Freeze FAIL!!!! WTF???

[DiverDriver]

Purchased huge pc of Atlantic Salmon. Got it home Put in 2 portions. vac sealed the one portion and I put in freezer. The other portion made a great meal that night. Yesterday I thawed the frozen (frozen about a month) as always did a sniff test and it smelt like feces. What the heck? what could have happened? Never smelt anything so foul.

[Jerod Broussard]

That stinks. (no pun intended)

​​​​​​How long did it sit out until it was frozen? How was it thawed?

If it was chicken I would not have been surprised by the fowl smell. (OK, THAT pun was intended)

[tbob4]

That is really bad! Hahahahaha

[DiverDriver]

Hmm. Thawed in pack at room temp.... perhaps that is culprit. but really was never >40f

[tbob4]

I can only think that the freezer failed for more than a day or the fish went bad somehow before you put it in. The other thought is that the fish was starting to go bad and it does take time to freeze and thaw. It has been my experience that funky smells are really exacerbated when I take them out of the vacuum pack.

[Troutman]

Yea I would advise avoiding S. aureus, E. coli and spp of Bacillus, Klebsiella, Salmonella, Flavobacterium, Listeria and Pseudomonas, as well as Trachurus trachurus,Scomber scombrus,Urophycis tenuis,Clupea harengus. Geeze I'm getting dizzy, I need to go lay down.

[DiverDriver]

Jerod Broussard that sir is a lot to digest er.. not digest.

[bbqLuv]

S. aureus, E. coli and spp of Bacillus, Klebsiella, Salmonella, Flavobacterium, Listeria and Pseudomonas, as well as Trachurus trachurus,Scomber scombrus,Urophycis tenuis,Clupea harengus

You make me sick

[Jerod Broussard]

DiverDriver never, never, never thaw at room temperature.

[ComfortablyNumb]

That was going to be my advice as well after reading his above comment. Put it in the refrigerator well in advance or, if in a big hurry, in cold water, changed frequently.