How long is your sliced dry salami good for?

[RootSkier]

Settle a debate. Deli meat is weird. If you were to purchase sliced dry salami from the local whole paycheck-like store, how many days is it edible for?

Certainly more than the turkey you got the same day, but let's set forth some numbers, fuckers.

[leroy jenkins]

Refrigerated or no?

Even left out its good a while. I've taken it on 10 day long backpacking trips and had it be fine the whole time.

[blender]

Had an unsliced one rolling around the back of our car in Australia for some time--like months, with no apparent ill effects.

[Flyoverland Captive]

Dick Sticks last damn near forever if you leave them unsliced. The perfect camping food.

[RootSkier]

Refrigerated and sliced.

[that dude who did that thing]

As noted, in their whole form, they last indefinitely. That's pretty much the point of salami.
Once sliced, you've greatly increased the surface area available for oxidation and bacterial growth. Shelf life at this point depends on how it's stored. Let's assume best and worst case scenarios. Best case is plastic baggy, tightly sealed, in your fridge which maintains a steady 42%. I'd say you have up to 2 months, possibly more depending on the quality of the salami.

Worst case, torn up plastic wrap, reused after you took it off the gouda, lost the salami wrapper, and recycled it to protect the salami. Shoved this in a coat pocket, skied all afternoon, plus the next day, left the coat in your ski gear bag, where evrything was wet, and then dropped bag on top of heat register at home. That shit's toxic in 4 days, IMO.

[blender]

Worst case, torn up plastic wrap, reused after you took it off the gouda, lost the salami wrapper, and recycled it to protect the salami. Shoved this in a coat pocket, skied all afternoon, plus the next day, left the coat in your ski gear bag, where evrything was wet, and then dropped bag on top of heat register at home. That shit's toxic in 4 days, IMO.

Come on. Still good for a week at least!

[that dude who did that thing]

After 4 days I think you're taking chances. I won't say I've NEVER eaten the salami beyond 4 days, mor elike I'm saying I wouldn't expect that to end well every single time.

[HansJob]

till it turns green

[Hugh Conway]

Oh, that one's been in the fridge a long time root.

[Cayuse]

till it turns green

Or the smell turns you green.

[iceman]

Oh, that one's been in the fridge a long time root.

I don't think he even remembers buying it, do you?

I would have no real qualms about eating good sliced pepperoni from an open package that's been in the fridge a month. Some skeevy greasy store brand I'd hesitate if it was a week old. About the same with dry salami I guess.

[~mikey b]

smell it

taste it

eat it

or not

[XXX-er]

You think them euro's worried about a little skanky salami or landjaeger back in the day?

the eiger would still be unclimbed if we had to depend on this lot

[sb]

PM Old Larry.

[sb]

I won't say I've NEVER eaten the salami beyond 4 days

Potential sig there

[XXX-er]

I eat a lot of this stuff mostly in sandwiches, right now I got 5lbs in the cupboard labeled best before aug 2014 so it lasts a long time and sez "no refrigeration required" on the pack

I was keeping some in a large screw top air tight jar in the fridge but some moisture got in the jar and the LJ grew white fuzz so now I leave it in the jar out of the fridge which works, in the fridge meat keep but not sealed also works just seems to make it dryer and no fuzz ...so moisture is the enemy

Last june I took 5lbs of LJ on a 3 wk kayak trip, sliced it into all kinds of meals, it made a big difference compared to the trip last year where we were always craving protein and we all lost weight

[iceman]

On a related note, I just cooked and ate some chicken that was 7 days past the sell by date and smelled a bit funky. I'll report back if trouble arises.

[Tippster]

Side of Snozzberries with your green chicken, sir?

[userA]

when it starts to smell like fish give it to the dogs
or the iceman dinner challenge.
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