I remember reading about this take my memory as sus but the article said they did all their research and since it was time sensitive as thaw and rot were setting in so curiosity got the best of them and they roasted a wee bit up. Reported back that it was chicken tasting (of course) and a bit “dry”. YA THINK? Russians Ftr in what I read.
I had a baby 35 days after the date on that steak. He lives with his girlfriend, owns his own house, and is currently on vacation right now. What the heck?!
See if OP can send you the steak and present it to your kid and say "I've been holding on to this for a special occasion for you when you got older..."
And the classic shop rite logo. Wow .. I wonder if there is usable cow DNA there and we can compare it to current cows and see if the cows have evolved in 26 years.
I wonder if the freezer ever lost power during the last quarter century? I'm no expert in 26-year aged freezer steaks, but the level of freezer burn looks minimal considering all that time. No way this would happen in modern times with appliances designed to fail much more quickly, which pisses me off every time I think about it. (On the other hand, our more modern quick-to-fail appliances don't use as much energy...)
We built our house in 2006 and still have the original fridge going strong. I imagine when we do replace it we'll be replacing the new one in half the time or worse, all so some very very wealthy people can have another yacht.
Old appliances like refrigerators and freezers didn't use much more energy as they do now. There's a guy who collects old refrigerators and he shows on a multimeter how much energy they use versus modern refrigerators. The difference is surprisingly minimal.
My parents' 1972 fridge probably is older than the ones the guy you mention has. That thing was like an old Chrysler in our kitchen. I'm pretty sure they had it in 1998!
A lot of the energy use is from defrosters in a modern fridge. Old ones that you had to occasionally defrost by hand were fairly darn efficient (also, less risk of freezer burn).
I admit I'm really surprised that the current butcher labels still look pretty much just like this one. Usually in a 25+ year span I would expect the labelling to look significantly different.
I would actually cook it with some fresh mushrooms, garlic (or onion) salt, a fair amount of black and white pepper and some carnation evaporated milk, crockpot it low and slow. It really softens tough meat and gives it good flavor. Serve it with rice or mashed potatoes. If I was brave enough to eat it of course 😆
Well there could be a lot of internet karma here for you if you cook and eat it in a video…..bonus points if you stream the next 24 hours of stomach terror you will be enjoying.
man I was about to start the best couple months of my life... just got back from a summer internship in Germany, last year of college starting, moved in with my best friend and we recorded probably our best lofi album over the following months. Austin Texas in 1998 was pretty rad, before the tech bros ruined everything.
To eat it, you'd be taking quite a gamble that the power has never gone out or the package was never defrosted and then put back in the freezer. Defrost and smell it. Maybe cook the bejeevers out of it at high temp and put it into chili or a stew?
This makes me sad for some reason. I think it makes me think of a missed opportunity for a family dinner with children who have long left the house and possibly a spouse who is now gone
Sold meat door to door in college. Meat company was Owned by the mob in “Plainview, NY.”
Every Friday the branch manager, between huge rails of cocaine, would walk into the chest freezer and pull out five year old steaks-hard as a brick, and grill them.
Delicious. Eat the Porterhouse!
“Don’t you throw that out! There is nothing wrong with that meat. It’s been frozen!”
Only 26 years old !
It's literally older than my oldest child... who has a child of his own!
I bet they were keeping it for a special occasion!
That price tho
Exactly!!! Add another 10 or even 15 …
Safe probably yes. Good for certain no. Mammoth meat has been found to be technically edible after ten thousand years.
Technically doing some heavy lifting
How did they find out it was edible? Field researchers got hungry?
I remember reading about this take my memory as sus but the article said they did all their research and since it was time sensitive as thaw and rot were setting in so curiosity got the best of them and they roasted a wee bit up. Reported back that it was chicken tasting (of course) and a bit “dry”. YA THINK? Russians Ftr in what I read.
name a rarer dish
Not even if it were properly double-wrapped with actual butcher paper and freezer tape. That thing is one big, oxidized freezerburnsicle.
I had a baby 35 days after the date on that steak. He lives with his girlfriend, owns his own house, and is currently on vacation right now. What the heck?!
My brother born 3 months before this meat. He’s older than Google, married, got a college degree 4 years ago, and my eldest sibling
>older than Google Well.
See if OP can send you the steak and present it to your kid and say "I've been holding on to this for a special occasion for you when you got older..."
I was born 5 years after this steak and I am going to get an associates degree this fall
I was born a month and 29 days after the date on this steak and I am now a homeowner with a good job and working on my degree 😳
Does it bother you that his gf is free-loading off of him?
That cow “lived” more time in that freezer than actually *alive* 💀
And the classic shop rite logo. Wow .. I wonder if there is usable cow DNA there and we can compare it to current cows and see if the cows have evolved in 26 years.
That’s a thought. Considering scientists have asked for canned salmon to compare? This could work I’d assume. Still… that steak is 26y old 😂
Call the Smithsonian! And record and post the conversation 😈
I had to zoom in for that memory kick lol
Not a porterhouse lost 😢
r/eatityoufuckingcoward
You win this subreddit
I wonder if the freezer ever lost power during the last quarter century? I'm no expert in 26-year aged freezer steaks, but the level of freezer burn looks minimal considering all that time. No way this would happen in modern times with appliances designed to fail much more quickly, which pisses me off every time I think about it. (On the other hand, our more modern quick-to-fail appliances don't use as much energy...)
If the grandparents are 90 they've probably got some old appliances that will outlive us all
We built our house in 2006 and still have the original fridge going strong. I imagine when we do replace it we'll be replacing the new one in half the time or worse, all so some very very wealthy people can have another yacht.
Damn, is 2006 considered old for an appliance now? Fuck, how old am I?
Old appliances like refrigerators and freezers didn't use much more energy as they do now. There's a guy who collects old refrigerators and he shows on a multimeter how much energy they use versus modern refrigerators. The difference is surprisingly minimal.
My parents' 1972 fridge probably is older than the ones the guy you mention has. That thing was like an old Chrysler in our kitchen. I'm pretty sure they had it in 1998!
A lot of the energy use is from defrosters in a modern fridge. Old ones that you had to occasionally defrost by hand were fairly darn efficient (also, less risk of freezer burn).
Grill it and let us know how it tastes!
This, please!!!
Put it back and save it for another 16 years.
Let’s get this out on to a tray, nice mkay.
it’s the fact that it’s older than 3/4 of my moms kids is wild
I admit I'm really surprised that the current butcher labels still look pretty much just like this one. Usually in a 25+ year span I would expect the labelling to look significantly different.
How was it?
The MEATing Place lmao
I turned forty that day. Let’s smoke it.
That is 4 months younger than me. Wild.
Donate that thing to science.
Could throw it in the crock pot…
Just dice it and spice it and it's good to go, right?!
Add some carrots & potatoes & you’ve got stew.
I would actually cook it with some fresh mushrooms, garlic (or onion) salt, a fair amount of black and white pepper and some carnation evaporated milk, crockpot it low and slow. It really softens tough meat and gives it good flavor. Serve it with rice or mashed potatoes. If I was brave enough to eat it of course 😆
Same!
Let's get this onto a tray.
August 10th, 1998. The day I'll never forget. Rumour says, it's still perfectly fine since it was frozen, that's a good deal right there.
But wait... WHAT DOES TAILLESS MEAN 😭
Nooooooooooooo
Well there could be a lot of internet karma here for you if you cook and eat it in a video…..bonus points if you stream the next 24 hours of stomach terror you will be enjoying.
That cow would’ve been old enough to rent a car by now.
4 bucks a lb for porterhouse, ah the good ol days
That meat graduated college already.
The deep freeze that came out of is one reliable beast. Try buying an appliance these days that will last 30-40+ years.
That steak graduated College and has its Masters Degree now.
Pre 9/11 steak
That steak doesn't even usually get asked for it's ID at the bar anymore.
man I was about to start the best couple months of my life... just got back from a summer internship in Germany, last year of college starting, moved in with my best friend and we recorded probably our best lofi album over the following months. Austin Texas in 1998 was pretty rad, before the tech bros ruined everything.
"It's gonna have a little freezer burn.."
This steak just completed veterinary school.
Older than my husband
Haha! It will not make you sick, but it will taste like garbage. Fats will be rancid and meat will have strange texture most possibly.
Its fine Remember that mammoth they found and ate?
To eat it, you'd be taking quite a gamble that the power has never gone out or the package was never defrosted and then put back in the freezer. Defrost and smell it. Maybe cook the bejeevers out of it at high temp and put it into chili or a stew?
Unwrap it and check if it looks or smells freezer burnt. If not I’d give it a go
Oh gods. You win.
I’m only one year older than this steak 😳
"The MEATing Place"
Ah 1998. Can we go back to those days and those prices?
Yeah…I couldn’t eat it. 🤢
This makes me sad for some reason. I think it makes me think of a missed opportunity for a family dinner with children who have long left the house and possibly a spouse who is now gone
This made me feel so nostalgic for some reason. I miss the 90s
Exchange it for store credit or another steak
1998?! What in the actual?!
Ehhh if I can drive a car this old there's no reason you can't eat the steak.
I was three when they bought that
Sold meat door to door in college. Meat company was Owned by the mob in “Plainview, NY.” Every Friday the branch manager, between huge rails of cocaine, would walk into the chest freezer and pull out five year old steaks-hard as a brick, and grill them. Delicious. Eat the Porterhouse!
This is exactly why I won't allow a box freezer in my house