Anonymous
Post 05/06/2014 17:03     Subject: Re:Oxidized steak (in other words, turned brown) --package says good for 2 more days -- eat it or no

OP back - I ate it and so did my kid & we didn't die (or even get sick). Did cook it more well done than I normally do.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2014 16:04     Subject: Oxidized steak (in other words, turned brown) --package says good for 2 more days -- eat it or not?

It's fine if it smells fine. A lot of meat in grocery stores is colored to make it look fresher than it is, so a red piece of steak is not necessarily fresher than a brown piece.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2014 15:56     Subject: Oxidized steak (in other words, turned brown) --package says good for 2 more days -- eat it or not?

Yummmmmmm raw steak. Said very few people.

+ go by smell - I don't like to eat grilled steaks that are 'browning' lol but I've made beef stew out of steak that were just in the fridge a day or two and turning brown but unexpired.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2014 15:55     Subject: Oxidized steak (in other words, turned brown) --package says good for 2 more days -- eat it or not?

OP, did you eat it and are you still alive?
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2014 15:41     Subject: Oxidized steak (in other words, turned brown) --package says good for 2 more days -- eat it or not?

People are very tolerant of beef that might be slightly turned. I read that the Mongol soldiers used to put raw beef under their saddles and ride on it all day to tenderize it, then they would eat it raw.

http://americatop10.com/news-and-information/history-of-burgers/
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2014 21:42     Subject: Oxidized steak (in other words, turned brown) --package says good for 2 more days -- eat it or not?

+1 to smell.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2014 20:30     Subject: Oxidized steak (in other words, turned brown) --package says good for 2 more days -- eat it or not?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You know it is the flesh of a dead cow. It's been decomposing since its miserable life and painful death. How bad could it be. It's certainly filled with plenty of penicillin. Just saying. It's an inconvenient truth.


Amen sister.


Mmm. Love steak.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2014 20:24     Subject: Oxidized steak (in other words, turned brown) --package says good for 2 more days -- eat it or not?

Anonymous wrote:You know it is the flesh of a dead cow. It's been decomposing since its miserable life and painful death. How bad could it be. It's certainly filled with plenty of penicillin. Just saying. It's an inconvenient truth.


Amen sister.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2014 20:19     Subject: Oxidized steak (in other words, turned brown) --package says good for 2 more days -- eat it or not?

Anonymous wrote:You know it is the flesh of a dead cow. It's been decomposing since its miserable life and painful death. How bad could it be. It's certainly filled with plenty of penicillin. Just saying. It's an inconvenient truth.

stfu, just saying
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2014 20:09     Subject: Oxidized steak (in other words, turned brown) --package says good for 2 more days -- eat it or not?

You know it is the flesh of a dead cow. It's been decomposing since its miserable life and painful death. How bad could it be. It's certainly filled with plenty of penicillin. Just saying. It's an inconvenient truth.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2014 19:50     Subject: Oxidized steak (in other words, turned brown) --package says good for 2 more days -- eat it or not?

Go by smell.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2014 19:22     Subject: Oxidized steak (in other words, turned brown) --package says good for 2 more days -- eat it or not?

Eat it.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2014 19:16     Subject: Oxidized steak (in other words, turned brown) --package says good for 2 more days -- eat it or not?

It's fine.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2014 19:06     Subject: Oxidized steak (in other words, turned brown) --package says good for 2 more days -- eat it or not?

I would go by smell if it's still before the sell-by date.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2014 19:04     Subject: Oxidized steak (in other words, turned brown) --package says good for 2 more days -- eat it or not?

Bought steak on Saturday, package says good until "2 days past today" but color is brown.

Question is: Should I cook it and have family eat it? Or toss it (and complain to store)?

What would do cooks on the forum do?