2 year old smoked chuck roast

[crankybuzzard]

So, last night the bride was making room in the freezer for the ham/cb that I sliced up.  While digging, she came across a vac packed lump of meat.  When she flipped it over, it said "Chuck 10/13"

We debated about 5 minutes and decided to put it in the frig to defrost, tonight I shall warm it up and see what we have! 

chuck.jpeg

• crankybuzzard
• Sep 4, 2015

So, have any of you found forgotten treasure in the freezer lately? 

 

[noboundaries]

Been there, done that, ate it.  Not found anywhere in the safety guidelines and definitely not recommended but it sure was good.     

 

[b-one]

My wife fills the freezer and I try to stay away from it. That said last time "we" went through it I found a six year old whole chicken it went in the trash!

 

[dirtsailor2003]

It won't kill ya, but it may not taste perfect. That being said it may taste just fine.

 

[demosthenes9]

hard to say on something vac packed in the home.   Commercial vac pac is a different story.   I cooked some butts that were over 3 years old and they were fine. 

I'd think that worst case scenario would be a bit of freezer burn.   If you find some burn on the meat, just slice it off.  It's not harmful, just has a strange texture and an unpleasant taste.

 

[LanceR]

Since the seal is intact you won't have any freezer burn.  Beef has the longest freezer life of any domestic meat.  We've fished 4 year old and older packages of local grass fed beef out of the depths of the freezer and it's been just fine.

Lance