Can I get eat this kinda mouldy steak? (Pics)

[Henry Hawthorne]

Hola,

I have a steak that I took out the fridge but was kinda green in patches on the bottom. My Bulgarian friend (possibly lying) says that it's where the blood is coming out. It looks like it's going rotten to me.

I've cut it into strips.

Apologies for st pic.



CHEERS

[Truckosaurus]

Does it pass the Sniff Test?

[Henry Hawthorne]

Ye it smells like steak.

[Davey S2]

Looks fine.

[pacman1]

Cut a bit off and cook it. If it doesn't taste any good then bin it.
It will save you the bother of preparing and ruining a whole meal.

[Papoo]

That'll be just fine, I assure you.

You'd be amazed (or disgusted) with the proper 'dry ageing' process of beef.

Given that it is thin, it'd also seem like you'd be cooking it right through, so even more points on the Health & Safety scale.

[grumbledoak]

Truly st pic.

It looks like a 'tenderized' minute steak that is a little old. Remember, we hang good beef for 28 days. I doubt that has seen any ageing at all, so one more day in the fridge won't suddenly turn it rotten. It should still be fine- smell it.

You'd be amazed at how old we used to eat meat in times past. There are ways of making even a rancid chicken palatable, though I'm sure the supermarkets don't have them on sale-or-return with the producers, and the producers can't find ash...

Edited by grumbledoak on Thursday 21st January 17:46

[shakotan]

It's not green, it's brown, and it's the colour it's 'supposed' to be. Beef goes that colour when hung too.

[sherman]

Beef only has bacteria on the outside, thats how you can cook it rare and not be killed. Use a hot pan and all of the bacteria will be killed off as you cook it. If there is any really black bits that you are unsure about just chop them off and the rest of the steak will be fine.

[grumbledoak]

sherman said:

Beef only has bacteria on the outside, ...

True for a normal steak, but the tenderizer will have spread them inside as it cuts, so he shouldn't risk 'blue'. But, they aren't called minute steaks for nothing; it is quite hard to not cook them through.

[Papoo]

grumbledoak said:

Truly st pic.

Surely you're not having an issue relating what he has said, to the picture he posted?

[grumbledoak]

Papoo said:

Surely you're not having an issue relating what he has said, to the picture he posted?

Come again? In English, preferably.

I agreed that the photo was crap before some pedant tore strips out of me for stating what it looked like, simply in case I was wrong.

[zakelwe]

That's not a steak, that is a sort of beef bacon. What on earth. Why did you slice it?

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHH

there are so many things wrong here? Where do you start? It's gone a bit brown with "age" and I use that term very very loosely.

Mein Gott.

Dry aged steaks actally do go mouldy, not like this though, and they cost a lot and taste great

Have a look here for a proper mouldy steak

http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/04/smith-and-wolle...

I'd throw that stuff in the bin mate and then head butt your Lithuanian mate into submission

Andy

[zakelwe]

Er, has it been hit by a tenderising mallet as well ?

Yeepers!

Andy

[Shaw Tarse]

I'd eat it.

[zakelwe]

On final thoughts, just mince it and make a spag bol, that will make the best out of a very bad lot. Golly. I'm completely shocked, hence my multiple posts.

Andy

[pacman1]

Cook and taste a bit first. Threw an entire spag sauce down the drain. no amount of spices or cooking will hide off meat.

[grumbledoak]

zakelwe said:

Er, has it been hit by a tenderising mallet as well ?

Looks more like it has been through a tenderizer: looks like a motorized pasta machine, works more like a shredder- it cuts the meat at regular spacings. Good for turning a Topside into steak sandwiches, but you wouldn't do it to anything decent.

But, as I said, it's a poor photo. For all we know he's 'had a go' at a Sirloin with a mallet.

[Papoo]

grumbledoak said:

Papoo said:

Surely you're not having an issue relating what he has said, to the picture he posted?

Come again? In English, preferably.

Just for you, old chap:

Surely you're not having an issue relating what he has said, to the picture he posted?

[zakelwe]

Papoo said:

grumbledoak said:

Papoo said:

Surely you're not having an issue relating what he has said, to the picture he posted?

Come again? In English, preferably.

Just for you, old chap:

Surely you're not having an issue relating what he has said, to the picture he posted?

No, no, you are still talking Americanese !

Was that something about making a curry?

Andy