Bought sat or Sunday. It’s Monday. Very slight sour smell. Thinking about tossing them. (I know I should)
by Chief_Beef_ATL
Bought sat or Sunday. It’s Monday. Very slight sour smell. Thinking about tossing them. (I know I should)
by Chief_Beef_ATL
20 Comments
It’s protein.
But if they smell bad, throw them.
I don’t fuck with sour birds or pigs but beef doesn’t bother me
Looks like the albumen that comes out of fish…but always trust your nose.
Very normal for ground turkey
That sour smell is not normal.
Toss em
This is normal for turkey. Don’t throw them out just because of the albumen. Throw them out if they smell weird.
Ground turkey usually has a bit of a not pleasant smell… and the goo is cooked blood from the meat and normal.
Eat them unless the smell smells like rotten or rancid meat… this smells like dead animal. If that’s the case… toss
But some rub on those bitches. At least gives them color.
Having cooked many a turkey burger, turkey meat loaf, turkey tacos, etc., the goo is quite normal. I usually scrape it off with the spatula.
If the turkey is bad it will look more brownish when raw (rather than pink) and will have a distinct metallic smell. It might be the sour you’re smelling.
Good luck 👍🏻
Pass
That’s just the goo, it’s all good, man
That goo is called albumin, and it’s a naturally occurring protein in all muscles, even those of humans. It’s essentially a coagulated protein, similar to a cooked egg white. When cooked, the muscle tissue (meat) contracts and squishes out the albumin. This happens more quickly and more intensely the higher the heat is. So grilling, searing, broiling, etc. will all exacerbate the process. It’s completely harmless and 100% edible, but if you wish to avoid the yucky looking goo in the future, you could try cooking the turkey burgers or whatever else it may be (this happens often with salmon filets) using a low and slow cooking method, i.e. gentle heat.
Do they actually smell off, or did you convince yourself they smell off?
Flour them before bbq
Albumin, normal protein found in meat, poultry and fish. It looks unappealing but it’s not bad for you. It’s very similar to ovalbumin which is one of the main proteins in egg whites.
Turkey aside from the thanksgiving kind is gross to me
You should toss them, there turkey burgers
Turkey burger just kinda do that
Mix it with a little bit of ground chuck or ribeye.
That grill isn’t hot enough in first place. You need a pit fire