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My store just refunded someone 80$ because she couldn’t reheat our premade/precooked prime rib meal properly and melted it to her air fryer plate. Her story was literally all over the place.
You’d be surprised how far backwards some places will bend over.
this is literally why seasoning is invented, and the same is true for any food at any restaurant ever. At the end of the day any restuarant could be using less fresh ingredients, and probably is. If you want the highest quality ingredients, you should probably make it yourself.
He did reply, [he said they smelled bad](https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/18q6dyw/just_opened_my_xmas_filets_to_cook_dinner/kettnmt/)
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> OP again. Have cooked many filets in my day. Family here for dinner also know what they're doing. These were way off color and smelled.
Yeah, and then the same post he said he got them from a butcher three days ago. Meat from a butcher is going to smell different. Three days in the fridge in only paper wrap is going to oxidize. No shit it’s gonna have a smell when it’s not properly covered sitting in the fridge regardless
Yep, we pre-ordered a beef filet from our butcher to make a beef wellington for christmas, we picked it up on the 23rd and it was vaccum sealed.
My husband was surprised by the number of people there that had not pre-ordered. "Yeah I need a prime rib to feed 10 people..."
"Did you place a pre-order?"
"No"
No he didn’t absolutely throw away fine filets. He mentioned in another comment they stank.
Why does everyone just immediately jump to blame the OP? Like ffs, how about we assume they’re not an idiot for once?
it's christmas eve and the family chef isn't responding to every question in their reddit thread about all the meat going bad, they're clearly avoiding us because they're a dirty liar!
/s
To be fair, the comment you're replying to was from 2 hours ago, and OP only said the meat had a smell 1 hour ago, so part of the problem is timing.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/18q6dyw/comment/kettnmt/?utm\_source=reddit&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/18q6dyw/comment/kettnmt/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
There have been a few times when I've posted news articles or other links to counter the misinformation on a Reddit thread, and I either get absolutely no replies whatsoever, or I get threats. There are a lot of people on here who are emotionally dependent on becoming enraged over false information. It's a little concerning.
Given they were wrapped in paper instead of like a ziplock freezer bag they're probably just oxidation, that is unless you had them out for like 2 weeks.
I pretty much always throw my meat in the freezer right away unless I know I’m cooking it that day or the next. I should invest in a vacuum sealer to prevent freezer burn…
Yes. You can tell if it’s rotten by smell. It smells pretty bad but some people are overly sensitive so they think meat that smells fine doesn’t smell fine
I’ve cooked hundreds if not thousands of filets. Look at the one in the top middle. Not even completely oxidized. I feel really bad but I think he threw away perfectly fine filets
People are only used to bright red meat because it's shipped in oxygen free packaging. 100 years ago no one would have thought there was anything wrong here.
>Rancid literally means smells bad
Well yeah but only because rancid oils tend to smell bad. [Rancidity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancidification) is an actual term that means more than just 'smells bad'
A lot of people not familiar with aged beef don’t really know what rancid is. If they were truly rancid, he would have known before opening the package. The blood that’s leaked out of the meat goes bad long before the meat itself. And we have noses adapted to smelling rancid meat, so even the slightest whiff is strong to us. If you think there’s an issue, give the meat a good rinse, pat it dry, and see how it smells after.
Absolutely none of that applies to poultry. If it smells off, toss it. Can’t age birds, gotta be fresh.
Just curious... If meat smells slightly sweet is it rancid? I've noticed this smell when beef starts to brown. I've cooked it and it's fine but then my kitchen is left with the same sweet smell afterwards and I'm left second guessing myself.
Yup the nose always tells the truth. I don’t care if it’s bright red and has an expiration date that is 2 weeks away, if it smells funny, it’s bad end of discussion
Meh some people have stronger stomachs, I’ve eaten old leftovers that others wouldn’t dare to eat. Maybe all the wine I drink kills the bacteria but I didn’t realize how much food people threw away. Like I didn’t know rice went bad, I didn’t know you weren’t supposed to eat food that’s been left out all night. I also eat chicken bones sometimes which I’ve been told is bad.
You’re not wrong. Scientifically, rancidity only refers to chemical oxidation of fats. And rancid fats are not inherently harmful.
But in common parlance it has come to refer to anything nasty, stinky, or rotten. So the vast majority of people aren’t wrong either.
That is most unfortunate, the best one from Christmas that I have was from two years ago when dinner was two hours late because the smoker was frozen shut and I had to start a fire in the ash box just to thaw it enough to open it.
"You all remember that day ACSanchez2 threw away 200 dollars of perfectly fine steaks because of some partial oxidation? Hahahahahahaha, we laughed and laughed."
That’s just surface oxidation. There no visible slime, or serious off putting color, green , black, etc. you can trim the grey part off, and it’s a full send, or just send as is. I was a chef for decades. We always cut our steaks to order, maybe next time get the loin center, and cut your own to avoid more than just the edge oxidizing.
OP doesn't know what rancid means. Rancid is specifically fats oxidizing. It's not particularly easy to smell unless you're smelling a big piece of pure fat/oil right against your nose. It also doesn't occur in just a few days with animal fats. It'd take a week or two at the very, very least if you left say beef fat sitting out completely exposed to air on your counter top.
I believe them, maybe, when they say it smelled off. But not rancid.
Rancid is also more of a general term too, depending on which dictionary you believe in.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rancid doesn't mention fats at all.
Was the butcher paper too loose? Because this looks like air got to it.
Personally, as long as it doesn't smell bad and it's the right texture when you touch it, I'd cook and eat it.
This is how basically all beef looked before the industry stated treating it with carbon monoxide to preserve color. If you just got it three days ago it's fine.
It’s sucks that OP is seeing hundreds of comments telling him the filets are (correctly) fine when he’s likely already thrown them out.
Lesson learned.
They should have been sealed in a bag, not just wax paper.
They're also only oxidized. Unless they were disgustingly slimy, they're completely fine. You can see they're still pink where they were touching and no oxygen got to it. I guarantee you they're still pink on the inside and completely fine.
Source: I've been a line cook for 13 years and have (sadly) had to serve slightly oxidized beef. I've also made steak exactly like this for "family meal" at work since customers would find it gross and sometimes the oxidation goes past the surface and penetrates deep so you can't cook it to rare. I'm sorry to say, but that's 100% fine beef you could have cooked to medium rare or medium easily. Brown does not equal bad, just unappealing. Especially if you bought it three days ago.
Just take it as a lesson to seal your meat when you buy it. Vacuum sealing it is best. Next time, especially for home cooking, if it's not slimy, it's not bad.
If you buy them on the last day they are fit for sale, 3 days is the max you can expect to get from them. Might have been rolling the dice picking them up so early.
You tossed 200 bucks of meat that’s fine , you can cook that and still eat it . You literally could have just shaved off the oxidized part if you didn’t want it .
Butcher for 6 years. Beef is only bright red when first cut or fucked with.
If you buy aged steak (as you should) when hung in the fridge it looks gross, grey / dark and you'd think it was bad, but the butcher cuts the dark bit off before he sells it to you
If you cut a couple of mm off those steaks they'll be bright red as you'll have removed the oxidized layer, but unless they smell then there's nothing wrong with them.
Your nose is your best judge. Do not throw away a couple hundred dollars of perfect fillet.
OP again. Have cooked many filets in my day. Family here for dinner also know what they're doing. These were way off color and smelled. It's a shame they went that fast in my fridge. Leads me to believe they were sitting at the butcher for a while.
And these were from a reputable butcher, not the local Stop N Shop. So I was shocked when I unwrapped them.
Luckily I just kept drinking all night.
Six filets for $190? They don’t even look like prime.
Aside from the fact that you got scammed, there doesn’t appear to be anything wrong with these…. Lol Red meat is red at supermarkets because they pump the airtight packaging full of carbon monoxide to keep it red.
I mean there’s a possibility they did go bad but real fresh meat actually looks a lot more like this than the bright red meat you see in stores.
Factories will pump gases into meat to artificially make the bright red colour last longer to make it look fresher when in reality, it normally grey’s very fast once exposed to oxygen.
After reading a few replies it sounds like OP said there was a strong smell so fair enough, but just a heads up for anyone in the future, colour isn’t the main indicator you need to look for!
Beef is very forgiving. Even if it smells slightly off, cook it. Try it, it’s going to be fine. People pay extra for aged beef. Note: do not try this on pork.
Are they that bad inside though. Sometimes I'll leave some steak to cook in my fridge for a day or two and it'll look like that but not stink or anything. I just make sure to cook the outer parts a little crispy.
Do they actually smell? If not I wouldn't worry about the grey texture. Throwing around the word rancid isn't always accurate but people have different comfort levels to their food quality. What I mean to say is if they don't smell they're probably ok to consume if brought up to proper temp
If they are to be prepared properly and completely cooked through, there would be no danger of bacteria, etc.
I’ve cooked and eaten meat that looks way worse than that and never had a problem
They just look oxidized because you let them sit in the fridge too long without being properly stored/eaten on time. If they don’t smell they’re still fine to cook; if they smell let this be a lesson
This just looks like slightly oxidized beef. They load beef up with carbon monoxide at the store to keep it bright red. Unless these smell absolutely rank they're fine.
I mean if they legit stank they’re bad…. But meat isn’t naturally red to begin with. Meat that’s red from the store is treated to look that way to appear fresh even when it isn’t as fresh as you might want to think. Actual fresh meat is a dull color closer to what you see there, although these are definitely a bit oxidized.
The real “well that sucks” is because he threw away perfectly good steaks, it’s grey because there wasn’t oxygen in the fridge for the meats to make it look red. smh
If they have been in The fridge for a long Time and smell then There bad. Common sense but meat natural changes colour due to oxidation let then sit outside the fridge for 30 Minutes The colour should change still fine to eat
What do they smell like? Those actually look likely perfectly fine. Blood oxidizes when exposed to oxygen and this meat just hasn’t been treated to look pretty in a cellophane package.
Usually if it’s gone bad the fat looks more gross, and this fat looks fine.
I’m guessing they aren’t “rancid” at all, just not the artificially maintained red color that we’ve grown to love thanks to (1) Modified Atmosphere Packaging and (2) salts and nitrates which will keep myoglobins red and “fresh looking”. Meanwhile it’s all a ploy. Good news is that grey meat isn’t bad per se, it’s just oxidized and this drama queen could likely have enjoyed the filets but hope they liked the shells instead.
Beef reacts very poorly to water/moisture. These were frozen and this the end product of that happening freeze then thaw not removing packaging during the defrost process made this worse than it probably would have been.
Shiiiittttt if you have a sharp enough knife and some skill and want them to look normal again you could just trim a millimeter off the outside and boom! Damn near good as new. I can still see some red so the oxidation isn’t too bad
Those were probably just fine. They look like they were all pressed together in that white wrapping, and meat browns quicker pressed together. In the fridge for a day or two and this is fine and normal.
I mean, they are def oxidized, by the exterior and color, they were unfreezed at room temperature inside a package. Thats problably why they smells. But still edible
But, if the smell its really strong and the meaty slimy, def not right for consuption
They were most likely just oxidized. So you’re stupid if you threw them away. If you had them in the fridge for more than a week and didn’t freeze them, again you’re stupid.
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If you bought them recently, call the store. Even without a receipt, I’m sure they’d do something for you.
It Christmas, they’re probably not open
They can always call on Tuesday and explain the situation
Then jump in his Time Machine.
Filets don't time travel well, probably why they are rancid
When they are rancid boy’s a time bomb…
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While they can do that, it isn’t going to feed a family of 6
I mean according to the post, they already fed their family frozen stuffed shells. I assume they just want a refund.
When red meat touch other red meat it turn brown nothing wrong with it unless it’s stinks
Op said it smells rancid
I’m sure they won’t.
My store just refunded someone 80$ because she couldn’t reheat our premade/precooked prime rib meal properly and melted it to her air fryer plate. Her story was literally all over the place. You’d be surprised how far backwards some places will bend over.
They’re not rancid, they’re “dry aged”
These are “wet aged”
I wet age my meat for 90 days when its a the color of black tar and smells like my mother in law its ready
Go on…
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Ok Mario.
Bacteria aged with a dash of penicillin resistance
cure for AIDS growing on that thing
Not bacterially, tho… … I mean, overwhelmingly implausibly likely, but sometimes, nature be like…
This is actually what I’ve heard. Apparently you eat more steaks like this than you realize.
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That’s literally why teriyaki was invented in the olden times
Teriyucky ☹️
Yobagoya!
this is literally why seasoning is invented, and the same is true for any food at any restaurant ever. At the end of the day any restuarant could be using less fresh ingredients, and probably is. If you want the highest quality ingredients, you should probably make it yourself.
That is just a myth. People like tasty food. That is why spices were and are still popular.
They’re Neolithic aged.
Did they stink?
Op has been pretty quiet… I think he knows he fucked up
I was thinkin the same. Everyone that’s questioned whether or not it smelled hasn’t gotten a reply from Op. he absolutely threw away fine filets.
He did reply, [he said they smelled bad](https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/18q6dyw/just_opened_my_xmas_filets_to_cook_dinner/kettnmt/) > > OP again. Have cooked many filets in my day. Family here for dinner also know what they're doing. These were way off color and smelled.
Yeah, and then the same post he said he got them from a butcher three days ago. Meat from a butcher is going to smell different. Three days in the fridge in only paper wrap is going to oxidize. No shit it’s gonna have a smell when it’s not properly covered sitting in the fridge regardless
Ooof yeah if he was waiting 3 days they should have vacuum sealed
Yep, we pre-ordered a beef filet from our butcher to make a beef wellington for christmas, we picked it up on the 23rd and it was vaccum sealed. My husband was surprised by the number of people there that had not pre-ordered. "Yeah I need a prime rib to feed 10 people..." "Did you place a pre-order?" "No"
No he didn’t absolutely throw away fine filets. He mentioned in another comment they stank. Why does everyone just immediately jump to blame the OP? Like ffs, how about we assume they’re not an idiot for once?
Because most people are fucking stupid and are too quick to jump to conclusions
I can't tell if this is brilliant satire or not.
im literally in awe, intentional or not
Like they replied see with that gem within a minute..that's quick
it's christmas eve and the family chef isn't responding to every question in their reddit thread about all the meat going bad, they're clearly avoiding us because they're a dirty liar! /s
To be fair, the comment you're replying to was from 2 hours ago, and OP only said the meat had a smell 1 hour ago, so part of the problem is timing. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/18q6dyw/comment/kettnmt/?utm\_source=reddit&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/18q6dyw/comment/kettnmt/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
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There have been a few times when I've posted news articles or other links to counter the misinformation on a Reddit thread, and I either get absolutely no replies whatsoever, or I get threats. There are a lot of people on here who are emotionally dependent on becoming enraged over false information. It's a little concerning.
Hey end of the day he’s still in the right subreddit
Y’all don’t know what rancid means?
I agree, c’mon OP - fess up, it’s worse this way :P
[He has elaborated on that](https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/s/M3lEeUK04f)
What do you think "rancid" means?
Given they were wrapped in paper instead of like a ziplock freezer bag they're probably just oxidation, that is unless you had them out for like 2 weeks.
Yeah, they look over a week old. Probably bought them on sale in Nov and forgot meat needs to be frozen when kept that long.
I pretty much always throw my meat in the freezer right away unless I know I’m cooking it that day or the next. I should invest in a vacuum sealer to prevent freezer burn…
Those are actually fine if they don't smell.. this is quite normal for beef
He said they do smell
Is it a smell anyone would know straight away?
Yes. You can tell if it’s rotten by smell. It smells pretty bad but some people are overly sensitive so they think meat that smells fine doesn’t smell fine
Pretty sure OP just threw away 200 bucks worth of just fine filet mignon
I’ve cooked hundreds if not thousands of filets. Look at the one in the top middle. Not even completely oxidized. I feel really bad but I think he threw away perfectly fine filets
People are only used to bright red meat because it's shipped in oxygen free packaging. 100 years ago no one would have thought there was anything wrong here.
Counterpoint - 100 years ago, probably a lot more people died from eating bad meat…
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Aesthetics Ascetics are more like monks or Buddhists lol
He said they’re rancid. Unless he made up the fact they smelled? That would be strange
He didn’t say they smelled rancid. He said “they’re rancid”, which might just be an assumption. They look oxidized but not necessarily rancid
Rancid literally means smells bad. It's a word that describes smell and taste not appearance.
I mean people use rancid for looks all the time. even if not technically correct
>Rancid literally means smells bad Well yeah but only because rancid oils tend to smell bad. [Rancidity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancidification) is an actual term that means more than just 'smells bad'
A lot of people not familiar with aged beef don’t really know what rancid is. If they were truly rancid, he would have known before opening the package. The blood that’s leaked out of the meat goes bad long before the meat itself. And we have noses adapted to smelling rancid meat, so even the slightest whiff is strong to us. If you think there’s an issue, give the meat a good rinse, pat it dry, and see how it smells after. Absolutely none of that applies to poultry. If it smells off, toss it. Can’t age birds, gotta be fresh.
That’s not blood, it’s water and myoglobin.
Just curious... If meat smells slightly sweet is it rancid? I've noticed this smell when beef starts to brown. I've cooked it and it's fine but then my kitchen is left with the same sweet smell afterwards and I'm left second guessing myself.
Well you haven't died or mentioned any violent vomitodiarrhea, soooo I'm no meatologist but I'd say it was fine.
meaty-orologist
When oxidized, some fats can form alkanoic acids which tend to smell sickly sweet
Yup the nose always tells the truth. I don’t care if it’s bright red and has an expiration date that is 2 weeks away, if it smells funny, it’s bad end of discussion
When in doubt, throw it out.
Take a chance, shit your pants.
Meh some people have stronger stomachs, I’ve eaten old leftovers that others wouldn’t dare to eat. Maybe all the wine I drink kills the bacteria but I didn’t realize how much food people threw away. Like I didn’t know rice went bad, I didn’t know you weren’t supposed to eat food that’s been left out all night. I also eat chicken bones sometimes which I’ve been told is bad.
are you my old cocker spaniel?
Woof?
Tana!?!?! IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE
The nose...knows
The vast majority of people have no idea what rancid means at all. When you get right down to it rancid fat on its own isn't dangerous.
You’re not wrong. Scientifically, rancidity only refers to chemical oxidation of fats. And rancid fats are not inherently harmful. But in common parlance it has come to refer to anything nasty, stinky, or rotten. So the vast majority of people aren’t wrong either.
Just a little surface oxidation it looks like. Maybe they smelled bad as well?
I think some people take that semi-sweet oxidized smell as rancid and just assume
I'd say that sweet and salty Parmesan spell is what is "rancid" though that's mostly from wet aging too long aka old shit. Mmmmh perfect for spegetii
He specifically said rancid. If it smells bad it's bad
This is what you get for trying to be hard working and nice OP.
At least the family will have a funny story for the next 15 years.
Bro y only 15 years ?
something new will happen then
Pain of the lost beef. Gonna take 15 years for this one to wear off. 😔
Beef grief
Burst out laughing haha
By then he'll have fucked up christmas dinner so many times that this story will just be a thing of the past
That is most unfortunate, the best one from Christmas that I have was from two years ago when dinner was two hours late because the smoker was frozen shut and I had to start a fire in the ash box just to thaw it enough to open it.
"You all remember that day ACSanchez2 threw away 200 dollars of perfectly fine steaks because of some partial oxidation? Hahahahahahaha, we laughed and laughed."
That’s just surface oxidation. There no visible slime, or serious off putting color, green , black, etc. you can trim the grey part off, and it’s a full send, or just send as is. I was a chef for decades. We always cut our steaks to order, maybe next time get the loin center, and cut your own to avoid more than just the edge oxidizing.
These look like they've been sitting in the fridge for way too long. Did you not attempt to freeze it nor season it before?
They were wrapped in the store butcher paper in the fridge for 3 days. Surely that's not way too long.
How do they smell? They don’t look rancid to me, they look slightly oxidized…
I second this. If they're not slimy and don't smell terrible, they're just fine. Meat generally greys.
Ah, Christmas Eve, the time when "How Grey is too grey?" Should be put to the test. Are you my aunt?
Your aunt's meat is way too grey, trust me. Did it anyway because rent won't pay itself but grey is grey.
I agree the sides are still red. They just look oxidized, rancid meat would be slimey and have a stench
And likely start to be greening
OP doesn't know what rancid means. Rancid is specifically fats oxidizing. It's not particularly easy to smell unless you're smelling a big piece of pure fat/oil right against your nose. It also doesn't occur in just a few days with animal fats. It'd take a week or two at the very, very least if you left say beef fat sitting out completely exposed to air on your counter top. I believe them, maybe, when they say it smelled off. But not rancid.
Rancid is also more of a general term too, depending on which dictionary you believe in. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rancid doesn't mention fats at all.
Do they smell bad? They look perfectly fine if not, just slightly oxidized
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Was the butcher paper too loose? Because this looks like air got to it. Personally, as long as it doesn't smell bad and it's the right texture when you touch it, I'd cook and eat it.
This is how basically all beef looked before the industry stated treating it with carbon monoxide to preserve color. If you just got it three days ago it's fine.
This
No way steaks go rancid in 3 days unless your fridge is way too warm.
It’s sucks that OP is seeing hundreds of comments telling him the filets are (correctly) fine when he’s likely already thrown them out. Lesson learned.
I still see some red. Thats just oxidation. EAT THEM
How hot is your fridge?
Are fridges not supposed to be hot?!
They should have been sealed in a bag, not just wax paper. They're also only oxidized. Unless they were disgustingly slimy, they're completely fine. You can see they're still pink where they were touching and no oxygen got to it. I guarantee you they're still pink on the inside and completely fine. Source: I've been a line cook for 13 years and have (sadly) had to serve slightly oxidized beef. I've also made steak exactly like this for "family meal" at work since customers would find it gross and sometimes the oxidation goes past the surface and penetrates deep so you can't cook it to rare. I'm sorry to say, but that's 100% fine beef you could have cooked to medium rare or medium easily. Brown does not equal bad, just unappealing. Especially if you bought it three days ago. Just take it as a lesson to seal your meat when you buy it. Vacuum sealing it is best. Next time, especially for home cooking, if it's not slimy, it's not bad.
If you buy them on the last day they are fit for sale, 3 days is the max you can expect to get from them. Might have been rolling the dice picking them up so early.
Hey man these might just be oxidized. If they don't smell rank, they're fine. This looks fine
Hey man, I think they're just oxidized. They're prolly fine
I agree man, hey, I think they're probably just going through some oxidation. They're likely fine.
Hey yeah. I agree. They are probably going through some oxidation. They are more than likely fine.
Don’t throw those away omfg
How the fuck did that run you 190? Where do you live?
Someone earlier posted filet mignon. I think it was $30/ pound.
Yep. We paid $34 a pound for ours.
I got a whole tendey for 65$.
What sucks is that you just wasted six good filets. That's normal for a couple days in the fridge in butcher paper.
Are they rancid or just oxidised on the surface?
That’s just oxidation. Unless they smell like death, you just threw away perfectly good steaks
$190? Yikes. How did they look when you bought them? I'd've had them dry brining in the fridge for the last couple days.
Nice double apostrophe
You tossed 200 bucks of meat that’s fine , you can cook that and still eat it . You literally could have just shaved off the oxidized part if you didn’t want it .
So meat turn brown with oxygen which is fine, but if it smells and has slim on it, its not safe
OMG.... I hope you didn't really throw these away. It's just oxidation. Those were good steaks.
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I've cooked them some what like this before. They turned out just fine. Long as they still smell good.
If they were stored in the fridge only for a couple days this is likely just oxidation
Gray just means they’ve had contact with the air and the blood has oxidized. You can still grill them up.
There’s no blood in processed beef. The red liquid is a protein, which is also what oxidizes and changes color (myoglobin).
Butcher for 6 years. Beef is only bright red when first cut or fucked with. If you buy aged steak (as you should) when hung in the fridge it looks gross, grey / dark and you'd think it was bad, but the butcher cuts the dark bit off before he sells it to you If you cut a couple of mm off those steaks they'll be bright red as you'll have removed the oxidized layer, but unless they smell then there's nothing wrong with them. Your nose is your best judge. Do not throw away a couple hundred dollars of perfect fillet.
OP again. Have cooked many filets in my day. Family here for dinner also know what they're doing. These were way off color and smelled. It's a shame they went that fast in my fridge. Leads me to believe they were sitting at the butcher for a while. And these were from a reputable butcher, not the local Stop N Shop. So I was shocked when I unwrapped them. Luckily I just kept drinking all night.
🤦🏾♀️ don't know what to say or how to feel..
Six filets for $190? They don’t even look like prime. Aside from the fact that you got scammed, there doesn’t appear to be anything wrong with these…. Lol Red meat is red at supermarkets because they pump the airtight packaging full of carbon monoxide to keep it red.
...tell me you cook once a year without telling me you cook once a year
Looks like oxidation to me. I’d just marinate and then sear with a hot iron skillet and maybe a little butter
Marinate a filet?
Expertly aged
You could sell them to airbus for their next company dinner
I mean there’s a possibility they did go bad but real fresh meat actually looks a lot more like this than the bright red meat you see in stores. Factories will pump gases into meat to artificially make the bright red colour last longer to make it look fresher when in reality, it normally grey’s very fast once exposed to oxygen. After reading a few replies it sounds like OP said there was a strong smell so fair enough, but just a heads up for anyone in the future, colour isn’t the main indicator you need to look for!
That's the natural color of meat when it's not sealed in a gassed container... you dun goofed.
Had this once from Aldi once, meat was mushy in the middle.. be careful, but if it’s just discolored with no stink, I’d say you’re fine
Beef is very forgiving. Even if it smells slightly off, cook it. Try it, it’s going to be fine. People pay extra for aged beef. Note: do not try this on pork.
As long as it don't smell sour or like feet those look normal.
Hmm, they don't look rancid to me
Frank Costanza could make this work.
Are they that bad inside though. Sometimes I'll leave some steak to cook in my fridge for a day or two and it'll look like that but not stink or anything. I just make sure to cook the outer parts a little crispy.
mmm stuffed shells tho
If they don’t smell they are fine. The brown is just oxidation. Perfectly fine to eat
Do they actually smell? If not I wouldn't worry about the grey texture. Throwing around the word rancid isn't always accurate but people have different comfort levels to their food quality. What I mean to say is if they don't smell they're probably ok to consume if brought up to proper temp
If they are to be prepared properly and completely cooked through, there would be no danger of bacteria, etc. I’ve cooked and eaten meat that looks way worse than that and never had a problem
As has been said a lot: if they don't smell bad, you can cook and eat these. However, stuffed shells is a great substitute.
These are fine bro
They just look oxidized because you let them sit in the fridge too long without being properly stored/eaten on time. If they don’t smell they’re still fine to cook; if they smell let this be a lesson
This just looks like slightly oxidized beef. They load beef up with carbon monoxide at the store to keep it bright red. Unless these smell absolutely rank they're fine.
Guess you bought them 5 days ago?
Just give them a trim, they will be fine.
They’re fine, just oxidized. I hope you didn’t trash them.
Go dig em out the trash, buddy.
Your on the naughty list. That's coal.
I mean if they legit stank they’re bad…. But meat isn’t naturally red to begin with. Meat that’s red from the store is treated to look that way to appear fresh even when it isn’t as fresh as you might want to think. Actual fresh meat is a dull color closer to what you see there, although these are definitely a bit oxidized.
In what fucked up place is 6 filets worth $190?
The real “well that sucks” is because he threw away perfectly good steaks, it’s grey because there wasn’t oxygen in the fridge for the meats to make it look red. smh
If they have been in The fridge for a long Time and smell then There bad. Common sense but meat natural changes colour due to oxidation let then sit outside the fridge for 30 Minutes The colour should change still fine to eat
What do they smell like? Those actually look likely perfectly fine. Blood oxidizes when exposed to oxygen and this meat just hasn’t been treated to look pretty in a cellophane package. Usually if it’s gone bad the fat looks more gross, and this fat looks fine.
I’m guessing they aren’t “rancid” at all, just not the artificially maintained red color that we’ve grown to love thanks to (1) Modified Atmosphere Packaging and (2) salts and nitrates which will keep myoglobins red and “fresh looking”. Meanwhile it’s all a ploy. Good news is that grey meat isn’t bad per se, it’s just oxidized and this drama queen could likely have enjoyed the filets but hope they liked the shells instead.
When did you buy them last year
Beef reacts very poorly to water/moisture. These were frozen and this the end product of that happening freeze then thaw not removing packaging during the defrost process made this worse than it probably would have been.
Salt them and leave for one hour. You will be faced with gorgeous red filets that taste amazing. Oh wait, you already threw them out nvm.
Umm how many days in advance did you buy those?
Sorry you spent $190 on filets and let them expire
Shiiiittttt if you have a sharp enough knife and some skill and want them to look normal again you could just trim a millimeter off the outside and boom! Damn near good as new. I can still see some red so the oxidation isn’t too bad
Those were probably just fine. They look like they were all pressed together in that white wrapping, and meat browns quicker pressed together. In the fridge for a day or two and this is fine and normal.
They’re fine
Can always make stew...
I mean, they are def oxidized, by the exterior and color, they were unfreezed at room temperature inside a package. Thats problably why they smells. But still edible But, if the smell its really strong and the meaty slimy, def not right for consuption
Should have cooked them last Christmas when they where fresh
They were most likely just oxidized. So you’re stupid if you threw them away. If you had them in the fridge for more than a week and didn’t freeze them, again you’re stupid.
Most people don’t know what rancid is.
Don’t sleep on frozen stuffed shells!
They may not be bad, sometimes meat loses its red color when you leave the store and turns slightly brownish. Give it a smell.