How To Tell If Bacon Is Bad: 3 Easy Ways To Find Out

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Bacon lover — February 2, 2022 @ 8:32 am Reply

I’m in and out of town throughout the year, so while I try and ration / eat all my perishables prior to trips, sometimes I end up leaving bacon in the fridge and freezer for 6 months or more if it’s hidden in there. My rule of thumb is that a LITTLE bit of graying is okay. If the red turns to a light pink or looks SLIGHTLY gray, it’s still safe as long as it doesn’t turn blue or green. I’ve found when cooking bacon at the very end of its lifespan, it cooks slower for some reason, and has a hint of a stale taste, but is perfectly safe for me. Worst thing that’s ever happened is a little bit of diarrhea, nothing extreme. After it starts smelling funky though, that’s a recipe for vomiting and food poisoning. A friend of mine are some bacon he had left in the freezer for a full 12 months, and that was the case for him.

Longest I recommend for unopened bacon, if immediately frozen, should still be great at the 7 / 8 month mark. 9 months and it starts getting risky.

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