Foul brew or nothing to worry about?

[Slashroot]

Hi,

I've had 7 gallons of wine yeasting for 5-6 weeks now(Red Currants + Rhubarb + Apple), it finally slowed down so I decided to separate some of the organics before letting it continue to rest.

The rhubarb was frozen as longer sticks in a plastic shopping bag. What I did not notice is that a SAUSAGE had fallen into the same plastic bag(from a freezer tray), and yes I'm not kidding! That sausage showed up today when I was separating the "organics". It looked completely intact, not any sign of rot or smell, as if the alcohol has preserved it completely. The percentage of alcohol is at least above 10%.

The wine smells perfectly fine and I had a small taste, nothing weird to it.

Quite ridiculous story! Question is, throw it or keep it? Any opinions? Just the thought of meat in there makes you feel uneasy.

Thanks!

 

[FunkedOut]

What temperature?

I would think the sausage would be better than the wine.
All of it is a gamble and risk taken by you alone.
Maybe pasteurize the wine and use for cooking?

 

[Intheswamp]

 

[CDrew]

This made me laugh. A sausage in the beverage. Hey, why not?

I'd eat that sausage on a hot dog bun with mustard and onions. Maybe.

The "wine" on the other hand, sounds gross. Very few pathogens are going to survive the preservatives in the sausage and the alcohol in the wine. So it may even be safe to drink. But it sounds really gross. But keeping an open mind, you might learn something and maybe we should all be making wine with an added sausage! LOL. Good luck. Most food poisoning symptoms last about 24 hours and tend to be self limited.

Report back please!

 

[sour_grapes]

You might google Schopenhauer's Law of Entropy.

 

[gsf77]

You might google Schopenhauer's Law of Entropy.

Okay, being the curious type I had to look it up:

Schopenhauer's Law of Entropy:

If you put a spoonful of wine in a barrel full of sewage, you get sewage. If you put a spoonful of sewage in a barrel full of wine, you get sewage.

 

[Slashroot]

I'm glad to inform you that my absence is not due to food poisoning, if someone got worried! Then again, the sip of wine that I had was extremely low, maybe time to UP the dosage and test the limits!

Maybe too bad I threw the sausage away, maybe I would have discovered a new world famous dish/recipe, brewed sausage with marinated BBQ sauce, who knows!

No need to worry, I wont serve it to a bunch of guinea pig people!

It's been brewing in temperatures around 70F(~21C).

In all seriousness I might let oxidation turn it into vinegar and use it as a natural weed killer. The sausage thought still makes me feel gross!

 

[bshef]

The tale is that the secret ingredient in scrumpy, a cloudy English cider, was rat. Supposed to give it body. I would't let it go to vinegar; I doubt any harm comes. Inquiring minds want to know how this turns out.