Just realized there's $20 dollars worth of gourmet Italian sausage in the fridge -- from February 15th.
Normally if you smell the meat as it's cooking, you can tell if it's bad or not. Not with sausage though, especially not with Italian sausage, thanks to annis and fennel. I'm heating it up, and have NO FUCKING CLUE if this will kill me or not.
So, am I doomed? Or is sausage good for a bit? This wasn't pre-cooked, and it's 9 days since we bought it. USDA says 2 days is optimal. I'm a week past optimal.
Jesus, what a bad idea it would be to eat this sausage.
But they look so tasty!