aaaaaaaaaaaaargh - the mince meat i bought the other day is now brown...

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although it says best before 1st november.

it was brown i should say, before i cooked it, now it smells funny.
what to do..........
how do i know it is safe

I would throw it away, wasteful I know, but rather that than have a few days sickness.

Keep it and the packaging, take it back to where you bought it, complain.

I think the op has cooked it tmmam

dh's reaction was "smells funny"
fish and chips!
we are skint - however deserve a treat..

I have some mince in my fridge dated 31st October and is has turned a very dubious shade of brown today. It looks dodgy but I will do the sniff test tomorrow as I have a very sensitive nose for these things usually. It wasn't Lidl mince by any chance? mine is and it's the first time I've bought mince there, not impressed

my lidl one recently was horrible - this is tescos [hangry

Brown beef of any kind is at it's best, IMO.

Very red meat needs maturing to tenderize it and add flavour.

My Dad was a butcher and unless our beef was running around the fridge, screaming EAT ME NOW, he wouldn't touch it!

Different rules for pork and chicken though!

brown isn't anything to worry about - it just means the blood has congealed. If it says best before 1st Nov and it doesn't make you go 'ergh' and back away in horror when you smell it, then it's almost certainly fine.

raw meat has a smell, as does blood generally.

Had the same thing with mince from Tesco's now I never buy meat from there. I would bin it.

Tescos mince IME does this alot. I just threw away some well in date as it was brown and funny smelling.

mince always goes brown when exposed to air, it is probably fine. Butchers remince theirs to make it red again .

well - i had, as usual, given it the benefit of the doubt, but when i added the bolognaise sauce to it - the smell was horrid.

If it smells that bad, then bin it but older mince does turn brown and have a slightly sweet smell which is absolutely fine.