Hello... I'm Johnny Cash Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Does any one know how long meat is gonna keep in a decent cool bag? I'm gonna jam it full of ice and ice packs and the meat will be coming out of the freezer on Wednesday morning. The ice bag itself will be surrounded by at least 3 or 4 other cool bags full of ice and frozen drinks.Am am being a bit optimistic in thinking that it might go the full 5 days? I went camping last weekend and 1 considerably cheaper cool bag with about 1/3 of the ice that I could have got in it kept my beer at a temperature that you could have safely kept meat at for 2 days.Anyone tried it before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello... I'm Johnny Cash Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Shit. You can't edit titles can you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanesque Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Merat: Cultural Learnings of Sausages for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Glastonbury.Personally I wouldn't risk it past a couple of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello... I'm Johnny Cash Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Merat: Cultural Learnings of Sausages for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Glastonbury.Personally I wouldn't risk it past a couple of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puppetmode Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 we have 5lb of bacon every year in a rigid cool box. We freeze it and take frozen ice packs which last a day or so. We have eaten the bacon on the Monday morning, although it didn't look at its best.btw, we usually get there on the Thursday morning so one day less than you. Were going Wednesday morning this year so not expecting it to last til Monday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezza-S Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Personally I wouldnt risk the five days.Trial run it with a thermometer. The temperature of the meat should not go above 5C, so when it does don't eat it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siman Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 I personally think if everything is frozen solid and packed with ice it'll be OK until Saturday at least. So long as you cook everything very well then wouldn't worry to much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nina3d Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Shit. You can't edit titles can you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toooldtoknowbetter Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 If there's still ice cubes in your coolbox, the meat may be ok, but you can't be certain.I'm afraid the 'if you cook it well, you'll be ok' policy is flawed: bacterial or fungal exotoxins persist in the meat even after destruction of the organism that produced them, and such exotoxins are often heat-stable. And some of them can make you very ill indeed. Not worth the risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt_On_Everything Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 A full 5 days is HUGELY optimistic if you ask me... I normally only do a BBQ on the first night of a festival, don't trust it after that. Remember, Glasto is the LAST place you're gonna want the shits! I guess variety of meat might vary too - bacon is surely gonna last longer than say, chicken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello... I'm Johnny Cash Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Think the thermometer idea is the winner I'm gonna get Mythbusters on this and do some tests... I've put all my ice blocks in the freezer and filled a load of bottles with water for freezing. Will start a trial run tomorrow. I might even be able to lay my hands on a food probe so I'm checking the meat temp not just the temp in the bag (can't see it being different though).I'll post again when the meat gets to 3.5 degrees (playing it safe) hopefully in 5 days time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneCircle Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Does any one know how long meat is gonna keep in a decent cool bag? I'm gonna jam it full of ice and ice packs and the meat will be coming out of the freezer on Wednesday morning. The ice bag itself will be surrounded by at least 3 or 4 other cool bags full of ice and frozen drinks.Am am being a bit optimistic in thinking that it might go the full 5 days? I went camping last weekend and 1 considerably cheaper cool bag with about 1/3 of the ice that I could have got in it kept my beer at a temperature that you could have safely kept meat at for 2 days.Anyone tried it before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofichic Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 I clicked on this link because I was intrigued about merat. I had nearly clicked on it twice previously but didn't. I am disappointed.I think you should change your entire post to reflect what I thought it might be. Either a random Eastern European spirit made with herbs and potions that doesn't keep well in the heat, or some new fangled drug reference I am now too square to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt_On_Everything Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 I clicked on this link because I was intrigued about merat. I had nearly clicked on it twice previously but didn't. I am disappointed.I think you should change your entire post to reflect what I thought it might be. Either a random Eastern European spirit made with herbs and potions that doesn't keep well in the heat, or some new fangled drug reference I am now too square to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Saguna Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Try to google it. I did it myself and a lot of good information came up. It seems that if the meat is cooked and closed in airtight plastic bags that should help it to last for much longer. Have a look for your self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scappaflow Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Probably 5 days would be pushing it a bit. I took a BBQ last year with stuff for our tea on the Wednesday. We also managed to cook some stuff on the Thursday morning on a neighbours BBQ. Personally it was a bit of hassle and I wouldn't bother with it again. Just take some snacks, cereal bars, crisps etc and buy food there, is my plan. It's def decent value for a festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie_and_a_pint Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 On camping holidays we've taken (frozen) bacon and sausages well packed in a cool box and eaten it for two days (as in, we packed it on Friday morning and ate it for breakfast on Friday night and Saturday morning), but I wouldn't risk it after that. Also, bacon is salty so lasts longer - I definitely wouldn't risk stuff like chicken for more than a day.On the plus side, I can confirm that marg/spread, cheese and freshly-squeezed OJ is fine for at about four days in a cool box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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