Is it safe to refreeze sausage?

Red Squirrel

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I screwed up, I thought I had another day off, but I start nights tonight, so I won't have time to BBQ them like I was planing, is it safe to put them back in the freezer? They've been in the fridge for a few days, still in a sealed package. I've read mixed thoughts on refreezing meat. I know with chicken you can't but not sure about sausage given it's processed and stuff.
 

Canun

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I wouldn't re-freeze. Might be ok to eat, but I think it will affect the flavor.
 

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I've always been told to never refreeze meat or fish. Given that the freezing process has been around for 100 years, I figure that some have sacrificed their lives or health, so that I might live and be healthy. So you could buck the trend and roll the dice, but the odds are against you.
 

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How much fresh meat is actually in sausage? Sausage is normally dried or partially cooked or smoked. It is also often full of sodium and other preservatives. If possible avoid freezing it and buy it fresh.
 

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If it matters this was bought fresh (ex: not frozen) but I put it in the freezer for later consumption. I think I'll just BBQ them today to be safe, even if I don't eat them right away. I bought buns too so I really have no choice as those will go bad within a few days, and you can't really freeze bread... well you can but it gets all hard and crap after.
 

TheGardener

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If it matters this was bought fresh (ex: not frozen) but I put it in the freezer for later consumption. I think I'll just BBQ them today to be safe, even if I don't eat them right away. I bought buns too so I really have no choice as those will go bad within a few days, and you can't really freeze bread... well you can but it gets all hard and crap after.
I guess "refreeze" in Canadian English has a different meaning than American or English English.
 

dullard

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you can't really freeze bread... well you can but it gets all hard and crap after.
Bread items freeze quite well as long as you toast or grill them. And I have a hard time figuring out a situation where a BBQ bread item is best untoasted.
 

dullard

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As for refreezing meat, the issue is more that the texture suffers than it will be hazardous.

But, you do have to sum up the total days that it was unfrozen. You can't have fresh meat in the fridge for a 4 days, freeze it, then have it in the fridge for 6 days, freeze it, then have it in the fridge for 5 days. While none of them were in the fridge for a week (a week is a common cutoff time that people use), it is hard to remember that the cumulative time was well over a week and that it is likely spoiled or at least well on its way.
 

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Bread items freeze quite well as long as you toast or grill them. And I have a hard time figuring out a situation where a BBQ bread item is best untoasted.

yep, bread freezes ok. dad used to bake a few loaves, keep one out for dinner, wrap the rest in several layers of plastic wrap, and stick them in the freezer. a few hours to thaw, a few minutes in the oven or the rack in the grill, and it was fine.

don't refrigerate bread, that accelerates the stale-ization process.
 

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I would grill them today and consume them reheated from the fridge later. You will probably end up with a better tasting product than refreezing now and cooking later.

Like others said, don't think you'd have a health issue either way (assuming if you refreeze that you don't leave it in the fridge again for a few days after unfreezing the next time)
 
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If it matters this was bought fresh (ex: not frozen) but I put it in the freezer for later consumption. I think I'll just BBQ them today to be safe, even if I don't eat them right away. I bought buns too so I really have no choice as those will go bad within a few days, and you can't really freeze bread... well you can but it gets all hard and crap after.

That is a good idea. I have done the same often. I took meat out of the freezer, let it defrost and then had no time to eat it for some reason. I just bake or fry it. And save it in the fridge for the next day. Microwave is king.:thumbsup:

I always store my bread in the freezer. I buy bread without preservatives, so it goes all fungi and stuff within afew days or just gets dried out if i do not. I only take out what i need, like 3 buns or 4 slices out of the freezer and let it defrost on its own or use the microwave. This way i do not have to discard a whole good bread. And the buns or slices are fresh and soft.
 
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Mike64

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Refreezing raw is probably fine. It won't really affect the flavor much and with sausage (versus solid pieces of meat), "texture" isn't a big issue either. They might leak "juice" a little more readily and so dry out a little faster when you do eventually cook them, but if they're not "reduced-fat" or anything, that won't be a huge deal either.

Do you remember if you froze them as soon as you brought them home from the store in the first place? I ask that only because the only reason to worry about re-freezing stuff from a food safety standpoint is the total amount of time it spends at ordinary fridge temps (or much worse yet, in the "danger zone" between 40F/4.4C and 140F/60C, but that's not an issue in your case.) Bacteria basically won't grow at freezer temps, but depending on just how cold your freezer is, which bacteria are involved, and how long the food remains frozen, it might or might not kill them, so whatever's present will start to grow (again) once it's out of the freezer. (Nor will cold destroy the heat-stable toxins some - but not most - food-borne bacteria produce.)

Realistically, if they weren't at or past their sell-by date when you bought them and you froze them right away, a couple of days in the fridge isn't a big issue. It probably took most or all of the first day out of the freezer just to thaw down to fridge temp in the first place. On the other hand, if you froze them the first time around because you left them sitting in the fridge for a while and realized they were going to spoil if you didn't freeze them quick, I'd definitely cook 'em (thoroughly) before putting them back in the freezer. (That won't do them any favors as far as flavor/texture are concerned either, but it's "safer".)
 
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Slew Foot

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I refreeze meat all the time, never had a problem. Its not like youre planning on eating it raw.
 

Red Squirrel

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this. I vomited on my desk when I read "BBQ them" knowing full well he was planning to grill them.

What's wrong with grilling sausage, how do people normally prepare it? I find it's best on the BBQ. On similar note, how do you get them to be more firm, like when restaurants put them in pasta and stuff? I find they taste better like that and don't fall apart, but not sure how to get them that way.

I was going to BBQ them today to eat later but got called in to work, so now they're still in the fridge. It's been a few days so rather not refreeze them now. I put them in the freezer as soon as I got them.

I think tomorrow I will have to try to get up early (I'm on nights so sleep all day) and just cook them at this point.
 

Mike64

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Technically, most meat we buy has already been frozen once before it is sold to the end customer.
Some of it perhaps (though I think most of that is usually sold in its original frozen state), but not for the most part, at least not in the US. Most of the seafood sold here is thawed-from-frozen, but not most "meat".
 

pcgeek11

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What's wrong with grilling sausage, how do people normally prepare it? I find it's best on the BBQ. On similar note, how do you get them to be more firm, like when restaurants put them in pasta and stuff? I find they taste better like that and don't fall apart, but not sure how to get them that way.

I was going to BBQ them today to eat later but got called in to work, so now they're still in the fridge. It's been a few days so rather not refreeze them now. I put them in the freezer as soon as I got them.

I think tomorrow I will have to try to get up early (I'm on nights so sleep all day) and just cook them at this point.

Lots of people do not understand the difference between the two methods of cooking. It seems the further north you go the less is understood about the differences. But there is a huge difference between BBQing and Grilling something.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/03/living/barbecue-bbq-grilling-july-4-feat/

http://forkful.com/everyday-eats/what-is-the-difference-between-barbecue-and-grilling

http://agricultured.org/difference-between-barbecuing-and-grilling/

BBQ is cooking the food at a low heat really slow.

Grilling is cooking on the grill fast and hot.
 

Red Squirrel

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Lots of people do not understand the difference between the two methods of cooking. It seems the further north you go the less is understood about the differences. But there is a huge difference between BBQing and Grilling something.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/03/living/barbecue-bbq-grilling-july-4-feat/

http://forkful.com/everyday-eats/what-is-the-difference-between-barbecue-and-grilling

http://agricultured.org/difference-between-barbecuing-and-grilling/

BBQ is cooking the food at a low heat really slow.

Grilling is cooking on the grill fast and hot.

TIL. Seems odd they would separate them... either way you're still using the same appliance. Normally when people say they're BBQing they just mean that they're cooking it on the BBQ.
 

pcgeek11

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TIL. Seems odd they would separate them... either way you're still using the same appliance. Normally when people say they're BBQing they just mean that they're cooking it on the BBQ.

Only people that don't understand say that.

You are cooking it on a grill not a BBQ.

BBQing is a method of cooking meat on a grill.
 
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