How long will ground beef keep when stuck in a freezer?
I ask cuz I ate some messy josephs (err, sloppy joes) with some beef I bought back in September. Now I’m feeling kinda sick… it could be the beef, it could be something else… or maybe I just need to take a shit. (they always make me feel better)
So I know what you’re thinking- ‘Isn’t it ironic that the cowgod eats beef and feels sick?’
Well, I laugh at that statement. HA! I see no irony. I see a secret plan brought on by anti-cowgod supporters to foil my godliness over the bovine persuasion. A secret coo of military and biogenic pork lovers sent to kill me though my own digestive tract. A underground mafia of chicken fuckers (I mean… uhh…yeah-chicken fuckers!) with a mindset of total world domination! But I will not be overthrown. I will not relent. Détruisez la résistance!
Seemed this thread had a certain, oh, I dunno, slightly perverse quality to it…
How’d ya freeze da beef, cowgod? If you froze it as soon as you bought it, it might be freezer burned but probably won’t kill ya. September is pushing as far as quality goes, but if you froze it when fresh you’re probably okay.
For the future…as soon as you bring meat home, unwrap it from the styrofoam tray. Divide it into the portions you want. Wrap each portion tightly in Saran Wrap. (Don’t cheap out on the wannabe stuff.) Then wrap each portion tightly in aluminum foil. (Squish out all air possible; use double-fold seals.)
Put the portions in a marked and dated freezer bag for easy retrieval. Use w/in 3 months and keep your stock turnin’ over!
Take some milk of magnesia, honey. It’ll settle the heartburn and uh, move the problem on through.
I doubt the beef was too old to eat if you froze it when it first got home, but it may have been undercooked or contaminated in the kitchen.
Be sure to see a doctor if you don’t feel better in a day or so. Food poisoning (if indeed that is what you have) can be serious if you become dehydrated.
