i have frozen bacon in my freezer that's like > 2 years old... safe to thaw n eat?

lxskllr

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Try it. It's certainly safe, but the flavor's probably questionable.
 

Colt45

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probably fine, gonna need a lot of freezer burn to knock out bacon taste
 

yhelothar

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It's safe but the flavor will depend on how it was packaged. Freezer burn only happens due to cold air around the meat that has very low humidity to take the moisture out of the meat. If it was vacuum packed, it wouldn't taste much different than fresh bacon.
There's this local meat shop around my place that sells meat packaged 6 years ago that's sold to chain restaurants. They're vacuum packed and stored in the freezer. They certainly don't taste peculiar.
 

Perknose

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It's safe but the flavor will depend on how it was packaged. Freezer burn only happens due to cold air around the meat that has very low humidity to take the moisture out of the meat. If it was vacuum packed, it wouldn't taste much different than fresh bacon.
There's this local meat shop around my place that sells meat packaged 6 years ago that's sold to chain restaurants. They're vacuum packed and stored in the freezer. They certainly don't taste peculiar.

This.
 

Joepublic2

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I've eaten a lot of stuff forgotten in people's freezers. Haven't ever gotten sick from it. Oldest animal food i've eaten out of a freezer was probably a round roast packaged in paper that was over 4 years old. Cut off the frost damaged portions (prob 30% of it) and cooked the rest in a stew and ate it and didn't die. And it wasn't cured and salted meat like bacon is so I'm going to say you'll be fine.
 

MagnusTheBrewer

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It's safe but the flavor will depend on how it was packaged. Freezer burn only happens due to cold air around the meat that has very low humidity to take the moisture out of the meat. If it was vacuum packed, it wouldn't taste much different than fresh bacon.
There's this local meat shop around my place that sells meat packaged 6 years ago that's sold to chain restaurants. They're vacuum packed and stored in the freezer. They certainly don't taste peculiar.

No, they just have the same nutritional quality as the the plastic they're sealed in. The government spends huge amounts of money researching methods for preserving food longer and they have nothing that lasts anywhere close to six years.

To paraphrase Emeril Lagasse, you could spread it on a bumper and make it taste good but, why would you want to eat a bumper?

I also think it more likely the meat shop sells to institutions (read schools) than chain restaurants but never underestimate the greed of corporate food service.

To the OP, it won't kill you but, in the spirit of experimentation, go get a fresh package of bacon and taste them side by side.
 
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