I just bought these sirloin steaks from the store and they all have these darkish spots
by azulmilkshake
29 Comments
PorkChopSandwiches-
Looks fine to me, does it smell bad?
glitterysweater
Hell yeah, it’s just oxidation. Normal meat stuff
Early_Meal6945
Normal
Warm_Strawberry_4575
The gray is from lack of light and oxygen probably from having other packs of steaks on top at the store or something on top of it in your fridge. As long as the date is still good the gray shouldnt be a problem.
Adventurous-Set5029
Probably just oxidized. Use your nose, if it smells off, then it is off. Otherwise, a little oxidation is pretty normal.
XerocoleHere
As long as it doesnt smell it looks like it shoud be fine. usually if its gone bad it’ll be more greenish and you’ll notice discoloration more so on the fat first..
Djztripp
Perfectly safe, if meat touches plastic or other pieces of meat it will turn brown, come back to it in 10 min and it’ll be mostly red again. Here’s a picture that happened in my case they other day. Sold them 20 min later. *
billy-suttree
I only buy steaks when they go on sale and they’re almost always oxidized worse than this.
BasketFair3378
I would probably cook it first. Looks a bit rare.
Antique-Elephant-519
Looks fine unless there’s a bad smell you’re good
Deucalion666
Is it stinky?
xXSN0WBL1ND22Xx
Oxidation. Can happen when steaks are layered over each other. Meat contains a protein called ‘Myoglobin’ that reacts to oxygen and give meat the vibrant red color. When a cut is too thick or pressed together without a barrier (ie: parchment paper or butcher’s paper) the myoglobin protein doesn’t get oxygen and turns the meat the brownish color.
Source: I work in a full service meat department.
TheTimbs
Does it smell foul?
Awkward-Kiwi452
After you put it through a grinder
theloric
Looks a bit overcooked. Slop some mayo on there and you’ll be fine…
vinny10133
Yes
NoNectarine7434
Yeap
Minimum-Act6859
Perfectly fine. 🥩 As long as it has been kept refrigerated 40°F(5°C) and doesn’t smell sour you are golden. For reference, most steaks I buy don’t look this good.
Songy8123
Smelling it is the only test
Partial_obverser
Safe to eat, yes. Pleasant on the palate, doubtful. Is that select grade sirloin?
TurnipSwap
I mean, not yet.
YgritteofBungalohill
Does it smell okay. That is generally the test more than color.
MichaelDare5
thats a really stupid question – first you have to cook it
WorkersUniteeeeeeee
So long as it doesn’t smell bad, it should be good to
Most people don’t know this but ‘red meat’ frequently has red food dye added to it so that it looks fresher. Meat that comes out of a cow is actually more of a medium brown color – Not putrid old, dark brown.
The red that you see and the runoff that people usually think is blood that comes out of cuts of beef is actually food dye.
Edit – I have been informed that the red is not dye but is in fact myoglobin. So I was either lied to by a high school ‘livestock’ teacher or he knew some shady ass ranchers I guess.
Sleepydeerboy
Absolutely not better let me (professional meat eater) take care of it (with my belly)
OmegaWittif
A tad on the rare side… but…
Significant-Peace966
I don’t know, it kind of looks like it came in third in the fourth race yesterday
Savage_Justice
You might want to cook it first
Arctistic-NDup
I would put some seasoning and grill it before if I were you.
29 Comments
Looks fine to me, does it smell bad?
Hell yeah, it’s just oxidation. Normal meat stuff
Normal
The gray is from lack of light and oxygen probably from having other packs of steaks on top at the store or something on top of it in your fridge. As long as the date is still good the gray shouldnt be a problem.
Probably just oxidized. Use your nose, if it smells off, then it is off. Otherwise, a little oxidation is pretty normal.
As long as it doesnt smell it looks like it shoud be fine. usually if its gone bad it’ll be more greenish and you’ll notice discoloration more so on the fat first..
Perfectly safe, if meat touches plastic or other pieces of meat it will turn brown, come back to it in 10 min and it’ll be mostly red again. Here’s a picture that happened in my case they other day. Sold them 20 min later.
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I only buy steaks when they go on sale and they’re almost always oxidized worse than this.
I would probably cook it first. Looks a bit rare.
Looks fine unless there’s a bad smell you’re good
Is it stinky?
Oxidation. Can happen when steaks are layered over each other. Meat contains a protein called ‘Myoglobin’ that reacts to oxygen and give meat the vibrant red color. When a cut is too thick or pressed together without a barrier (ie: parchment paper or butcher’s paper) the myoglobin protein doesn’t get oxygen and turns the meat the brownish color.
Source: I work in a full service meat department.
Does it smell foul?
After you put it through a grinder
Looks a bit overcooked. Slop some mayo on there and you’ll be fine…
Yes
Yeap
Perfectly fine. 🥩 As long as it has been kept refrigerated 40°F(5°C) and doesn’t smell sour you are golden.
For reference, most steaks I buy don’t look this good.
Smelling it is the only test
Safe to eat, yes. Pleasant on the palate, doubtful. Is that select grade sirloin?
I mean, not yet.
Does it smell okay. That is generally the test more than color.
thats a really stupid question – first you have to cook it
So long as it doesn’t smell bad, it should be good to
Most people don’t know this but ‘red meat’ frequently has red food dye added to it so that it looks fresher. Meat that comes out of a cow is actually more of a medium brown color – Not putrid old, dark brown.
The red that you see and the runoff that people usually think is blood that comes out of cuts of beef is actually food dye.
Edit – I have been informed that the red is not dye but is in fact myoglobin. So I was either lied to by a high school ‘livestock’ teacher or he knew some shady ass ranchers I guess.
Absolutely not better let me (professional meat eater) take care of it (with my belly)
A tad on the rare side… but…
I don’t know, it kind of looks like it came in third in the fourth race yesterday
You might want to cook it first
I would put some seasoning and grill it before if I were you.