> Anybody know about how long (American) bacon keeps in a refrigerator? I just cooked the last four strips of bacon in a package that had been lying around in the refrigerator for, I don't know, maybe four weeks. The last time I cooked some from that package was around the 24-25th of August, when Brunnen-G was visiting. It was fine then. But when I cooked the last four strips just now, the smell was unmistakable: wet dog.
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> Leen came up the stairs, and I said, "Why does this smell like wet dog?" and she laughed, because she was about to ask the exact same question in the exact same words.
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> I was brave enough to taste it, and it was fine. But I had too many visions of food poisoning to feel right eating it all.

Was there a "use before" date on the package? The nice thing about bacon, is that it will let you know when it's too old to eat. It will stink when it's cooked. Toss it. Country ham, on the other hand, has a long, long shelf life. And it *always* stinks when you cook it.
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