Ground Venison question

[Mikey]

My nephew was making room in his freezer chest and gave me some frozen ground venison.

Was shot by his father in law

Looks like it was ground and sealed by a professional.

Question -- he have me multiple packages with different year dates … 2016, 2017, 2018

I know the 18's should be ok but what about 16's and 17's ?

I keep thinking of those scientists a few years ago that ate a 100,000 year old frozen mastodon and didn't get sick

[Hector]

I had two year old frozen porterhouse steaks in my freezer. Decided to thaw one and grill it.

Sad to report, it tasted weird.

I threw out the rest.

[Brazoo]

foodsafty.gov and the USDA site says uncooked meats can last about a year in the freezer, but I saw some sites that claimed that vacuum sealed chicken, beef or pork could last up to 3 years. Personally, I guess if I had to flip that coin I'd probably ditch the really old stuff rather than take a chance.

I'm pretty sure that thing about scientists eating a mastodon or mammoth or whatever was a hoax.

Good luck(?)

[EmergencyIan]

Don’t chance it, Mikey. Stick with the 2018 meat to be safe.

- Ian

[The Nawd]

Stick with the 2018 meat and toss out the rest.

[Mikey]

Thanks gents,

I swung out everything before '18

Now, it's meatloaf time

[EmergencyIan]

^ Sounds good!

- Ian