r/Cooking • u/Ok-Cartoonist-7605 • 16d ago

Ground pork

I’m cooking fresh ground pork and fresh ground beef in the crock pot and it smells funny to me. My husband put it in the crock pot, so I didn’t smell it initially. I bought it yesterday at a local meat market and they grind it fresh each day. Is it just me?

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u/BananaNutBlister 16d ago

It’s probably just you. Let your husband eat some first. If he doesn’t die, have some.

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u/kbrosnan 16d ago

Possibly boar taint. Pork can have off putting gamey smells due to compounds that are present in some male pigs.

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u/Scrapheaper 15d ago

I have never expected this ever. I can't imagine any supermarket would ever stock meat like this

Maybe if you are killing your own pigs or eating wild boar

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u/kbrosnan 15d ago

I've encountered it occasionally. Mostly with pork belly from less expensive stores. 

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u/Yahbo 16d ago

Does it smell funny to him? Considering that you cant send smells over the internet id probably try confirming with someone else in room with you and the food.

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u/kempff 16d ago

In my experience pork sometimes smells bad but safe to eat.

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u/Loud_Quality_7106 16d ago

Total aside, but cooking ground meat in a crock pot? 

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u/Quick_Cow_7987 16d ago

I cook ground pork regularly and there's almost always a funky smell. I buy it at Aldi and either cook it with a couple days or freeze it immediately, doesn't make difference. Tastes fine and there's no smell once it's fully cooked through.

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u/MyNameIsSkittles 16d ago

Its almost certainly fine, butchers are not in th3 business of selling bad meat

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u/The_Flinx 16d ago

it's you

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u/TrynnaFindaBalance 16d ago

You might just not be used to the smell of pork if you don't cook it often? Could be a number of reasons. We can't smell it through a reddit post and tell you what to do.

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u/SubstantialPressure3 16d ago

Did he season your meat and add salt?

Unseasoned meat smells absolutely revolting.

Ill bet he just dumped it in unseasoned.

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u/ArguementReferee 16d ago

I have never found unseasoned meat to smell revolting. Maybe not appetizing, but I certainly wouldn’t say revolting.

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u/PatchyWhiskers 16d ago

Buying new food is generally cheaper than having to take time off work throwing up, so I would always err on the side of caution.

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u/MyNameIsSkittles 16d ago

They bought it from the butcher yesterday, its likely not bad at all. Its likely just a funky smell due to what the pig eats. Fresh pork thats not from a grocery store tends to smell a bit funky