"john d hamilton" > wrote in message
...
> 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?
>
>

Well, the supermarket my wife used to go to a lot, they would often have old
meat tossed into a large bin, kind of like the cheapie dvd bins at wal-mart.
Just random cuts of meat, mostly beef and mostly steaks of various quality.
This bin was marked 4/$20, which was pretty good as some of the packages
were steaks that sold for $10 or more per package. So if you picked meat
out of the bin, you'd save 50% or better. All of the meat in this bin was
within a day or two of the sell by date. (almost expired)

My wife would often take advantage of this sale once or twice a month. We
got some really good meat this way. There is no risk to your health, if the
meat is cooked properly. But that's true, no matter how "old" the meat
s. -Dave