Is it safe to consume my chicken?

[Mai72]

So I bought a 5 pack of chicken breast last week. When I got home I was in a hurry and threw the pack in the freezer. As you can imagine the breast stuck together and it was impossible to separate them. I had to run the 5 chicken breast under warm water until they came apart.

So, I ran the 5 under warm water and after about 5 minutes they seperated. The outside flesh was a little warm, but the rest of the chicken breast is still frozen. I dried off the breast, wrapped them and put them in the freezer. I ate the one breast.

My question is do you think it's safe to consume the 4 chicken breast? I know it can be dangerous to refreze chicken after thawing it, but I didn't fully thaw them. I just ran the water on them until they seperated. If I need to throw them out then that's what I will do. Chicken is cheap anyway.

 

[deadlyapp]

You're probably fine if you re-froze them nearly immediately. Just cook them well.

 

[fralexandr]

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal...R26nunFArYyk74fruhe0foxk0T90qNNEXiOIqAA!!/#14

yes, as long as it wasn't left outside of the fridge for more than ~1 hour
general consensus is that refreezing after a complete thaw reduces palatability of the food item.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Postin in an oral sex thread.

 

[BoomerD]

Did you choke said chicken first?

 

[mikeymikec]

If you buy a large amount of raw meat but then you want to freeze it, it makes a heck of a lot more sense to package the to-be-frozen meat in portions so refreezing is unnecessary.

 

[BoomerD]

If you buy a large amount of raw meat but then you want to freeze it, it makes a heck of a lot more sense to package the to-be-frozen meat in portions so refreezing is unnecessary.

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[Eli]

Huh? I always thought the "don't freeze meat twice" thing was to prevent damage to the meat, not because it was dangerous in any way...

Edit: Ok, I suppose it depends on context. I was thinking of raw meat.

It makes sense that already-cooked meat shouldn't be frozen if it has sat out; you're unlikely to cook it thoroughly again.

Raw meat though, I think it's just a quality issue, assuming you're still going to cook it as per normal.

 

[Artdeco]

Huh? I always thought the "don't freeze meat twice" thing was to prevent damage to the meat, not because it was dangerous in any way...

Exactly, it trashes the meat, disrupts cell membranes iirc.

 

[z1ggy]

Did you choke said chicken first?

Damnit you beat me to it....

But he did seem to really go crazy on those breasts... :awe:

 

[mikeymikec]

@ Eli

I would add one further bit of info, as I understand it:

Take a fresh piece of meat (let's say chicken because it's a common problematic meat) and cook it, though not particularly thoroughly. Harmful bugs have had a chance to multiple at a faster rate since the meat was taken out of refrigeration, but maybe not to the point that if it is eaten straight after 'cooking', depending on the circumstances. The remaining 'cooked' meat is left to cool back to room temperature, once it is hitting say about 30-35C the bugs are likely multiplying their fastest rate (ideal environment for them).

Taking that meat and say freezing it will mean that when the meat is removed from the freezer, the thawing time gives the bugs another chance to start multiplying rapidly again, then only warming the meat up again rather than cooking it thoroughly would be a lot more hazardous than eating it cold (though I should point out that eating improperly cooked meat is a gamble of increasingly unfavourable odds throughout what I've described).

Disclaimer: I am not by any stretch of the imagination a biology expert, this is 'as I understand it'.

 

[BlitzPuppet]

Only if you choke it first.

 

[Captante]

For a moment I read this as "is it safe to consume my children?" ....

 

[BurnItDwn]

You have to cook them. Just warming them up under the sink is not enough.