To cook a fillet steak with mold on?!

[AgathaMystery]

I know it sounds ridic but AIBU to cut off the white whiskers of mold that have appeared on a horribly expensive lump of organic fillet steak?

Or will I kill us all?

Framey it's not the marbled fat i'm worried about. It's the white fur on it

I know what you mean OP. Mine was a joint of pork and the filaments were waving at me like one of those 1970s lamps with waving fronds that would change colour.

Ask for a refund. It's what my mother always told me and she was always right

Is it just me who thought this was a thread about a market town in North Wales??

quiet it's not cured.

I've emailed the butcher & he has emailed me straight back. Very impressed. I shall update throughout the night. I know how we all had a thread left unresolved

I'm so not fussy about mould/gone off food/use by dates etc. I've even been known to eat things like burgers still slightly frozen in the middle and chicken that tasted a bit, interesting. But I would NOT be eating that!

I would, however be as bitter as a hint about it! Glad you're emailing to complain.

*as bitter as hell

The reply:

*We’re very sorry to hear this as we pride ourselves at XXXXX on product quality.

Could you please bring this in with the wrapping? From this we will be able to ascertain what has happened, as it is ages steak mould should only grow if left in a household fridge for 7/8 days.

If the product should have been sold with an over dated shelf life we will amend this with some fresh Fillet steaks of course.

Would you be able to do so tomorrow morning as we wish to amend this as soon as possible.

Regards,*

Are you going to travel the 200 miles?

Erm. Prob not a photo will have to suffice.

I'm not sure.
That does look like the white dusty looking stuff you get on cured meat like a whole Parma ham or something.
If have probably eaten it! Maybe would have cut that bit off. Not sure.
Doesn't look like the sort of mould I'd expect on meat, although I haven't ever seen mould on meat.
I don't go on use by dates, I tend to go on smell. You can smell meat that's gone off by a country mile usually, it smells rancid.
Glad you are going to keep us updated!

Eeyore

That made me laugh 😂

That's top notch gourmet nosh, that is.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/11/extreme-aged-steak-meat-with-mould-on-gourmet

Fucks sake

runs off to fish meat out the bin

OP

liz that article reads as if they're trying too hard to enjoy eating rotten steak. I like a bit of aged raw rare steak myself but that sounds grim.

"only fed to guinea pigs so far" - I thought they were vegetarian

I know you have all be clamouring for updates so here is the official line:
^We’ve had out hygiene specialists look at the photo and the only conclusion they have managed to draw is that from changing from a cool environment to the a hot one (that of the car) for a number of hours the meat will have begun to condensate onto the packaging. In turn this created an environment for mould, once refrigerated this would have allowed the bacteria to grow at an unusual rate.

When we transport meat ourselves we take great care and use refrigerated packaging for all transport, typically meat should not be sat in cars for extended periods of time.

We do however accept this is an unusual rate of bacterial growth, we can only apologise and ask that when your next in the area you drop by for a free couple of fillet steaks.

Please let me know when you are able to come and collect a couple in the future,^

I'm grinning a bit at the butcher's in-house "hygiene specialists".

Good on you, OP - possibly take a cooler box with you for the next trip up there?

Anybody who eats meat deserves to get I'll.
No seriously don't eat it u could get I'll!!!

Well I think that is a good response from them OP

In turn this created an environment for mould, once refrigerated this would have allowed the bacteria to grow at an unusual rate.

My main issue with their reply is that they are confusing mould (fungus) with bacteria.
Which makes me think they have no idea what they're talking about.

Anyway, they have a point about not being refrigerated constantly.

I often leave beef get past their use by date if it's in a package in a protective atmosphere.
But if wrapped up manually, and not in a sealed package, then it's best to use asap or freeze.

that looks horrible

no way would I eat it

does it smell?

I imagine it smells now. It's been in landfill for a week