The Freezer

[iidarkpoetii]

We all know things last longer when put in the freezer. We also know that things last longer when vacuum sealed. Now, here is my question. If you took a fillet or two of halibut and vacuum sealed it, then froze it ... how long would it last? I'm told 'forever' but I'm not sure that's accurate. Why do I want to know? Well, this weekend I obtained a

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[iidarkpoetii]

Thanks for the advice. I actually made tacos from it and it seems okay. My boyfriend tried it first and said that it was a little dry but otherwise fine. However, I won't cook the other fish if it does appear to have some freezer burn, seems mushy or smells bad.

[manatees]

I wouldn't eat anything that's gone past its use-by date by three years!

[iidarkpoetii]

That was almost exactly what I thought but I hate to throw out edible food (especially since we need it so badly) and my boyfriend kept insisting that it would be okay. Off the advice here, I ended up cooking it anyway and everything seems to taste fine, yay. Now, if I get sick, I'll probably never risk that again lol

[hardboiledblond]

I don't think it will be "bad". Especially if it's from a chest freezer. But after a reccomended time of being frozen it's not that it goes bad, it's that it's probably freezer burned, and has lost integrity.

I'd say the only way you will know is if you cook it and take a small bite, or smell it. If it's bad you'll know by the smell. If the texture is off and you don't want to eat it you could feed it to a cat, who wouldn't care about the texture.

[iidarkpoetii]

Thanks for the tip. After reading it, I did consider feeding it to my pups, but I fried it up for tacos. I made my boyfriend act as the labrat to test it first, but it seems fine :-) Thank you for the advice.

[quiggibub]

Old people's version of "fine" is much different from everyone else's. While it may not harm you, I doubt the taste or texture will be fine. Plus, after that long, I'm sure the a light fish like that will smell strongly of the plastic it was sealed in, which can be quite strong depending on what bags were used.

[iidarkpoetii]

I was pretty surprised, but the fish came out smelling ... well, fishy ... but otherwise it didn't seem to smell bad so I cooked it and while I've never had this type of fish before, it seemed to taste fine. Of course, I put it in a milkbath for an hour first too, before I fried it up for tacos. However, I appreciate your advice.

[faerieflings]

I would never ever cook 3 year old raw fish, no matter how it was frozen and stored.

[iidarkpoetii]

That was pretty much my mind-set. Though, I didn't want to throw away potentially edible food. I ended up cooking it (tacos!) and it seemed to be fine ... I was surprised lol