frozen game sasuage - freezer life?

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well im guessing this is the most appropriate forum....

well i feel like a bit of a tool for even having to post this... but in my limited (5) years of hunting, nothing has ever made it longer then 4-5 months in the freezer with out being eaten...

i was cleaning out the old fridge / freezer and found a few packs of deer sausage from last year. so say 11 months old.. frozen right after i made it and been frozen since. no power outages more then a few hours, freezers nice and cold. been wrapped in proper brown butchers paper...

so other then possibly having a bit of a freezer burnt taste to it, safe to eat? only time animal products have gone this long in my feezer were in vacum packed and sealed package. i hate throwing things out, but i also dont need to be sick for a week either

thanks...
 
Last year?

I'm finding, and eating, moose from 2009 in the bottom of mine.

Freezer life is dependent upon temperature, and how well sealed the packaging is, as well as how tightly packed the meat is inside the package.

I keep my chest freezer cranked about as cold as it will go, the stuff is actually hard to handle for long with bare hands, it's so cold. It clanks when the packages are struck together.

It's all good unless it looks like it ain't, in which case, trim the bad looking stuff and carry on.

Cheers
Trev
 
I've pulled steaks and roasts from the bottom of the freezer that were a couple years old (always wondered how someone could do that until it was me!) and they were fine. I've also had sausage that wasn't nearly as old, and the taste was off....maybe due to the pork fat in it?? In any event, I was never worried about it going bad in the sense it would make a guy sick. Let it thaw, if it smells or tastes "off", dispose of it.
 
My $.02, how long it is in the freezer will affect the taste but not the safety as long as it has never thawed. It is primarily how you defrost where you will run into bacteria problems.
 
ThurnYTaxis said:
My $.02, how long it is in the freezer will affect the taste but not the safety as long as it has never thawed. It is primarily how you defrost where you will run into bacteria problems.
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I usually thaw everything in a sealed bag in cold water for 1/2 a day or so. Of coarse a big 11 lb chicken would take longer. I have cheated on occasion and used room temp water when pressed for time. Haven't got sick yet, so I'm assuming it's a safe way. I'm glad to hear in a post above that 3 yr old frozen moose is ok. We were very lucky to get some from a friend, some of it is 3-4 yrs old. We've had some venison get lost in the freezer for 2 yrs and it was ok.
 
ThurnYTaxis said:
My $.02, how long it is in the freezer will affect the taste but not the safety as long as it has never thawed. It is primarily how you defrost where you will run into bacteria problems.
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please explain the good way and the bad way to defrost. I don't want anyone getting sick around here. Thanks in advance.
 
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