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Need Hamburger Help! [Moved from Midwest Board]

I cooked ground round for tacos. The smell of the meat was so sweet it was nauseating...unlike I've smelled before. I know bad hamburger usually smells sour but on the side of caution I pitched this meat. My daughter actually came into the kitchen and asked what the smell was. Any thoughts on why it would smell so sweet?

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By minnie920 on Nov 29, 2009 06:33 AM

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It was beginning to rot. Rot is often described as smelling sickly sweet. You did well to toss it.
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By BobB on Nov 30, 2009 05:38 AM
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  Thank you...I never knew that. It was definitely sickly sweet smelling!
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  By minnie920 on Dec 2, 2009 02:03 PM