Old meat is pretty much the only meat I buy..I check the local grocery store
almost every day.


On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 18:53:46 +0100, in misc.consumers.frugal-living "john d
hamilton" > wrote:

>As we know some people have a greater density of taste buds built into their
>tongues. I have less, but my wife and son have more than i do and they can
>detect subtle food flavours that I cannot.
>
>Tescos in North London U.K. sometime do meat in their 'reduced price'
>section. The other day I got some really good beef and lamb which was
>slightly 'darker' coloured from this section at about 1/4 of the normal
>price. I fried it up and enjoyed it and put the rest in the freezer.
>
>Other members of the family thought this was truly awful. My view is that
>although if you smell it closely, it is different; but that it is basically
>just a bit of *oxizidation* and it does not effect the taste. Years ago
>they used to hang up 'game' outside for weeks.
>
>Views on this really seem to divide people. But I cannot believe that a big
>store like Tesco would continue to sell this very slightly off coloured
>meat, if it represented any health risk.
>Any comments on this please, whether one can safetly consume such meat?
>