Smoke or toss?

[keyser]

Two years ago, I wanted to smoke a fresh ham, and the butcher wouldn’t sell just one half of the ham, so I just bought the whole thing and had them cut it in half. Stuck in 11 pound piece in the freezer wrapped as well as I could and cling wrap and a big Ziploc bag and even try to remove the air from it. I end up not being able to smoke it over the weekend because it rained all weekend. So the meat has sat in the bottom of my fridge for nine days including the fall time which was probably three days or so. Should I go ahead and smoke it or just toss it? I hate to waste it, but I also don’t want to eat it if it’s been on safe from sitting in the fridge fault for five days or so.

 

[keyser]

Should have made a few edits. Thaw time, not fall time.

 

[cansmoke]

Two years ago, I wanted to smoke a fresh ham, and the butcher wouldn’t sell just one half of the ham, so I just bought the whole thing and had them cut it in half. Stuck in 11 pound piece in the freezer wrapped as well as I could and cling wrap and a big Ziploc bag and even try to remove the air from it. I end up not being able to smoke it over the weekend because it rained all weekend. So the meat has sat in the bottom of my fridge for nine days including the fall time which was probably three days or so. Should I go ahead and smoke it or just toss it? I hate to waste it, but I also don’t want to eat it if it’s been on safe from sitting in the fridge fault for five days or so.

Toss it! After three days, it's cook it or toss it!

 

[jcam222]

I would personally trust my nose on this.

 

[smokerjim]

Let your nose tell you, if it's not slimy and doesn't stink I personally would eat it, but that's me,

 

[mneeley490]

Yep, see if it passes the sniff test.

 

[chopsaw]

fresh ham,

To me a fresh ham is a cured and smoked ham that has not been cooked .
If that's what you have , you should be good in my opinion .

 

[Dirty Steve]

I agree with others the smell test should tell you. My wife wouldn’t eat it so I would be on my Own and she would taint the kids minds as well, haha. I would a pulled ham with that baby.

 

[Smoking Allowed]

Bad pork and chicken will let you know they're bad.

 

[schlotz]

9 days.... TOSS IT. Not worth the gamble IMO.

 

[keyser]

9 days.... TOSS IT. Not worth the gamble IMO.

Thanks for all the advice. I’ll check the smell but will likely err on the side of caution. Especially since I’d hesitate giving it to others under the circumstances and 11 pounds is a lot for me to eat. My wife wouldn’t eat much of it under any circumstances. Not a big meat eater.

Btw by fresh ham I mean uncured raw pork leg.

 

[chopsaw]

Btw by fresh ham I mean uncured raw pork leg.

Then I'd be cautious , and would probably just write it off .

 

[gmc2003]

I agree with tossing it. No sense in taking the risk.

Chris