I just opened a vacuum-packed duck breast for sumi. It was frozen in the butcher's when I got it, but I just noticed the use-by date was August '08. It's been in the deep-freeze since then,but it did smell a bit strong when I broke the vacuum seal after defrosting it in the fridge overnight. Sumi gobbled it up frantically as usual, but I'm wondering if it's ok. I looked up freezing poultry on the net, and there are many different feelings about how long is safe. The majority seem to be saying that vacuum is better, but that small poultry parts like breast, legs, don't last as long as the full bird in the freezer. Any opinions?
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freezing raw meat
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I don't think it goes bad, it is more an issue of the texture and taste. If sumi thought it tasted good then obviously she didn't mind
Posted 6 months ago by KYKAT 12 23 #
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Many raw feeders use old/freezer burned meat so I don't think it is really a problem.
Personally, I let my cats be the judge of whether it is bad or not. If they won't touch it, something is wrong with it. They know what is safe or not for them.
Posted 6 months ago by furryfriends50 #
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FF, a question about bones. I'm gathering my nerve to give them chicken wings and maybe ribs, as I tried them this morning and they were both completely savage about the bones, and clearly loved the chewing and gnawing. Do I just let them at a wing bone? Or do you grind them at all? Do they literally work their way through the whole bone in time? Thanks for the responses.
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Maybe cut the chicken wing in half, they are easy enough to just twist apart.
Mine refuse to eat ground meat if they have any choice. The lamb I get is ground however but I mix it into some chicken thigh/breast with bones.
Mine literally will eat a whole chicken thigh and those are the biggest bones I let mine get. There are never leftovers with them, if it is there and is food they eat the whole thing.
Posted 6 months ago by furryfriends50 #
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