Cleaning out the freezer

[rbh]

So I have to clean out the freezer of old dead bread ETC, when I come across 2-3 year old smoked ham hocks and 1-2 year old turkey soup.

This is the basement freezer and does not defrost, how long do you think this stuff will be good for????

 

[rbh]

Re: Cleaning out the freezer

Safe to eat? Yes, should be fine. Want to taste it while eating? Not a good idea.

Bubba, you sorta lost me on the second part???

 

[MTboatguy]

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Really depends on how they were packed, I have cooked hams that were a couple of years old and they were fine.....were they vacuum packed?

 

[rbh]

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Really depends on how they were packed, I have cooked hams that were a couple of years old and they were fine.....were they vacuum packed?

Soups in a plastic 2 liter/quart container with lid on, and the meat is wraped in plastic and butchers paper (getting hungry now, MMMM white bean soup )

 

[MTboatguy]

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Soups in a plastic 2 liter/quart container with lid on, and the meat is wraped in plastic and butchers paper (getting hungry now, MMMM white bean soup )

Hmmm, hamhocks gravy and beans!!!

You just gave me an idea for dinner!

I am sure my cardiologist thanks ya!



If they are only wrapped or in a plastic container, your probably going to have some pretty heavy freezer burn..I bought a vacuum packer a few years ago, because we were getting that problem with the deer and elk meat, works great..

 

[rbh]

Re: Cleaning out the freezer

Hmmm, hamhocks gravy and beans!!!

You just gave me an idea for dinner!

I am sure my cardiologist thanks ya!



If they are only wrapped or in a plastic container, your probably going to have some pretty heavy freezer burn..I bought a vacuum packer a few years ago, because we were getting that problem with the deer and elk meat, works great..

The wife got one of those vacuum packers----YA
The wife vacuum packed and "froze" every little bit of the turkey and stuffing after thanksgiving supper-------BOOOO

(wifes and their new toys )

 

[tallcanadian]

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Ummm. Throw it out. LOL. One year, aight. More than that...priceless. Better be safe than sorry. People here thrown out their trout and moose meat after a year. Makes me believe more about catch and release. lol.

 

[Fireman431]

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If it's not freezerburned (probably is), it would be OK to eat. I wouldn't eat it as a main course, but I would dump it into a pot of split pea or 15 bean soup.

 

[Bondo]

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Ayuh,... I'm with the Fireman,... 'ell, I just dug out some 10 year old turnip,...

No freezer burn, tasted pretty much like it did at 6 months old....
It was actually alot Better than the 6 year old turnip,...
But that was because that 1 year, All the turnip was woody tastin'..

With the meat,... Unwrap it, if it's freezer burnt, you'll see it...

If not,... Light the stove.....

 

[nlain]

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Having grown up on a farm, we grew our on meat and vegies, we canned or froze all except that what was hung in the smokehouse and then packed in a wood box, salt cured, smoked and packed in salt, the frozen if not freezer burned cook it and eat it. If properly wrapped it should not be freezer burned.

 

[JRJ]

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If it's not freezerburned (probably is), it would be OK to eat. I wouldn't eat it as a main course, but I would dump it into a pot of split pea or 15 bean soup.

Spilt pea soup? Good idea. It wouldn't matter if the meat was ruined or not

 

[Fireman431]

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Spilt pea soup? Good idea. It wouldn't matter if the meat was ruined or not

Why am I the only person I know that likes split pea soup?!?

 

[mscher]

Re: Cleaning out the freezer

If it has been frozen, it will be safe to thaw, cook and eat.

The texture and taste, may be a whole different story.

We have cooked 4 year old bacon, that looked and tasted exactly like bacon. Some items are nasty after 6 months.

Cook it and either enjoy it, or feed it to the dogs.

 

[JRJ]

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Why am I the only person I know that likes split pea soup?!?

If you come to CA, you'll be in hog heaven at Pea Soup Andersen's Restaurant at Buellton, just north of Santa Barbara. Bon Appetit

 

[Fireman431]

Re: Cleaning out the freezer

I'm not such a fan that I'll fly 2500 miles to eat it, but I'll spend 30 minutes making it at home. Thanks for the info. I'll be sure to file that under "things I now know that I have no need for"!!

 

[rbh]

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Just that it may not taste very good. Throw it into a stew, soup, etc. and it should be ok but I would taste a bit before I did.

Gotcha, taste the meat after its cooked, but before you add the rest of the ingredients.

 

[JRJ]

Re: Cleaning out the freezer

I'm not such a fan that I'll fly 2500 miles to eat it, but I'll spend 30 minutes making it at home. Thanks for the info. I'll be sure to file that under "things I now know that I have no need for"!!

How about Shorty's BBQ? I tried the one in So Miami

 

[flycaster]

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If you come to CA, you'll be in hog heaven at Pea Soup Andersen's Restaurant at Buellton, just north of Santa Barbara. Bon Appetit

BEST peas soup that I EVER had. Stopped in after seeing the advertisement signs along the highway. I believe that the soup I ordered cane with FREE seconds. Could not beat the price nor the flavor.

 

[Fireman431]

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BEST peas soup that I EVER had. Stopped in after seeing the advertisement signs along the highway. I believe that the soup I ordered cane with FREE seconds. Could not beat the price nor the flavor.

OK...I'm sold. Mail me some.

 

[xxxflhrci]

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If it's been frozen properly, I eat it no matter what the date....Last Christmas, we had a 2003 turkey. It was fine. I dug around and found some ground deer from 1998. The OL has been eating it like mad. Never had a bellyache from old food outta the freezer.