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| quote: Is this normal for corned beef?
It sure isn't usual for corned beef. To my knowledge, no sulfur, or any compounds containing it, is used in the making of it. |
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| It’s not because it’s corned beef, it’s because of the Cryovac vacuum-pack shrink wrap process. They do something to eliminate oxygen inside the packaging to extend the shelf life, but there’s something that happens when there’s no oxygen that makes the meat develop a rotten egg smell.
It happens with basically all meat (seen it with many different cuts of raw beef, pork, lamb, and chicken) packed that way. If you let the meat sit for 15-30 minutes it goes away.
I guess it’s always possible it is spoiled, but the rotten egg smell thing is VERY common with Cryovac packaged meat. |
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| quote: Originally posted by maladat:
It’s not because it’s corned beef, it’s because of the Cryovac vacuum-pack shrink wrap process. They do something to eliminate oxygen inside the packaging to extend the shelf life, but there’s something that happens when there’s no oxygen that makes the meat develop a rotten egg smell.
It happens with basically all meat (seen it with many different cuts of raw beef, pork, lamb, and chicken) packed that way. If you let the meat sit for 15-30 minutes it goes away.
I guess it’s always possible it is spoiled, but the rotten egg smell thing is VERY common with Cryovac packaged meat.
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| maladat nailed it.
I panicked a little when I opened the first whole packer brisket I had purchased. It was no where near the sell by date, but did have that smell. The internet said it was normal, I rinsed it, and the smell disappeared as I was trimming it. That was three years ago and we’re still alive. |
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| I threw away a pound of ground beef not too long ago, for the same reason. I would describe it as more of a methane smell, something like flatulence, but perhaps describing it as sulfurous or "rotten egg" would have been more accurate. It was ground beef that they pack in those tubes. The meat looked perfectly fine, pink as could be, but the wife and I decided on even bothering to cook it. I hate to waste food but the other tubes I'd bought didn't have this smell. |
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three years ago and we’re still alive.
You're living on borrowed time. 
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| It’s true, but I’m not holding my breath waiting for it either.  If the smell goes away after 10-15 minutes, then the meat is fine. If the smell gets worse, then throw it away. |
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| quote: Originally posted by Fredward:
When in doubt, throw it out.
I agree! Your nose is your first line of defense. However I’ve heaved my share of sandwich meat because it felt slimy.
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| If the package bloats up like a roadkill deer plus smell, it’s too far gone.
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