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Random meat question
keg
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How long after the "sell by" date do you use meat? I thought I'd plan ahead and bought a bunch of stuff a couple days ago and of course things have come up. I'm trying to figure out how quickly I need to get all my cookin' done. (If it makes any difference, at this point it's pork chops and ground beef .)
Oh yeah, I know I can freeze it, but once I put meat in the freezer, it seldom comes back out. It's just some kind of strange black hole!
2004-Started TTC; Nov 2007-Lap with endo removed; Jan 2008-Ectopic (mtx); April 2008-IVF #1 (bfp, twin girls); March 2011-FET (cp); June 2012-IVF #2 (bfp, singleton, EDD 3-19-12)
***Twin fraternal girls born at 35w6d in 12/2008***
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Re: Random meat question
when in doubt I do the "sniff" test. If it smells odd I toss it.
I will use it about five days after I purchase it. Otherwise I freeze it.
Sounds about right to me.
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If it's whole 2-3 days, if ground within a day.
I do the sniff test also... but Normally I use it within 3 days of purchasing.. Otherwise, I freeze it..
And I learned that b/c I cooked ground beef 5 days after and it smelled horrible while I was cooking it.. Now I'm freaked to go past 3 days.. But that could've been that batch...