rockpyle

Anything I need to know about freezing a raw brisket? The local meat
playground (Cattleman's) has brisket on special this week for $1.99/lb
and I would like to get one (or maybe two) and stick it in the deep
freeze.

As long as it stays in the unopened vacuum pack, is there any harm to
freezing it? Defrost in the fridge for a few days before smoking?

Any other negatives to freezing?

Thanks

Rob

regforte

You got it right. If it's vac packed, you're ok. Otherwise
it has a much shorter life in the freezer... more like days/weeks
instead of months.

I've had vacpacked frozen brisket go 2+ years with no harm.
Defrost in the fridge takes about 2 days.

--
Reg

nunya bidnits

RockPyle said:


I don't know how long you want to hold it, but check the pack date. You can
hold it up to 45 days from that date in refrigeration in the coldest part of
the fridge. It's considered "wet aging". This is true only for cryo packs
and the package has to be perfectly intact. If there is any air leakage, it
will spoil.

MartyB in KC

big jim

What Marty said
BeeJay

nunya bidnits

RockPyle said:


I was skeptical too, but I learned more about it right here in this forum,
and recieved links to investigate further. I'm just passing it on, but there
are many folks here who know a lot more about handling meat and food safety
than I do.

My most impressive credential on this subject is that I have yet to die from
eating any wet aged brisket. ;-)

MartyB

brick

On 28-Oct-2009, "Nunya Bidnits" <nunyabidnits@eternal-september.invalid>


.. . .


I'm skeptical too. From what I've learned here, I can't possibly
be alive today. I'd surely have been dead at least 20 years by
now. In fact, I'm surprised that I survived childhood.

--
Brick (Youth is wasted on young people)

nick cramer

Survived it? You're re-living it, ya old goat!

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craig watts

You kids cut it out and be nice to each other!

Mom and Dad

tutall

Oh look! It's a nanny-goat. ;-)

nunya bidnits

Brick said:


Me too! I got sent to a cardiologist recently because of a minor change in
EKG that was probably due to a medicine. They expected problems because I
have all the risk factors, being treated for high blood pressure, treated
for high cholesterol which is still too high on the bad stuff and too low on
the good stuff, borderline high blood sugar, reformed smoker, poor exercise
habits, somewhat overweight, 57 years old. So they do this thing called a
Cardio Scan which is supposed to reveal calcified plaque in the heart. Nada.
Zip. Negative. Nothing to see here. OK, so then they do an Ekogram or
something like that, sonogram on the heart to make sure things are pumping,
arteries are open, valves working correctly, etc. Nada again. Zip. Nothing
to see. And they ordered blood tests. Nada again.

I can't wait until I see my GP again so I can say neener neener.

MartyB