Lamb in chest freezer for 2 years. Would you throw or eat?

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I've just gone through my chest freezer in the basement and I have 5 lamp chops and 2 pieces of lamb chump. Given to me by the FIL from his friends farm TWO YEARS ago .

They are wrapped and sealed but I assume they won't be much good now. Do I bin or defrost and use them?

Suppose I could always cook them up for the dog if not.

I’d defrost the chump and cook to test it.

No, I wouldn’t eat two year old meat, even frozen. (I wouldn’t give it to the dogs either!)

I'd eat it. Slow cook it in stock and make casserole, pie or curry.

Yes, eat it. Not a huge deal.

I'd eat it as well, as long as it's not freezer burnt I imagine it will be fine.

Eat definitely

Nope. I wouldn't be eating 2 year old meat.

Will give it a go in the slow cooker tomorrow.

Shows how often I clean out my big freezer . Must do better!

Eat.

It'll be fine. Trim off any obvious freezer burn and cook it slowly.

As long as it's not got freezer burn, I'd eat it. Probably in a casserole, as it might be slightly dry. Ive definitely eaten meat that's been frozen longer than that. Always been fine.

I wouldn't hesitate to eat it. A lot of lamb is months old when you buy it anyway.

I’d eat it. Probably be better in a stew.

Defrost and sniff. You can tell when meat isn’t right anymore. If it smells ok it’s perfectly ok to eat.

If it’s been stored properly then it won’t make you ill. Freezing prevents it going bad. The only thing might be the quality isn’t quite what it was - but that’s easily disguised in a casserole.

If it's been frozen then yes, of course I would eat it I really don't see the problem.

Those saying they wouldn’t eat it - why? What will have happened to it while it was frozen?

It'll be fine if it's cooked in a stew.
Enjoy

It will be absolutely fine, I would (and have) eaten stuff from the freezer that's much older than that. The quality starts to deteriorate a little but it is still as safe as it was the day it was frozen (provided the freezer is working properly).

I'd eat it.

Eat it. Its frozen, the worst that could happen is the meat has freezer burn.

My aunts once cooked a joint she’d had in the freezer for about five years. Gave everyone a sore tummy. Not food poisoning, it just sat like lead.

Do not eat two year old meat!!!

Chuck it out

Cook them and give them to a dog, I hate wasted food but I wouldn’t eat two year old food.