So I'm a poorfag and when I was taking out my trash, I saw my neighbor had put an unopened package from Omaha steaks. I had seen it in the mail room for about a week and I didn't take it because I'm not a dick, but since he was throwing it out I opened it up. I trashed the ground beef because it wasn't vacuum sealed and I'm not retarded, but there were 4 NY strips. They were room temp to the touch.
Opened one up and it smells fine. I'm starving so I cooked it and it tasted fine despite being from meme steaks. Cooked it to medium well because I wanted to heat it all the way through. Am I gonna die? Here's a picture of the remaining steaks.
>steak that's been thawing in the mail room for a week
hope you got emergency room coverage in your health insurance
Charles Rodriguez
Lol hes poor, he doesnt have insurance
Kevin Gray
If it tastes fine and smells fine, then it probably is. That's how I tell whether food is safe to eat.
I do the same thing when I see good food in the trash.
William Cooper
Except when there's parasites in it. Be sure to cook it well done or you'll need the Martin Shkreli drugs senpai
Grayson Wright
What's it like knowing that you will never amount to anything and have so little pride and dignity that you'll eat food other people have thrown away, OP?
Dylan Hill
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And you didn't see a QTDDTOT because that's not a thing on Veeky Forums.
If you have a specific question just make a thread about it; the worst it can do is bump of fast food thread off the board and provoke discussion.
Nathan Bell
I've seen QTDDTOT threads before
T-thanks y-y-you too
James Garcia
>I've seen QTDDTOT threads before
They're started by people not from Veeky Forums, and only recently. The irony is that they usually begin with a more interesting question than the anons who start the same daily how to make boneless-skinless chicken breast taste good/how to make instant ramen taste good/how to feed myself for the next month on $10 type threads.
Jack Ramirez
>They're started by people not from Veeky Forums, and only recently.
does that also explain why /pol/ appears to be boiling over? I'm reading an ice cream thread and suddenly it devolves into political stereotypes.
Tyler Nguyen
They're vacuum sealed so they're sterile either way.
Blake Powell
you're fine... they're vacuum packed
Brody Davis
that's not how it works
Mason Lopez
>raw meat is sterile
Ian Hall
OP it's alright, when they vacuum seal it, the bacteria dies from lack of atmosphere
Jason Roberts
The world having one less stupid person is a plus anyway. Enjoy your meal, OP.
Alternatively have a desert.
Ethan Anderson
the /pol/ spillover is nowhere near as bad as it used to be, it just so happens that using cuck as an insult stuck, among other things
Ian Mitchell
You may or may not be fucked. Different bacteria have different oxygen requirements. Anaerobes require oxygen free environments, such as a vacuum. If the meat was contaminated prior to packaging and the left at room temp for many days that provides a perfect environment for anaerobic organisms (many of which are highly pathogenic).
You mentioned it smelled fine but bacteria responsible for spoilage are typically aerobic, meaning they require oxygen.
The nature of bacterial growth was most likely changed for the worse overall. You cooked it medium which may have helped but unless you used a thermometer to check you may get some gnarly food poisoning
