Six year old beef lurking in the freezer.

I'd throw it out Llamedos. It might look, smell and taste OK when cooked but you wont know for sure unless you eat it.

I’d cook it, but not for guests as whilst it should be perfectly safe to eat, the texture and maybe taste will have deteriorated. I don’t throw any food away unless it’s growing a fur coat!

Definitely not got a fur coat🤣

Could you play safe and donate it to a local wild life sanctuary rather than throwing it away?

Germanshepherdsmum

I’d cook it, but not for guests as whilst it should be perfectly safe to eat, the texture and maybe taste will have deteriorated. I don’t throw any food away unless it’s growing a fur coat!

Agreed. Stew it slow and long rather than roast.

I would cook it slowly too. I cooked and ate something of a similar age recently also found at the back of the outside freezer; we were fine.

Gosh! I’d just eat it. Wasn’t there a story a long time ago about people finding a mammoth frozen and they were so hungry they ate it?

Fleurpepper

Germanshepherdsmum

I’d cook it, but not for guests as whilst it should be perfectly safe to eat, the texture and maybe taste will have deteriorated. I don’t throw any food away unless it’s growing a fur coat!

Agreed. Stew it slow and long rather than roast.

I'd do that too but I'd make sure I had egg and chips on standby in case!

That is assuming your freezer was at -18C for all that time, of course 🙂

We used to eat meat. My favorite way to cook "too long frozen" beef is Ropa Vieja. Easy, long cooking, flavorful.

I’d defrost it, cook it and donate it to a deserving cat or dog.

I’d be happy to eat it. I’ve just had pheasant frozen since 2016!

I've made jams and jellies from blackcurrants which were 5 years old. DH would have thrown them out but I just didn't tell him. He enjoyed it.

It’s in the slowcooker, I’ll let you know how it turned out in about ten hours.Callistemon I’m definitely not telling him, I know he’d bin it.

i would dice it and cook it as if it was venison. Lots of veg plus stock cubes and oxo cubes, and plenty of red wine.

If the meat isn't edible the gravy will be gorgeous

I would definitely make sure it is thoroughly defrosted then would cook in a conventional oven - if it tastes and smells ok then it probably is! I must sort my freezer out and see what is lurking there !! Most certainly would not throw it away - enjoy ☺️

I’d eat it, probably slice it into chunks, cook it long and slow in the slow cooker with shallots, mushrooms, red wine and beef stock .

Just took it out of the slowcooker and it’s falling apart tender and tastes delicious.😋Next up to try the 2017 lump of frozen pork.

Do you have a pressure cooker.? I have an electric one and it’ll tenderise anything.

Llamedos13

Arrabbiata is fantastic, even if made with "long in freezer" pork.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dinner-tonight-pork-arrabbiata-with-penne-ln9dwv2qp7p

Thank you Norah, I’ll check it out.

Casserole it, if it tastes OK eat it, if not the dog gets a treat.

I‘d cook it for the cats.

Llamedos13

Just took it out of the slowcooker and it’s falling apart tender and tastes delicious.😋Next up to try the 2017 lump of frozen pork.

Working up (or back) to the Woolly Mammoth in the Permafrost? 🤣🤣🤣