Too old?

cookingdude555

Diggin out freezer, too old to thaw out and smoke?

DMW

No. I dug out a pack of boneless short ribs yesterday and cooked today that had a sell by date of Nov 2015. They've been in a deep freezer, they're fine.

theyolksonyou

Hell no. 

StillH2OEgger

Hell no. Smoke that bad boy!

cookingdude555

Thanks @DMW. It’s been at -10 degrees the whole time. It’s now in the garage fridge thawing. 

vb4677

Should be good - may not be first place Memphis in May caliber...but fine for sure.

cookingdude555

Thanks @theyolksonyou and @StillH2OEgger

nolaegghead

Knock the ice maggots off it and cook.

lousubcap

As above-No way.  He!! last year I cooked up a 3.5 year frozen turkey (chest freezer very deep dive) and it was great.   I don't know where the upper freezer aged limit is for things-and have never worried about it.  

DMW

Sounds good, glad you aren't going to toss, that would be a shame.

Here's what I did with the short ribs.

Caramelized thin sliced onions with bacon grease:


Seasoned the short ribs with Kosher salt and then seared on all sides:


Tossed in a dutch oven with beef broth, red wine vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, the onions, fresh grated garlic, and fresh ground pepper. 


Stuck it in the oven at 250* covered and went to work. Checked on it around when I remembered early afternoon and they were basically done, dropped the oven temp to 200* and removed the lid to let it cook down. A couple hours later, put the lid back on as it had reduced a good bit.

No other pics until the finish as my wife finished it up while I was working. She removed the short ribs, strained the jus, added more beef broth, and then used it to make a gravy. Then put the ribs back in and just broke it up with a spoon:


Served over noodles:


No egg involved, but it was some pretty good comfort food on a cold day. Adding some smoke to this in the egg would be pretty good.

cookingdude555

That looks delicious!