I bought a package of marinated chicken wings from the butcher shop a few days ago with a sell by date of 2/21/11. Since then the package has inflated and is on the verge of popping. Why would this happen? Are they still good?
I bought a package of marinated chicken wings from the butcher shop a few days ago with a sell by date of 2/21/11. Since then the package has inflated and is on the verge of popping. Why would this happen? Are they still good?
Not sure why this was directed specifically at chemists, but I think there are a couple possibilities:
Lots of air trapped in there at a low temperature (like freezing) and as it warmed it expanded. However, I doubt there would be a notable expansion between freezing and fridge temperatures.
My other guess is that there is some sort of microorganism producing gas. Is it harmful? Possibly, but there is also the possibility it could be totally innocuous.
The real mystery here is how the package got totally sealed. Every sort of (butcher) wrapped meat package (haha) I've ever gotten leaked like a bitch.
Yeah, don't eat that stuff.
botulism or e. coli. Maybe you could collect some of the toxin and give yourself botox
Ran this past my wife, who has a PhD in chemistry. Her verdict: "Ew, that's nasty. I wouldn't eat that shit."
ok. i guess i'll eat it tomorrow and get back to you
wilfredo wrote:
I bought a package of marinated chicken wings from the butcher shop a few days ago with a sell by date of 2/21/11. Since then the package has inflated and is on the verge of popping. Why would this happen? Are they still good?
1) Don't know.
2) Smell them, that's one reason you have a nose to begin with.
When in doubt, throw it out.
4runner wrote:
When in doubt, throw it out.
Wate not, want not.
Cook it at a high temperature and all will be fine.
eat it eat it eat it eat it wrote:
Wate not, want not.
Cook it at a high temperature and all will be fine.
Yea-- because getting food poisoning isn't a "waste."
fermented chicken wings are yummy!
speaking of fermenting. The sauce is honey barbecue, so is it possible the honey just fermented?
Highly unlikely. Honey lasts a long time without going rancid. Chicken on the other hand goes bad quickly.
wilfredo wrote:
speaking of fermenting. The sauce is honey barbecue, so is it possible the honey just fermented?
eat it eat it eat it eat it wrote:
4runner wrote:When in doubt, throw it out.
Wate not, want not.
Cook it at a high temperature and all will be fine.
Cooking at a high temperature might kill the bacteria, but it won't get rid of the toxins they left in the food.
"Honey" barbecue sauce is mostly HFCS these days anyway.
wilfredo wrote:
speaking of fermenting. The sauce is honey barbecue, so is it possible the honey just fermented?
Fermentation is a biological process. It doesn't happen without the presence of microorganisms. Your troll chicken is bad.
...I dare you to eat it. Double dog dare you.
No Way wrote:
Cooking at a high temperature might kill the bacteria, but it won't get rid of the toxins they left in the food.
Then just rinse it off! I can't believe someone would waste perfectly good chicken because of a little bit of air in a package.
i think its a homemade sauce from the butcher shop, so it might be honey. if honey doesnt really ferment though its probably something worse
eat it eat it eat it eat it wrote:
No Way wrote:Cooking at a high temperature might kill the bacteria, but it won't get rid of the toxins they left in the food.
Then just rinse it off! I can't believe someone would waste perfectly good chicken because of a little bit of air in a package.
that's what i like to hear
pv=nrt
The wings started as frozen and have been thawing, so the temperature inside the bag increased, and so did the volume.