Today at the farmer's market I bought some smoked bacon from a local stand. It was frozen (I think) and wrapped in a sealed plastic package.
I put the package in the fridge to defrost for about 6 hours (til now.) It is totally defrosted, so I don't know how deeply frozen it was when I got it.
Thing is: Now I notice the package is stamped "Packed on August 31." That seems like a long time ago if I don't know how deep the freeze was.
There are no preservatives in it other than whatever the smoking process was.
My family wants to eat this bacon now.
Can they eat it?
They are healthy adult humans. I myself am a vegetarian and have never felt totally clear about what is ok and not with meat.