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Post by iamkristinl16 on Apr 24, 2016 2:11:01 GMT
Last Sunday I took a beef roast out of the freezer and forgot it was in the fridge. Do you think it is still good to eat if I make it tomorrow? It probably took a few days to thaw.
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Post by MorningPerson on Apr 24, 2016 2:19:26 GMT
I would throw it out.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Apr 24, 2016 2:47:31 GMT
24 hours to defrost... I think you would need to cook it within 3 to 4 days.
So nope I wouldn't eat it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2016 2:54:36 GMT
Hard to say. According to the USDA website:
"After thawing in the refrigerator, items such as ground meat, stew meat, poultry, seafood, should remain safe and good quality for an additional day or two before cooking. Red meat cuts (such as beef, pork or lamb roasts, chops and steaks) should remain safe and good quality 3 to 5 days."
Sounds like it might still be safe depending on how long it took for the meat to defrost. If there's a lot of juice in the meat tray, a funny odor and/or it feels slimy, I'd toss it.
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Post by alexa11 on Apr 24, 2016 2:56:07 GMT
No -I would toss it.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Apr 24, 2016 2:59:21 GMT
Shoot. I hate when I do that. We have an extra fridge in the basement and I sometimes forget what I have put in there. I also bought a turkey breast Sunday and that is in there. The tag says "use or freeze by August 11,2017???
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Post by newlywoods03 on Apr 24, 2016 3:24:27 GMT
I'd toss it!
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Post by lucyg on Apr 24, 2016 3:27:38 GMT
A week is pushing it, even for me. But assuming it looks/smells fine, I'd probably cook it well and then test it on myself before feeding it to children. Or you could just toss it and not worry about it. I'll tell you, though, a large roast takes DAYS to defrost in my fridge. After a mere 24 hours, it would still be hard as a rock.
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Post by gale w on Apr 24, 2016 3:59:09 GMT
Same here. Most roasts take a good 3 days to get completely thawed.
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 24, 2016 4:12:01 GMT
A roast in my fridge would take a few days to thaw. For sure. Americans are really cautious about their meat. If it smelled fine, I would cook it. I have cooked lots of things others would not have (sniff tested). We have never gotten sick from my cooking. I also haven't had a cold or the flu for years. Perhaps there is a connection.
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Post by valincal on Apr 24, 2016 4:17:34 GMT
A week is pushing it, even for me. But assuming it looks/smells fine, I'd probably cook it well and then test it on myself before feeding it to children. Or you could just toss it and not worry about it. I'll tell you, though, a large roast takes DAYS to defrost in my fridge. After a mere 24 hours, it would still be hard as a rock. I'm with Lucy. Give it a sniff.
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Post by M in Carolina on Apr 24, 2016 5:28:51 GMT
Does it smell? My refrigerator stays really cold, and the meat bin is at the very bottom. My dh bought some steaks at the grocery store almost 2 weeks ago, and I cooked them on Wed. Night. They were fine and didn't smell at all when they were raw. Dh got the butcher to cut them specially, so the meat was fresher than what was in the case. Sometimes the meat in store can be a couple weeks old by the time it's sold. The Laura's Lean Beef stays fresh the longest. I wouldn't eat chicken that had been frozen and thawed and sat around in the fridge for several days. Chicken is also more likely to be contaminated with salmonella, etc. I would be more careful with ground beef, too, because there's more surface area that could be contaminated and is more difficult to cook well enough to kill off any bacteria. If the roast didn't smell at all, I would still cook it. Raw beef that goes bad definitely has a smell. I would sear it before roasting--I do this anyway because it adds more flavour. I also cook my roasts at 350 degrees. Cooking anything at 250-300 degrees lets the liquids sit in the danger zone longer. I like to put them in a hot oven and then reduce the temp. My favourite pot roast is browned then put in a dutch oven with browned vegetables and a mixture of wine and beef broth that was reduced by half. Then I put the roast, vegetables, a head of garlic cut in half horizontally, and a bouquet garni of thyme, rosemary, and parsley in the braising liquid and braised in the oven at 350--that is hot enough for the liquid to simmer well. You could simmer the roast on the stove, but doing it in the oven is easiest. There's no risk of the liquid getting too hot.
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Post by camcas on Apr 24, 2016 9:24:18 GMT
I'd eat it Prob took 3 days to completely thaw them good for 3-5 so yea! Cook it ,eat it ,enjoy it!
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Post by paget on Apr 24, 2016 15:00:15 GMT
I'm another who is fine with it. It would take days to unthaw in my fridge. If there was no off odor or look I'd roast it and enjoy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2016 15:06:32 GMT
If the roast was larger than a pound, it would easily take 2-3 to thaw in my fridge. I'd still eat it. Pretty much nothing thaws in 24 hours in my fridge. I cooked a pound and a half of chicken breasts last night that were still partially frozen after two days in the fridge.
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Post by perumbula on Apr 24, 2016 15:11:51 GMT
I'm another that would probably use it. A roast at my house is usually 3-5lbs and would take about three days to fully thaw in my fridge. I'd do a sniff test. Beef has an odor when it's going bad.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Apr 24, 2016 15:23:03 GMT
Hmm...I put the Turkey in the crock pot since I thought the roast was too old based on the first posts. I'll smell it and if it's ok maybe make it today as well.
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Post by angieh1996 on Apr 24, 2016 15:43:44 GMT
I'd cook it. It would take a couple days to completely thaw in my fridge anyway. It it smells ok I'm one of those that will cook it.
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Post by KelleeM on Apr 24, 2016 15:48:10 GMT
We put a 2 pound roast in the fridge on Friday (it had been in the freezer). I took it out this morning to cook it and it was still 80% frozen. I bet your roast is fine.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 24, 2016 16:02:06 GMT
I'd be willing to bet it took more than a day to thaw and it's probably fine. Most of our roasts are in the 3-5 lb range and they always take 2-3 days to completely thaw out when left in the refrigerator. The only time I'd worry would be if your refrigerator isn't the right temperature inside (38-40 degrees). We figured out ours was off when the milk started going bad a week before the expiration date!
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Apr 24, 2016 16:21:05 GMT
Smell it. Beef will have a strong spoiled smell if it's bad.
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Post by maryland on Apr 24, 2016 16:31:10 GMT
I would throw it out, but I am super paranoid! I can't smell it because I don't have a good sense of smell. I was cooking chicken a few months ago that I bought that day and it wasn't close to the sell by date. My husband came home and said the chicken smelled funny, so we threw it out.
I do things like that too and get so mad that I "wasted" money.
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Post by kckckc on Apr 24, 2016 16:35:43 GMT
I would eat it.
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on Apr 24, 2016 17:57:31 GMT
A week is pushing it, even for me. But assuming it looks/smells fine, I'd probably cook it well and then test it on myself before feeding it to children. Or you could just toss it and not worry about it. I'll tell you, though, a large roast takes DAYS to defrost in my fridge. After a mere 24 hours, it would still be hard as a rock. This has been my experience as well. I would cook it and eat it.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Apr 24, 2016 19:47:25 GMT
I ended up throwing it away because part of the plastic was punctured and that area seemed dry and "off" looking. . I'll have to be more careful about planning in the future. I hate to throw that much $/meat away.
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