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11932005 No.11932005 [Reply] [Original]

How come everybody says you can only keep meat frozen for a certain amount of time? It can't exactly go off right? Is there really a difference between meat frozen for a month or a decade?

>> No.11932018

>>11932005
Yes, the freezer retards the decaying process but does not stop it. Build meals and or shop around expiration dates rather than trying to make use of expired foods. You’ll save money and learn to be creative

>> No.11932023

>>11932005
My boomer parents bought massive amounts of frozen chicken breasts from a shady salesman. It's been a few years now and they have small parts that turn to mush when you cook them. They still taste fine but the texture is like baby food for a bite or two. Just an anecdote.

>> No.11932032

>>11932018
It doesn't stop it entirely? I never knew that, guess I'm retarded.

>> No.11932036

>>11932018
you said "retards" lmfao

>> No.11932086

>>11932005
When Roald Amundsen went to the South Pole over 100 years ago, he slaughtered more dog than he could eat. In fact, his was the only polar expedition to have gained weight after their journey.

Well, that dog meat is still locked away in the Antarctic ice. They found a cache not too long ago and the meat was still good then.

Also, it might be a troll, but the official Explorer's Club dinner menu featured "leg of mammoth" a few years back.

>> No.11932126

>>11932005
Yes. Somewhere between 6 and 12 months most frozen meat becomes freezer burned. It's still edible, but tastes kind of shitty. I think it's because residential freezers are subject to slight freeze/thaw cycles from opening the door. Makes the savings buying meat on sale or in bulk not worth it. You can usually find another sale in the next 6 months.

>> No.11932139

>>11932032
If you kept the food frozen with a lab-type refrigerator then yeah, it would be stopped entirely.

Modern home fridges are self-defrosting. That means every once in a while they warm up in order to stop frost buildup. That process will slowly fuck over the contents. It's a slow process, but it's there.

>>11932126
It's not opening the door that's the problem. It's auto-defrost.

>> No.11932152

>>11932139
Huh, so if you could buy a freezer that doesn't defrost or something you'd be fine then.

>> No.11932168

>>11932152
But then you'd be chipping frost out of your freezer once or twice a year and that's a huge pain in the ass.

>> No.11932179

>>11932152
You can buy those. Most residential chest-type do not auto defrost. So are lab models meant for cold storage of biological specimens. Or, old fashioned ones that were invented before defrosting tech.

You cannot just disconnect the defrosting heater otherwise the coil will freeze up on you and it won't cool for shit. You need a model which was designed not to have auto-defrost at all.

>> No.11932187

>>11932139
Hm.