aging mince

[Abitrary]

I trepidantly used a packet of mince a week past its use by date for a bolognaise. It had gone a bit blue and whiffy.

But you know what? The bolognaise tasted great! My best ever.

I'm not sure of the science but I can only assume that mince can be aged in the same way that steaks can.

I'm going to try a 28 day aged bolognaise in time for early march. Or is it 29 day aged in a leap year?

 

[Noodley]

You really will end up dead if you carry that on.

 

[Dave5N]

All good cooks know all meat is best relaxed and Gamey.

Leave it the full 31 days and don't overcook or you'll destroy the delicacy.

 

[Abitrary]

It pisses me off when people take those use by dates seriously, because that's just to make people buy it quicker.

I've got a tin of button mushrooms which I'm saving for an important meal in my life, because they age like truffles apparently.

 

[Abitrary]

All good cooks know all meat is best relaxed and Gamey.

Leave it the full 31 days and don't overcook or you'll destroy the delicacy.

I never overcook mince in the same way that I don't overcook steak. I like the metallic tang of the kill. I brown it and then for how ever it takes the tin of tomatoes to boil.

 

[cchapman]

If Captain Cook had taken any notice of use-by-dates Australia would not have been discoveredf.

 

[Abitrary]

If Captain Cook had taken any notice of use-by-dates Australia would not have been discoveredf.

yep, in those days pub snacks were little linen bags of aged mince.

 

[rich p]

I never overcook mince in the same way that I don't overcook steak. I like the metallic tang of the kill. I brown it and then for how ever it takes the tin of tomatoes to boil.

My local butcher told me that the evil bacteria only develop on the surface of the meat hence you should sear both sides of a steak to kill them off. Likewise with minced steak but each granule of mince should be seared i.e. cooked through. I merely pass the information on as I ate a 3.5 year out of date tin of pilchards last week and lived to a hearty age.

 

[snorri]

If Captain Cook had taken any notice of use-by-dates Australia would not have been discoveredf.

..and if Franklin and his team had observed the use by dates he would have come home alive instead of freezing to death whilst searching for the North West passage.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Oh - I thought this was a thread about Quentin Crisp!!

 

[dellzeqq]

Oh - I thought this was a thread about Quentin Crisp!!

I did too! Of course, if it were, it would be a trailer for Englishman in New York, coming to a tellyscreen near you
http://www.itv.com/Drama/contemporary/EnglishmanInNewYork/default.html
in the near future, exec produced by.....THE BABE!