Use or toss?

[MrsJonesey]

3+ year-old frozen beef short ribs with freezer burn. The vacuum seal failed. Ugh. Hate to be wasteful and toss. Do you think a highly seasoned braise could make these worth the effort?

[MrsJonesey]

Thanks for all the replies!

[ipsedixit]

Give it to me.

I've developed a taste for freezer-burned meats.

[MrsJonesey]

Send me your address! lol.

[lcool]

I would not cook them for me,but fine for the dogs or cats.

[tcamp]

I would probably cook them up for my favorite canines. Such a shame to waste them.

[smtucker]

And I would add some beef bones, cut the meat into chunks, and make beef stock.

[hotoynoodle]

for stock that tastes of freezer burn?

[ChiliDude]

smtucker...I second the motion. One will not know the taste test results until one tries it. If the test proves to be horrible, then dump the stock.

[jeanmarieok]

Toss.

[valerie]

Toss.

[hotoynoodle]

no point throwing good money after bad. toss it.

this may be a good lesson for you in controlling your inventory?

[MrsJonesey]

Yes, mother. :-)

[hotoynoodle]

lol, i can only imagine you have a separate freezer so stuff gets lost in there? not having that luxury of space, i rifle through my contents pretty regularly.

i also feel like a 3-year old pile of freezer-burnt meat is long-ago sunk cost and not worth the time or energy to "maybe" salvage. please don't get me wrong, i am a very thrifty cook.

[MrsJonesey]

Well.....truth be told, I have "found" this same package of meat a few times since discovering the vacuum seal had failed and would ponder what to do until I forgot about it again. I would say lesson learned, but I know myself too well. Actually, I do fairly well staying on top of my inventory. No Martha Stewart here though.