meat - please advise

squeaky

It's not the colour that should be of concern so much, as has been said, but the smell could mean trouble - but I can't smell it from here.

pavlovs_dog

it doesnt smell unless you get right up close to it...its not as if it is really really pungent!!!!

OH reckons im worry over nowt, he seems quite prepared to eat it, so on his head be it i guess

apprentice_tycoon

Well, if it doesn't smell nasty, and by it's nature it's going to cook for a couple of hours, so then it'll be OK

pavlovs_dog

well in case anyone was worried, im still alive (touchwood) :rotfl:

squeaky

I thought you were feeding it to your other half!!! Is he still alive?

make_life_easier

After all that concern was it a good stew??? :rolleyes:

pavlovs_dog

squeaky wrote:

I thought you were feeding it to your other half!!! Is he still alive?

well he was at 7pm , he's gone to work, would have rather he stayed at home today cos its not very often he's ill, and i hate to watch him suffer. he's determined to soldier on and has taken half the bloody medicine cabinet in with him!!

that said, this food posioning business takes time, so i'd best not count my chickens too soon!!!!!

make_life_easier wrote:

After all that concern was it a good stew???

it wasnt bad, swede was a bit woody in parts, but other than that, not bad at all. i even ate the beef bits. i chopped them up too, which for someone who hates the feel of raw meat is quite an achievement :beer:

it has to be said, its is a well known fact that everything-bar-the-kitchen-soup/stew tastes better when it is a few days old and you are getting to the murky depths of the pot *licks lips*

oooh my poor expanding waistline :rotfl:

BWZN93

I dont know about supermarket meat's anymore after watching 'supermarket secrets', im finding an excellent local butcher. Do you reckon we could ask martin for a 'Screw The Supermarkets' car sticker?? If not - lets make our own - ill find a printer!!!

Jo xx

Murtle

Honestly you'll know if meat is off when you smell it - it has a smell that at least will make your nose wrinkle, at worst will hit your stomach. The same goes for eggs, you think you won't know what an off egg will smell like until you smell it!

Think of off milk...most people don't know what it smells like/tastes like until their first time - then they just know!!!

calleyw

And with pheasant you are suppose to hang it until it had maggots in it :eek: grim I know.

Don't forget a lot of us (me included) have been brought up with beef that looks red. And we think it is good. To my mind when it starts to go brown it looks nasty and so is not good.

I know that is not correct. But just can't help it when I see raw brown beef it puts me off.

Yours

Calley