Bacon with green tinge

Dotmatic

I hope this is not a really stupid question but after being veggie for about 18 years I decided about 2 years ago to start eating meat again, anyway to cut a long story short it means that I'm clueless when it comes to cooking meat. I've been cooking bacon fine for the last few months but today DS opened the pack and noticed it had a shiny,silvery green tinge, does this mean it has gone off? The pack was dated use by 24 May. I haven't a clue what bacon looks like if it's gone off, it smelt fine, I cooked it but could still see a bit of the green so ended up chucking it in the bin, not best pleased as it was organic bacon so not the cheapest :mad:

Here's the question, could I have eaten it, was it safe to eat? :rolleyes:

astonsmummy

I thought it was normal, i hope somene comes along and puts my mind at rest

Solwaykid

In the same boat Dotmatic, veggie for 20 years and have ventured into bacon, chicken and fish territory in the past 2 years.
I'm a good cook but clueless about meat. I work on the assumption that if it's well cooked and smells like I'd want to eat it it's ok to do so.

Mr_Proctalgia

The green sheen or iridescence is OK and normal with bacon, so long as it smelled OK and had not started to turn a greyish colour it will be fine.

HTH

PS Did it give off lots of "water" when you cooked it?

Dotmatic

Thanks Mr Proctalgia

What causes this iridescence then? Yes it gave off lots of 'water', in fact there seemed to be more than usual.

p.s can't believe I've chucked it all away if it was fine :mad: Oh well at least I know now.

dannahaz

Dotmatic wrote: »

Yes it gave off lots of 'water',.

You might want to try dry cured bacon, It's more expensive, but it doesn't have lots of water in and the rashers don't shrink anywhere near as much.

Also, as you've been out of the meat-eating loop for a while, don't forget that the pigs which go for British bacon have a much higher welfare standard than other countries. That's why it tends to be more expensive. I'll get off my soapbox now.

Hx

eamon

You had what is known as "green" bacon. Perfectly fine to eat. If you do a search on google you can find more information.

yours

Eamon

bltchef

its ok to eat the colour is due to vacum package

lindadykes

"Green" bacon is the name given to unsmoked bacon. The slight green sheen is perfectly normal. You said it was organic bacon and so it had probably used a traditional cure. A lot of the bacon in supermarkets etc today hasn't really been "cured" as such, it is just injected with chemicals and salty water.

dreams_R_free

Don't want to hi-jack the thread but I had a similar problem with frozen boil-in-the-bag kippers. Once cooked and on the plate I didn't fancy them as the skins had an almost 'rainbow' effect....very pretty and colourful but I was really dubious .

Ended up throwing them at the bottom of the garden (intended for a family of feral cats that live in the adjoining graveyard) but some huge rooks swooped down and carried them off:eek: . Would they have been OK to eat? I so hate wasting food.

Debt_Free_Chick

Apparently, it's do with fat in water