May 7, 2024
11:05:00pm
seacougar Playmaker
I’ve encountered this more than once. I’ll bet it’s just fine. Once it’s thawed
If it looks and smells okay, it likely is. Beef doesn’t spoil as easily as others meats. I mean it gets aged for over a month routinely in purpose after all.

As an extra measure, rinse it off before you cook it, and make sure you cool to min internal temp.

I’ve had a few occasions where this happened and I was concerned enough to not serve it to other people, but ate it myself as a guinea pig. A few times it was even a little bit off smelling, and rinsed it off and the smell was pretty much gone, maybe just some surface bacteria? Cooked it fully, and never had a single issue.

I highly doubt it’s truly spoiled to the point it would present a health risk, especially if you cook it properly.
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