How long does bison stay good frozen?

[stoop14]

My friend gave me quite a few bison roasts last spring and I totally forgot about them in hidden in the back of the freezer. Now i'm wondering how long their good for? They are from his 2010 hunt, they were packaged properly by a licensed butcher and frozen ever since. Would they still be good to eat? Here is a picture, there is some frost on it, is this freezer burn? Is it still eatable?

 

[david doyle]

yes they are good, no question

 

[Grizzlypeg]

Cook it now. No point waiting any longer.

 

[stoop14]

I might have spoke to soon, there is some frost on the meat is that a issue?

 

[Fall Guy]

Marinate in a little red wine and BBQ away.

ETA: ^As long as there is no major freezer burn, you're GTG.

 

[kamlooky]

Swallow what tastes good and spit out what don't..............

 

[stoop14]

Here is a pic of the ice crystals, would this be considered freezer burn?

 

[TaylorJW]

Eat ,,no worries.If it doesn't smell strong like freezer when you unwrap it it's ok..That may not make sense unless you have unwrapped a forgotten piece of meat and it stinks like? well,, freezer. hard too explain. the bison should be good.

 

[Fall Guy]

Here is a pic of the ice crystals, would this be considered freezer burn?

No. It, actually, looks pretty good.

 

[Grizzlypeg]

That doesn't look freezer burnt. Freezer burn is when the meat turns straw brown or grey from exposure to air. Even at that, on a valuable piece of meat, I'd just trim off the outer surface and salvage the rest. I'd say your piece of meat is good to go. Read up on how best to prepare it. Lean meats (which I'm assuming Bison is) tends to be dry if overcooked, so avoid cooking it like a greasy pot roast.

 

[IMagius]

I woud be more than willing to cook that piece up. Looks quite fine to me. Usually, freezer burn will turn the meat a "cooked" brownish/beige color - that pic looks like just some hard frost on it to me.

If you are really concerned about it, thaw it first, then cut out the "white" areas in the pic. Freezer burn doesn't "spread" through meat, so anything not discolored should be perfectly fine.

 

[stoop14]

Going to do it up in the slow cooker i think with red wine and veggies.

 

[saskgunowner101]

I'll echo what most everyone is saying, it should be good. If you're in doubt just cut 1/2 inch off all surfaces and it'll be brand new. We're eating jerky from some Nov 2010 packs of deer meat that got lost in the bottom of the freezer and you'd never know it.

 

[atticus]

oh man that looks delicious.

did you cook it? how was it?

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

There are natives on the land in Siberia who find frozen Wooly Mammoths every so often. Apparently they feed the meat to their dogs. No freezer wrap or deep freezes there.

Did someone say frozen Wooly Mammoth tastes like chicken?

 

[JJ-65]

they feed the meat to their dogs.

My dogs turn up their noses at buffalo meat...... i tend to concur with them