02-14-2008, 09:12 PM
(If Mint says "no", then I sure won't.)
A friend was moving after a divorce and gave me the stuff in his freezer. I noticed the quail was from 1993, 1995, 1998 etc.
I was going to throw a bucket from 1996 in the woods and saw that it looked pretty good. So, I washed it and fried a couple of legs and a beast and it tasted good. There was no hint of freezer-burn.
However, I read that freezing didn't kill bacteria - it only slowed it down. So, would bacteria multiply after 15 years and cause problems, especially when frying birds, which sometimes just barely get cooked long enough because you have to guess when they're really done?
A friend was moving after a divorce and gave me the stuff in his freezer. I noticed the quail was from 1993, 1995, 1998 etc.
I was going to throw a bucket from 1996 in the woods and saw that it looked pretty good. So, I washed it and fried a couple of legs and a beast and it tasted good. There was no hint of freezer-burn.
However, I read that freezing didn't kill bacteria - it only slowed it down. So, would bacteria multiply after 15 years and cause problems, especially when frying birds, which sometimes just barely get cooked long enough because you have to guess when they're really done?