Left raw steak in fridge for a week and ate it

[spidey07]

Am I going to die? It was prime ribeyes from costco and no way was I going to toss them. They were a little brown and had a very distinct smell to them. I wouldn't say it was a bad smell, but a very beefy smell. I've been meaning to try dry age some beef but I don't think was how you're supposed to do it. This was because I forgot about them.

Cooked to perfect medium rare. It was still very good and had that dry age taste. It was an after taste that kind of lingered that was similar to the smell. Oh well, got an immune system for a reason, we'll see.

 

[theevilsharpie]

Am I going to die?

You have 24 hours

 

[biggestmuff]

Am I going to die? ....

Yes.

 

[eldorado99]

gimme ur stuff wen u ded

 

[angminas]

Rinse and cook well and odds are very good that you'll be perfectly fine. I routinely use beef, chicken, cured meats, and eggs that are well past their sell-by date, and I never get sick. Also remember to wash your hands and anything you touch extra well.

So...yes, you're going to die.

 

[zinfamous]

Am I going to die?

Depends on whether or not I believe in Jesus; and if Jesus answers prayers.

 

[Ika]

dibs on your computer

 

[KillerCharlie]

Whole cuts of beef are probably the safest of all meat. Ground meat has a much better chance of getting bad bacteria or whatever in it, and chicken grows it pretty well. A whole cut of beef is a different story.

 

[spidey07]

Whole cuts of beef are probably the safest of all meat. Ground meat has a much better chance of getting bad bacteria or whatever in it, and chicken grows it pretty well. A whole cut of beef is a different story.

I know. You can always cook the crap out of ground beef. Steak, not so much. I still would like to know if that smell/taste was good or bad. It was VERY strong. I can't say it was a good or bad smell, just super beefy.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

I'm sure you're fine. If you get super nasty farts, you were probably cutting it close.

Do you keep your fridge under 40F ?

 

[spidey07]

I'm sure you're fine. If you get super nasty farts, you were probably cutting it close.

Do you keep your fridge under 40F ?

38, and it was in the meat storage at the bottom.

Honestly I posted tongue in cheek because I know I'll be fine. It was that smell and flavor that threw me off and looking to try out aging beef. Wouldn't it be awesome to have your own beef aging cooler? Like a wine cellar, but more awesome.

 

[Colt45]

a week is fine...

 

[guyver01]

you woulda been fine if you cooked it to a perfect medium well.

medium rare... you're dead.

 

[TwinsenTacquito]

Worst case scenario, loose poop.

 

[daw123]

So are you shitting through the eye of a needle?

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

38, and it was in the meat storage at the bottom.

Honestly I posted tongue in cheek because I know I'll be fine. It was that smell and flavor that threw me off and looking to try out aging beef. Wouldn't it be awesome to have your own beef aging cooler? Like a wine cellar, but more awesome.

Alton Brown has a few shows about dry-aging beef. Based on his claims about dry-aging, the smell and color change is produced by enzymatic action that occurs in the beef during the aging process, along with a loss of moisture which intensifies the beefy flavor.

I've tried his dry-aging method quite a few times but prefer for it to be a 3 - 4 day age. After that it becomes a bit too funky.

 

[Iron Woode]

Am I going to die? It was prime ribeyes from costco and no way was I going to toss them. They were a little brown and had a very distinct smell to them. I wouldn't say it was a bad smell, but a very beefy smell. I've been meaning to try dry age some beef but I don't think was how you're supposed to do it. This was because I forgot about them.

Cooked to perfect medium rare. It was still very good and had that dry age taste. It was an after taste that kind of lingered that was similar to the smell. Oh well, got an immune system for a reason, we'll see.

I bought a rib steak that was completely black and smelled funny. It was awesomely tender and tasty.

 

[guyver01]

They were a little brown and had a very distinct smell to them. I wouldn't say it was a bad smell, but a very beefy smell.

sigh.

So many "meat experts" on this forum... and not a single one gave you a proper answer.

The 'browning' that you experienced is nothing more than the blood of the meat oxidizing (specifically, the myoglobin in the musculature reacting with the oxygen in the air)
Myoglobin contains iron, and when the iron mixes with oxygen... it "rusts".

 

[AMCRambler]

I see poop stains in your future Spidey

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

sigh.

So many "meat experts" on this forum... and not a single one gave you a proper answer.

The 'browning' that you experienced is nothing more than the blood of the meat oxidizing (specifically, the myoglobin in the musculature reacting with the oxygen in the air)
Myoglobin contains iron, and when the iron mixes with oxygen... it "rusts".

Hmmm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef_aging

Rust has a reddish color, not the nearly blackish color that appears on dry-aged beef. Meat is also drained of blood during the butchering process so there's actually very little left. If it actually were rust you'd get a distinct iron flavor like you get from liver, which does retain a lot of hemoglobin. Dry-aged meat does not have an iron flavor.

 

[LTC8K6]

That's called aged beef and they charge you a lot more for such steaks in swanky restaurants.

 

[Newbian]

If you start to poop blood just ignore it for everything is normal.

 

[JS80]

If you start to poop blood just ignore it for everything is normal.

 

[guyver01]

Hmmm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef_aging

except what the OP did was not "aging"

it was oxidizing.

He left it in the meat package, with all the bloody goodness still in it.

You don't really "dry age" a steak... you dry age the section... the flank, or the sirloin or the round, per-se. What the OP did would be "wet aging" ... if it was vaccuum-sealed, to prevent oxidizing.

 

[Powermoloch]

If you can post again within 24 hours w/o any change. We'll nothing happened YET whoo hooo ! :thumbsup: