Brisket. How much stink is too much stink?

[ThisLadyHunts]

If it don't pass the smell test, don't eat it. That goes for EVERYTHING

((snickering))

[zztex]

When I was young I did eat one that I wouldn't now

Bofus

[friscopaint]

blood stinks, if not sitting out over long time I don't worry about it

[Dale Moser]

You can still go too far though. It`s good one day and then it crosses the line into smelling like a s s.

Yep, there’s a fine line. Wet aged beef smells kinda funky, and makes a fine steak. A little too far and it will hurt ya.

[ThisLadyHunts]

Unless it starts to feeling slippery or has developed a rainbow shimmery oil slick, we eat it. At least, these are my husband’s hard limits. I’m more skeptical when something smells “off.”

The conversation at home goes something like this:

Me: ((noticing what might be, almost, sort of, maybe a kinda fetid smell, maybe)) “Sugar, will you come smell this? It smells to me like it might be old.”

Him: ((*sniff*…one sniff, just one. Kind of a passing or “drive by” sniff)) “Naw…it’s fine.”

Me: “Are you sure? It smells funny to me.”

Him: ((nipping at my neck from behind)) “It’s fine. Just start cooking because I’m hungry. Worst case scenario? If you start blowing beads, you’ll get to be right…for a change.”

Me: ((spatula to the face. His, not mine.))

[PondPopper]

If it don't pass the smell test, don't eat it. That goes for EVERYTHING

Yes and be sober.. I tried to give this advice to a buddy of mine, back in the late 80's.. He didn't listen and we still talk about his experience to this day..

[Quackerbox]

Oil slicks. There's one teed up and waiting

[Chefsteve]

You’d know if it was bad. If it was still in the cryovac it may have a stink for a minute but it’ll go away.

[Big Lee]

Depending on what part of the state. Deep.east tx. Cook. The rest of the world. No way.

[miket]

Oil slicks. There's one teed up and waiting

Is that like snail trails?

[MassMan]

Trim a thin slice, cook in a pan, taste, decide.

[999]

It’s probably different for every family, but our rule of thumb is if the legs are still touching each other it’s still good.

Armadillo need a different standard.

[999]

Trim a thin slice, cook in a pan, taste, decide.

When my uncle and his hunting buddies would shoot a big hog they would cut some of the belly meat off. Then throw it on the campfire with a swing out grate. Depending on how it smelled when cooking if they would bother cleaning it.

[Quackerbox]

Is that like snail trails?

Close. But you get the idea!

[miket]

Close. But you get the idea!

Im no biologist, but I have never understood how if you follow a snail trail it leads you to a beaver or clam. Strange. And there are almost no bearded clams any more.