how long does summer sausage last?
I was always under the impression that summer sausage/ beef stick kinds of things were preserved types of food and could last a long time in the fridge, but a friend recently told me that a week or 10 days was about max. is this true?
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pancake
Sep 1, 2006 04:54 AM
I used to work at Loblaws deli and we were told to recommend to customers to consume sliced deli products with 3-5 days. Mainly because they dry out. If you leave a thin slice out, you'll notice it deteriorate and become oily within a day.
If the meat is unsliced, it lasts much longer, but there should be a best before label on it. -
Depends on the type of Summer Sausage I imagine. Noah Martin's Summer Sausage Company says it lasts indenfinately if stored in the fridge. http://www.noahmartin.com/histframe.html
But I don't think American Summer Sausage is smoked as long as Ontario Summer Sausage.
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JMF
Aug 22, 2006 04:31 PM
USDA says three months unopened in the fridge and three weeks opened in the fridge.
See link:
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/...›3 Replies-
re: JMF
mr mouther
Aug 22, 2006 05:27 PM
very nice link -thank you very much.
I'm actually surprised how short some of the times are since these sausages are usually left unrefridgerated in a grocery store for what I have to imagine would at least be a couple weeks -
re: JMF
Depends on the type of Summer Sausage, I think. IMHO Ontario, specifically Waterloo County, Summer Sausage is superior to American Summer Sausage. I'm rather certain that it's smoked longer which I would imagine would translate into it staying fresh longer. Certainly my parents have kept it around open for longer than 3 weeks. My Dad's Ontario PA Dutch, so he knows what he's doing. Heck, even when it dries out, he'll still throws it into soup. :)
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re: Ivriniel
Last time I went to the market in St Jacob's I bought the more expensive "dry" variety of Mennonite Summer Sausage, which they told me was aged longer. It was absolutely delicious. I realize leaving it hanging around your fridge and aging are not necessarily the same thing though!
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