Freezer burn is the enemy over time, but if it's not over a couple years it will make good sausage. We always have several 2 gallon bags of trim that are 2-3 years old added to fresh meat when we make sausage each year. Same goes with the chops and fry meat that may get hidden under something, they are added to the sausage meat. I found several Feb. 2010 bags of chops a few weeks back, they were in the zip-loc vaccum bags and they were fine, I was surprised! Treefarmer
Wild Game is like I've always said, it ia all how it is prepared from the begining... It starts when you kill it until the time you eat it. If it is not processed right, packaged correct and cooked properlyit ain't right. I always tell people that tell me that they don't like wild game...you ain't had mine! :saluting
Well they dug up a mastadon frozen in the arctic and served it at some scientists banquet. It was 10,000 years old.
Urban legend based on (very) dubious explorer's tales.
I guess it depends on your definition of "bad." If it's freezer burnt, it's not going to taste good but will still be perfectly safe to eat.
