Would you eat this?

[ILiveInFlipFlops]

I make meat loaf with a combo of ground beef, turkey, and spicy sausage. I went down to the deep freeze today to pull out the sausage and turkey so they could thaw for dinner tomorrow, and I found that the plastic cover of the turkey packaging had separated from the main packaging and folded inward, leaving a section of the meat (well, technically, all of the meat, I guess) exposed to the freezer air. 

 

I know it won't have spoiled that way--it was frozen good and solid before this could have happened--but do you think it will affect the taste badly? I'm trying so hard to reduce food waste and our budget; I really don't want to have to throw this out!

 

Thanks.

Edited January 11, 2016 by ILiveInFlipFlops

[chocolatechip]

How long has it been in the freezer? I would probably use it unless it had been in the freezer a very long time because the cheapskate in me couldn't stand to see it go to waste. If it hasn't been in the freezer overly long I would hope that it hasn't gotten too freezer burned. 

 

 

Edited January 11, 2016 by chocolatechip

[December]

Maybe you should use it for something other than meat loaf?  Something that you could cook up the turkey separately and make sure it tastes okay before you mix it in with a lot of other meat?

[AK_Mom4]

You can eat freezer burn meat, but it usually doesn't taste very good. Sorry, my dogs would end up with a special Turkey Treat on this one as it could well make your meatloaf taste "off"

[Harriet Vane]

I would eat it in a dish that's seasoned a lot, possibly in a casserole or something smothered in sauce.

[kewb]

I would try and cut away the exposed part.  Then I would cook up a small amount in a skillet and see what it tastes like.