BS: Keeping Meat (cooked)

Subject: BS: Keeping Meat (cooked)
From: GUEST,Dazbo at work
Date: 14 Feb 08 - 10:46 AM

I normally have a roast dinner on Sundays (mainly chicken, beef or lamb and sometimes pork) and have cold meet for a few days after cooking. I've not poisoned myself yet but how long will roast meat keep in the fridge after it's been roasted.

PS I know I've spelt meat wrong in the thread title (dim apprentice!!)

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Fixed it for you. --JoeClone

Subject: RE: BS: Keeping Meet (cooked)
From: wysiwyg
Date: 14 Feb 08 - 10:54 AM

Depends somewhat on the keeping temp. The colder, the longer. Best to wrap and freeze it and then thaw to consume.

But what will get you is not only the bugs growing in/on the meat, it's the decomposition of the meat. Cold only slows it all down; it doesn't prevent it.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Keeping Meet (cooked)
From: MMario
Date: 14 Feb 08 - 11:03 AM

it is generally considered that if the food is promptly cooled and the fridge is working correctly most cooked foods will be perfectly fine for three or four days in the fridge.

Subject: RE: BS: Keeping Meet (cooked)
From: Mr Happy
Date: 14 Feb 08 - 11:07 AM

Or you could slice a few chunks off, put in a covered bowl with a few drops've water & stick in the micro for a minute or two

Subject: RE: BS: Keeping Meet (cooked)
From: gnomad
Date: 14 Feb 08 - 11:09 AM

Split into the portions you are likely to require, and wrap/containerise. This minimises handling, reducing damage and possibility of contamination.

I would aim to eat any thing refrigerated quite quickly (chicken/pork say 2 days, beef/lamb 3days max) date, label, and freeze the rest. Check freezer manual for max frozen keeping, and keep in mind that stuff will deteriorate without necessarily becoming dangerous the longer it is kept. Sliced dies more quickly than big lumps, but lumps can be harder to handle.

Subject: RE: BS: Keeping Meat (cooked)
From: Bee
Date: 14 Feb 08 - 09:37 PM

Also, if the first mouthful tastes the least bit off, a little acidic or any way unpleasant - do not eat it. It ain't worth the hours or days of stomach and bowel cramping, the projectile vomiting, the crawling on all fours to the facilities...

Left over liver stew did it for me...

There was that time with the fresh pizza, but there were mushrooms on that pizza that may or may not have been edible in the first place...

Subject: RE: BS: Keeping Meat (cooked)
From: M.Ted
Date: 14 Feb 08 - 09:39 PM

The temperature of the fridge is probably the most critical factor, but there are a lot of other variables involved as well.

The longer the meat remains at room temperature before being cooled, the more quickly it will spoil in the fridge. Also, if the meat wasn't very fresh when it was cooked, it won't last as long.
Smoked meat, such as a ham, will last longer. Also, lean meat last longer than fatty meat, and dry meat lasts longer, as well.

The best way to judge whether meat is safe to eat is by look and smell. If it is even the least bit "off", chuck it out and open a can of tuna.

Subject: RE: BS: Keeping Meat (cooked)
From: bobad
Date: 14 Feb 08 - 10:02 PM

I roast a turkey about three times a year and, there being only two of us, a ten pounder lasts from five to seven days. I remove the meat from the bones (which go into a stock) and keep it in a covered container in the fridge and it keeps for up to a week. If it doesn't stink or display iridescent colours it's OK to eat, we haven't got sick yet, besides a little bacteria boosts the immune system.

Subject: RE: BS: Keeping Meat (cooked)
From: Sorcha
Date: 14 Feb 08 - 10:39 PM

And unfortunately, cooked meat just doesn't freeze as well as raw. Well, OK, it freezes fine, but isn't quite as palatable when thawed unless it's in a casserole, stew, what have you.

I once froze about 20 lbs of roast turkey for just 3 months. It was so dry when we tried to eat it that it was impossible. Not even a soup/broth would have saved it.

Subject: RE: BS: Keeping Meat (cooked)
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 15 Feb 08 - 02:54 AM

I'm with Bobad on this. As long as it hasn't got fur on, I'll usually eat it, and I often keep cooked meat or stew in the fridge for a week. Too much hygeine and you don't develop reistance. It's like all these "kills all known germs" cleaners that people spread about.

Subject: RE: BS: Keeping Meat (cooked)
From: GUEST,Dazbo at work
Date: 15 Feb 08 - 07:44 AM

Thanks for the info (and to the Mudelf who corrected the thread title for me).

I'd pretty much came to the same conclusion and usualy eat the left overs up within 3 or 4 days of cooking the meat. I was curious how long it might last.

Subject: RE: BS: Keeping Meat (cooked)
From: Rapparee
Date: 15 Feb 08 - 08:49 AM

I thought you were afraid the cooked meat would go raw again and wanted to know how to keep it cooked.

Subject: RE: BS: Keeping Meat (cooked)
From: GUEST,Dazbo at work
Date: 15 Feb 08 - 10:15 AM

LOL