gardentraveler]

Two locations, no less. (http://www.sugardaddys.com)

My personal favorite is the Drunken Chunky.Thanks for the reminder...and the recommendation. I work a couple of blocks from their downtown location. I'll walk off the calories walking there and back, right? :cool:

ETA: Forgot to answer your question: definitely eat it.

[swampbear]

I trust that by now the brownie has been scarfed down Drain Bead. If not, you don't deserve it and should send it to me.

[Bam Boo Gut]

snip leftover lobster meat.


Yeah - oxymoron.

[kittenblue]

What could possibly have happened after only three weeks in the freezer? You do realize that freezers are for LONG-TERM storage of food, right? My mom routinely eats stuff that has been in her freezer for upwards of ten years...she's 85 and nothing bad has ever happened to her as a result. Eat the brownie. Is it raspberry, because the brownie shop near me makes the most wonderful Chambord raspberry brownies......yummmmmmm.

[LurkMeister]

I'm stuck on the idea of a brownie shop. I love me some brownies, but a whole shop, just devoted to them? That's awfully specialized.

I was mildly boggled to find out last weekend that there is a cupcake store (http://www.thecupcakeshopperaleigh.com/) in Raleigh, so I'm not surprised that someone would come up with the idea of a brownie store.

And I would have no problem eating a brownie that's been in the freezer for only three weeks. I've eaten meat that's been in my freezer over three months with no ill effects.

[The Devil's Grandmother]

...brownie ...completely forgot about it until just now.
How can you forget a brownie? :confused:

[Anne Neville]

I was mildly boggled to find out last weekend that there is a cupcake store (http://www.thecupcakeshopperaleigh.com/) in Raleigh

Cupcake stores are everywhere.

[luv2draw]

Definitely, unless it's freezer-burned to hell (pale brown, leperous)

We routinely freeze surplus brownies, and you don't even have to defrost them to enjoy!

How could you possibly have surplus brownies???? I mean, that's not humanly possible. :D

[Ann Onimous]

I left a sleeve of Thin Mints in the freezer, and remembered they were there a year and a half later. They were still yummy. Eat the brownie. What's the worst that could happen?

[Swallowed My Cellphone]

What the hell?? I've really got to get my eyes checked. I swear I read the thread title as:

"Do I eat this 3-week-old frozen zombie?"

Mental image of dining on reheated zombie babies did ensue.

[Chessic Sense]

Now I have that song from Reefer Madness: The Musical running through my head. "Eat the brownie ... eat the BROWNIE ..."

"I'm a one-man brownie marching band!"

[Drain Bead]

I work a couple of blocks from their downtown location.

Me too. I went there after I hit up El Arepazo for lunch, which is why there was such a thing as a leftover frozen brownie to begin with. I was pretty miserable after eating two of them and a ceviche salad.

I ended up eating about half of it. I'm getting over a tummy bug and started feeling like it was a bit too much, so I tossed the other half. Tasted fine, though.

[Mr. Excellent]

"I'm a one-man brownie marching band!"

"And the bestest part of all, is I don't have to share!"

[gardentraveler]

Me too. I went there after I hit up El Arepazo for lunch, which is why there was such a thing as a leftover frozen brownie to begin with. I was pretty miserable after eating two of them and a ceviche salad.

I ended up eating about half of it. I'm getting over a tummy bug and started feeling like it was a bit too much, so I tossed the other half. Tasted fine, though.Well, shoot, you could have saved me the other 1/2! I'd even have walked to get it from you. :D

I'm amazed you had room for anything after eating at El Arepazo.