Salmon out the freezer - am I going to die?

[Legend83]

So I just ate a couple of salmon fillets I got out the freezer this morning. They were dated 6th January 2013, smelt a little fishy and were a bit orange on the periphery....but I cooked them well through and they tasted ok (a bit smoked salmony in places!)...

...should I prepare to spend the night with my head in the white bowl?

[sherman]

Probably fine if they were defrosted before you cooked them.

[Hoover.]

Legend83 said:

...should I prepare to spend the night with my head in the white bowl?

waste of time, call the undertaker now and get the coffins delivered and fall a sleep in one of them... save moving you into one in the morning

[Legend83]

Still alive!

[WinstonWolf]

You were concerned that salmon smelt a little "fishy"?

[Legend83]

WinstonWolf said:

You were concerned that salmon smelt a little "fishy"?

There is fishy then there is 'screw your face up and jump backwards when you sniff it' fishy.

This was the latter. Very pungent.

[WinstonWolf]

Ah, you mean ginger muff fishy...

[otolith]

Unlikely to have spoiled due to bacterial contamination, but the fats (or which salmon has a lot) tend to go slowly rancid. Although the main spoilage process which leads to the development of a fishy odour is caused by bacteria and will stop in frozen fish, there is a secondary pathway which will continue slowly in frozen storage. Sounds like it also has some freezer burn (dehydration).

The fish is unlikely to become inedible, but will eventually taste and smell nasty.

[HarryFlatters]

I'm afraid that you are going to die.

Not from eating this salmon though, it's just inevitable.

[otolith]

[Watchgod]

Legend83 said:

So I just ate a couple of salmon fillets I got out the freezer this morning. They were dated 6th January 2013, smelt a little fishy and were a bit orange on the periphery....but I cooked them well through and they tasted ok (a bit smoked salmony in places!)...

...should I prepare to spend the night with my head in the white bowl?

noo, dont worry nothing will happen to you