Corned beef from the freezer

[DougCA]

Hey everyone,

I took a package of corned beef out of the freezer today to slow cook later this week. The packaging is expanding which concerns me and leads me to believe this meat is bad.

i had another corned beef in the freezer which was bought at the same time post st. Pats last year (use by dates are the same 5/21) and the packaging is fine.

I plan to toss the expanding one but wanted to see if this happens with frozen corned beef. I have never experienced it with frozen meat. I can only guess it was subtly expanding when I put it in the freezer. Video below.

 

[gmc2003]

Possibly a pinhole in the package, or maybe it's like the ones I saw at the store the other day. They had an excessive amount of the brine water in the package.

Just my guesses.

Chris

 

[normanaj]

The second one is freezer burnt.

 

[DougCA]

freezer burn makes the package expand?

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

I had to toss couple but they where in freezer couple years. I have read this about high salt content:

You also want to make sure that the meat does not have any added salt. Salt in the packaging will draw out moisture and will oxidize the meat fat, giving it a rancid flavor and shortening the period the meat can be left in the freezer. Therefore any meat that is further processed, or contains added salt will stay fresh for a shorter amount of time in the freezer.

daveomak may know something about this?

 

[daveomak]

Is the offending package still frozem ??? Is it at room temp ??? Facts please...

I would toss it... A hospital visit ain't worth a $10 hunk of meat...

 

[DougCA]

it is still frozen. I plan to toss it since I the other one that was bought at the same time looks fine, so something is amiss. Just was wondering what would cause this. I know when I bought these they went straight into the freezer so they didn't sit in the fridge past the use by date and have an opportunity to expand. It definitely expanded post freeze.