Help, gave friend frozen cooked meat that may have been in my freezer for over a year

[panpete]

Hi
I gave my friend some packets of cooked beef that may have been in my freezer for well over a year.
I order my shopping online and checked my orders from the last 13 months, some of the meat was dated April, but it did not say the year on the packet.
I've researched and you are supposed to throw meat out of the freezer after a year.
My friend has diabetes and I cannot get hold of her at the moment.
I'm worried that I will give her food poisoning.

 

[Saul Goodman]

They'll be fine.
Or they'll die.
You know no answer is going to put your mind at rest.
But I've eaten a 5 year old lasagna from the freezer, and I didn't die.

 

[panpete]

They'll be fine.
Or they'll die.
You know no answer is going to put your mind at rest.
But I've eaten a 5 year old lasagna from the freezer, and I didn't die.

Did it have meat in it?
I asked hoping to hear of people who had eaten meat stored in the freezer for over a year and survived and that is why I thought I would be reassured.

 

[moomoo]

She’ll be fine. I eat food that’s been in my freezer forever!

 

[8115]

I think they'll be fine. Deep breaths panpete !!

 

[Saul Goodman]

Did it have meat in it?
I asked hoping to hear of people who had eaten meat stored in the freezer for over a year and survived and that is why I thought I would be reassured.

It was a lasagna. Of course it had meat in it

 

[StoneRoad]

I've eaten meals containing meat that have been in the freezer for over eighteen months - it was fine.

 

[Riklet]

It wont have gone bad if cooked and frozen at a solid temperature for a year.

Obvs 6 months is recommended but it wont be bad enough to make someone sick. Might have degraded in texture etc a bit.

 

[cupid_stunt]

I've researched and you are supposed to throw meat out of the freezer after a year.

This is bollocks.

Meat, indeed anything, is good after years in a freezer.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Another vote for absolutely fine.
Have you seen the numerous threads on Urban documenting the breaking of all manner of food "rules"? There's loads of them and we always live.

 

[panpete]

It was a lasagna. Of course it had meat in it

I asked cos I thought it may have been a veggie one.

 

[panpete]

A couple of nights over the last year I have left the freezer door open, so im worried it might have thawed and re froze. Thanks for all your posts though.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

They'll be fine panpete - as long as it was kept frozen, and cooked properly it will be fine.

 

[maomao]

A couple of nights over the last year I have left the freezer door open, so im worried it might have thawed and re froze. Thanks for all your posts though.

Meat that's been thawed and refrozen twice would be absolutely minging and would have very low water content. If the meal was edible I'm sure she's okay. Freezer times are more about how longf it takes food to break down at that temperature than because they can grow dangerous bacteria which they really can't at that temperature.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Another vote for absolutely fine.
Have you seen the numerous threads on Urban documenting the breaking of all manner of food "rules"? There's loads of them and we always live.

Apart from that fella that died.

 

[Baronage-Phase]

Frozen meat just loses food value and may taste less tasty. But if it stayed frozen all the time then it'll be ok.
Dont worry about it.

 

[panpete]

Apart from that fella that died.

I take it that's a joke?

 

[Saul Goodman]

I take it that's a joke?

Of course it is. You haven't killed or poisoned anyone.

 

[panpete]

Thanks for all of your reassurance much appreciated

 

[Baronage-Phase]

I take it that's a joke?

Not at all. Completely serious.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I ate a Fray Bentos tinned meat pie that was TWO YEARS OUT OF DATE the other week and I survived

 

[danny la rouge]

Thanks for all of your reassurance much appreciated

If your friend heated up the meat until it was piping hot, she’ll be fine. The worst that would happen is that she’d have a not particularly tasty meal.

 

[danny la rouge]

I ate a Fray Bentos tinned meat pie that was TWO YEARS OUT OF DATE the other week and I survived

I remember John Noakes opening a tin of corned beef from the First World War and eating some of it. He didn’t die until decades later.

 

[Proper Tidy]

When we had mad cow disease and all that, I remember hearing that all the beef we ate in UK was years and years old, a decade plus in some cases, and had just been in deep freeze. I was about eight at time so could be misremembering. Anyway I also think they'll be fine, might have a shit spag bol but will live to tell the tale

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I remember John Noakes opening a tin of corned beef from the First World War and eating some of it. He didn’t die until decades later.

There is definitely a suspicious connection there.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Another vote for absolutely fine.
Have you seen the numerous threads on Urban documenting the breaking of all manner of food "rules"? There's loads of them and we always live.

Do we though? Perhaps urban is just the waiting room of the damned...

 

[Epona]

I remember John Noakes opening a tin of corned beef from the First World War and eating some of it. He didn’t die until decades later.

My enduring memory of John Noakes is when I saw him being interviewed and they asked him how Shep was doing, and he said Shep had died and got a bit tearful. It was heartbreaking.
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Maybe he only ate a forkful and gave the rest to his faithful doggie...