Top 10 Trout Streams in PA (only name brands)
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I bought this to make my sauce because ground beef is so much more expensive. It was frozen and I left it in the freezer box for a week or so. I then took it out and put it into the refrigerator section to thaw so I can more easily brown it to use in my sauce. After a couple days, I felt it and it had softened, at least to the feel of my grip, but was still cold (40 degrees or so). So I decided to start my sauce. I took it out and put it next to my crock pot intending to start my sauce, but I forgot I did that and probably let it sit at room temperature for 12 hours or so. I immediately put it back in the refrigerator. It has now been there (40 degrees) for a week. I have not broken the hermetically sealed plastic packaging, so I do not know what it looks or smells like.
Does anything think this can be safely eaten if if it passed the sight and smell tests and I cook it thoroughly?
Does anything think this can be safely eaten if if it passed the sight and smell tests and I cook it thoroughly?
Considering it is sausage, and that specific type of sausage, it is much, much more likely to be okay and safe to eat than other less preserved meats. Did you know that sausage is the inspiration for the latin name classification of botulism? Sausage used to cause outbreaks because people didn't understand botulism and it would grow in the oxygen depleted aging process of the sausage manufacturing. Good thing we discovered nitrates and nitrites, thereby making sausage a safe product to create and eat.
Regardless, those very same nitrates and nitrites will help keep your food from spoiling as easy as other, less preserved meats. You must invoke your inner food safety version of Smoky the Bear here. Only YOU can determine if this meat is safe you to eat or not! I mean, you will probably just get mildly ill if anything.
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wildtrout2
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The smell test is often a good indicator.
Bamboozle
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Why take a chance if you are unsure...
Eat it.
In the interest of scientific experimentation.
Be sure to record things such as the time you ate it, when the vomiting began, etc.
tomgamber
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I use this kind of "fresh" sausage for biscuits and gravy only. The sniff test should work.
FarmerDave
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Jack,
Earlier today, I bought 80/20 ground beef at a Giant Iggle for $3.99 a pound (on sale) which is likely cheaper than that prepackaged sausage.
Earlier today, I bought 80/20 ground beef at a Giant Iggle for $3.99 a pound (on sale) which is likely cheaper than that prepackaged sausage.
Tigereye
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$4.50 @ pkg. Its your call.🤮
Bamboozle
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Herring in cream or white sauce and straight pickled herring is excellent... 👍
Did you ever have the German herring appetizer called Rollmops? Basically it is herring stuffed with mustard, pickles and onion, rolled into a cylinder and brined. Yum!!
Speaking of fish, I've been eating canned brisling sardines since I was little kid and often take them with me fishing. Other tinned fish in my regular rotation are kippered snacks, mackerel fillets and sardine fillets which are luscious bigger sardines without the skin.
Tigereye
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Sardines are a super food. Eat them regularly.
I prefer anchovies.
FollowTheBlueLines
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Keeping in the spirit of the Top 10 Trout Streams in PA - does anyone like mayo on fries?
I recently discovered this combination and I prefer it over ketchup now.
I recently discovered this combination and I prefer it over ketchup now.
Bamboozle
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Have you ever had the salted types?? Very, very good.
The owner of Vinny's Pizza in Carlisle once gave me a small dish of them to take with me after I raved about the anchovies on my pizza.
dudemanspecial
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Anchovies, sardines, gemmies......they are all delicious.
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When I get fish and chips or a fish sandwich with fries, I dip my fries in the tartar sauce that comes with it.
Same thing with any Big Mac like burger sauce, a close relative to tartar sauce, that may drip off my burger. Use the fries to dip it up.
Can’t say I’ve tried straight pure mayo though.
Dipping French fries in mayo is so delicious. Your heart, arteries, and veins may not appreciate it, though.
It is a DIVINE condiment on fries, though.
I am going to have to make a trip to fish Big Spring or the Letort and get some pizza with anchovies at Vinny's.
Bamboozle
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Mayo dipping "sauces" on fries and especially Belgian style frites is the bomb. You can spice up the mayo with stuff like hot sauce, lime juice, black pepper, white pepper, finely chopped garlic or onion....
Whatever!! 👍
If you want to have frites or fries and dipping sauces to die for, make an excuse to take a fishing trip to Southcentral, PA and have dinner at Café Bruges in Carlisle. I eat at Café Bruges every time I'm in town and on more than one occasion, I've had dinner there on several nights in a row because the food AND beer is so good!!
Their frites are twice fried in beef tallow and they have a bunch of mayo dipping sauces. If you like mussels , make sure to try some of their mussel preparations.
Stop at Café Bruges while you are there!! 😉
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