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How would I know if ground beef is bad?
"Evelyn" > wrote in message ... > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message > ... >> >> "Evelyn" > wrote in message >> ... >>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message >>> ... >>>>I bought a three pound package of organic ground beef at Costco. It's >>>>actually three, one pound packages together. I buy this all the time >>>>and we've had no problems with it. Coscto has had beef recalls but >>>>AFAIK, never this kind. >>>> >>>> I also had most of a bag of red potatoes that I bought at Costco. Baby >>>> ones. They were sprouting. So I trimmed some and filled my crockpot >>>> with them. Threw the rest away. Angela and I ate some for dinner with >>>> various meat and veg. We didn't eat the same things. Anyway... I had >>>> some left over so I decided to make an adaptation of a Southwestern >>>> style hash recipe that I got from the beef council. >>>> >>>> The recipe calls for ground beef, O'Brian potatoes (hash browns with >>>> peppers and onions) and salsa. The other difference is that I used the >>>> previously crockpot roasted potatoes. So they didn't get crispy. And >>>> the stuff didn't taste the same. Had a roasted flavor. Not entirely >>>> bad, but not something I ever want to make again. >>>> >>>> Well, we ate it and both of us got sick to our stomachs. I thought it >>>> was a fluke. With my gastroparesis, I tend to get sick easily. >>>> >>>> Then tonight we ate the rest of it. Both of us are sick again. Do you >>>> think I could have gotten bad beef? How would I know? The expiration >>>> date is Sept. 29. It looks and smells fine. The only other thing I >>>> can think of is the salsa. I had part of a jar in fridge. It was left >>>> from when Angela made dinner for me. Can't remember how long that has >>>> been but a couple of weeks at least. I used peppers from the salad >>>> bar. The same ones that went into the pasta salad. I did feel sick >>>> after eating that, but she didn't. And an organic yellow onion. The >>>> onion had no signs of mildew and looked just fine. The onions that had >>>> been in the bin had gone bad, but I did clean the bin out well before I >>>> put new onions in. It's a wooden beef. >>>> >>>> Someone is telling me to be safe and throw out the rest of the beef. >>>> Do you think I should? >>> >>> >>> >>> Whatever was in it that made you ill should have been fully destroyed in >>> the cooking process. But if you got sick both times, it could have >>> been anything. Hard to know exactly what. Try making something like >>> a meat loaf from the rest of the ground beef because it requires long, >>> well done cooking. Or meatballs or something else that is prepared >>> very well done. >> >> Well, Angela woke with a sore throat so perhaps our feeling ill had >> nothing to do with the meat? Not likely I could make something that >> takes a long time to cook. I haven't found a meatball recipe that >> actually works since we can't have eggs or bread. And I don't have the >> ingredients for meatloaf in the house. I think I might just throw it out >> to be safe though. I know Costco is very careful with their food, but it >> could be someone took it out of the case for a while and put it back. >> You just never know. > > > > Bring it back Julie. Let them give you your money back. Just to be > safe. I won't take it back. |
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