should i cook my meat if it has gone brown?

[Tigi]

it is my sunday dinner meat that i couldnt cook yest as had to go into work. the use by date was 9 sept, so i put it in freezer last night. decided i would do today, and took it out. it is now brown, and the juices brown....... what should i do? cook or ditch it?

Does it smell ok? I saw a cookery program where they said that meat is at it's best when it is brown, also my sister hangs her own meat and thats brown by the time she cooks it.

had you defrosted it to eat yesterday?

no it was fresh in the fridge yesterday. i put it in freezer last night - the best before daye was 9th - yesterday. just dithering because if the brown juices etc. smells very meaty!

oh in that case i would eat it!

Eat it - it'll be fine. Well hung meat (ahem!) is supposed to be much tastier.

brown means it has oxidised a bit. Should be fine if you cook it. The use by date is not an absolute limit - it is just a reasonable time to expect it to be ok to eat if stored in a cool place.

of course if it makes you ill we hadnothing to do with it....

wont make us ill?

meat is better when it has browned a bit - it has had a chance to oxidise and mature. It will be fine.

cross post- great minds!

It won't make you ill. It is beef we're talking about isn't it? I don't know I would eat brown pork!

yes beef!