Meat in freezer.

korbo, Oct 12, 2:23am
What is the longest you have had meat in the freezer and eaten it.?
Some say no longer than 6mths. thanks
rainrain1, Oct 12, 3:04am
3 years round about. all good!
petal1955, Oct 12, 6:03am
Yep me too 4 years casseroled it in slow cooker. bootiful. -
. and tender as
lythande1, Oct 12, 2:21pm
Maybe 3 months, I'm not rich enough to have excess meat
pickles7, Oct 12, 2:53pm
No longer than 6 months, I sort through our freezer often looking for those packets I have been avoiding, some don't make it to out table at all.
gardner12, Oct 12, 10:37pm
Am using the last box of blade steak from last beast and that is 4years old still fine
kiwisapper, Oct 12, 10:59pm
If the meat is stored at minus 18 centigrade, it will last indefinitely.
The flavour may deteriorate over time but not the meat.

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rainrain1, Oct 12, 11:24pm
You ate all the good steak first didn't ya?
autumnwinds, Oct 12, 11:35pm
Didn't you, too?
I know I did.

And a year is as long as it stays there, around here.
korbo, Oct 13, 2:40am
thanks for the comments. Found a leg of lamb that is 2 1/2 yrs old, and a little freezer burnt, in the oven tomorrow.
rainrain1, Oct 13, 3:04am
It's so long since we've had a cattle beast killed for the freezer, I've forgotten how good it is. killing hogget at the moment for the freezer though.
korbo, Oct 14, 7:05pm
rainrain. can't remember the last time we had hogget, or even saw some for sale. why dont butchers have them.
the lamb was fine.
tjman, Oct 14, 8:37pm
I look it up on my freezer door and it gives guidelines
rainrain1, Dec 15, 3:58am
Hoggets are kept to replace the old breeding ewes. Ask for a nice leg of young mutton, fed properly it should taste as good as hogget meat. A hard question to answer because I don't know what the butchers do.