Dark red is soft and mushy and then it’s pink and firmer. What does this mean? Smells okay. Is it okay to cook

by hockeyflames

22 Comments

  1. Flesh_Buffet

    If you don’t want it, freeze it and mail it to me. I’ll eat it.

  2. Porterhouse417good

    It’s fine, just cook it. It’ll be ok🙂

  3. Relative_Today_336

    That looks delicious! Season it and sear it!

  4. albacore_futures

    If it doesn’t smell like death, and isn’t green, it’s fine.

  5. ReadyFreddy11

    You can cook anything! The better question is can you EAT it?

  6. HotKarl_Marx

    Probably just some prion wasting disease or something.

  7. Candid-Difference-98

    It’s called pse. The hog wasn’t processed properly.

  8. Grouchy-Bug5223

    Smells okay looks okay. This is a sirloin tip, might need some marinating just FYI.

  9. Blankaholics

    Did you have it lying on its side? The blood or juices probably just pooled there

  10. mrmrssmitn

    The softer meat, muscles will likely be more tender, the lighter colored and firmer are likely to be more tough and drier.

  11. PericardiumGold

    Normal and is caused by myoglobin concentration (blood cells) typically you won’t notice any difference in taste or really even texture once cooked.

  12. The near purple meat on the left is how most meat we get back from slaughter looks. The stores have to jack with it to keep it edible and red. But deep red/purple is normal for freshly slaughtered.

  13. FLAIR_AEKDB_

    The right side of the steak was exposed to air and has dried up a bit

  14. Old_Dependent4678

    The cut of meat in this case makes a difference. Note there are two to three distinct pieces. Within this piece. They have different colors right out of the bag so to speak as you are cutting them. Look up sirloin tip or peeled knuckle merchandising cuts.

  15. deathbychipmunks

    It means that you unfortunately bought a sirloin tip in steak form. Sorry for your loss.

    However the colouring looks normal to me, i have seen thousands of these come in looking exactly like pictured once cut up.

  16. NoCoFoCo31

    Didn’t seek the bag well and the lighter side of as towards the zip would be my guess.

    Looks fine to eat though.

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