Bad beef?

[WebLady]

OK I was just making some chili for dinner and I think the groud beef may be bad.

We bought it like maybe Wednesday of last week; I didn't really look that closely at it then (DH picked it up), but at first glance it looked ok and I don't think it was expired (said sell by 3/9) or anything. It had been in the freezer until the day before yesterday.

Today when I took it out of the package to cook I noticed it as a lighter pink than usual, and it had sort of a funny smell. Even while cooking I noticed an odd smell, almost like soap :bbconfused:

So I am thinking it is just me and it fine, so I finish cooking it and put it into the chil and now the chili has a slight smell and tastes funny. I just had a taste of it to see if I seasoned it right.

I guess I am gonna throw it out to be safe; I may throw out the other two packages we bought that night too.

So now I feel like an idiot for even putting it in the chili if I thought was bad :geek: How can you tell if ground beef is bad anyway?

[70707Bride]

I'm not really sure, I'm afraid to use it if it turns brown. But I'm sure you could smell if its bad or not. We usually keep ours frozen until we use it.

[Dani]

I have questioned some beef that I have cooked before. I usually keep it all in the freezer until I need it. I let it defrost on the counter that day if I am using it that night. If we decide to go out to eat (which is often) I put it in the fridge, but if it is in there 2 days I pitch it. Doug says its fine, but I won't touch it.

[Parhelion]

My FH and I are both extremely paranoid about what we eat, so I'm uber-cautious about dealing with raw meat and such. We rarely eat beef (we both prefer ground buffalo and ground turkey) but we figure that if any meat smells weird, chuck it.

[WebLady]

Yeah, I threw out the pot of chili; now I am debating if I should throw out the rest of the same batch of meet that is still in the freezer.

[vicky_vicky]

If it smells funny throw it out:purplex: