Had a little bit of a brain fart and forgot about some fat trimmings in the refrigerator, now I'm wondering of they are still any good.
So this was about 3 pounds of fat trimmed off about an 18 pound brisket. I had the intention of rendering this down to tallow at a later date so I ran it through the fine plate on my grinder, then vac sealed. Where I clearly lost the plot is a put it in a drawer in my spare refrigerator in the garage... and promptly forgot about it until now. It's just over a month old, and was ground and vac sealed on 9/22/23.
I know rendered tallow will hold in a refrigerator for something like a year is what I've always heard, but this is unrendered. I'm pretty sure it's toast at this point, but figured I'd ask before I throw it out.
Thoughts?
So this was about 3 pounds of fat trimmed off about an 18 pound brisket. I had the intention of rendering this down to tallow at a later date so I ran it through the fine plate on my grinder, then vac sealed. Where I clearly lost the plot is a put it in a drawer in my spare refrigerator in the garage... and promptly forgot about it until now. It's just over a month old, and was ground and vac sealed on 9/22/23.
I know rendered tallow will hold in a refrigerator for something like a year is what I've always heard, but this is unrendered. I'm pretty sure it's toast at this point, but figured I'd ask before I throw it out.
Thoughts?
