For context, I live with 2 other adults, and I do almost all the cooking and most of the cleaning. Last week, we had some meat in the fridge that I meant to put in the freezer so it wouldn’t spoil, but I forgot. By the time I remembered, I thought it would maybe be okay, but it wasn’t. It was just slightly past its prime, but I didnt realize it until after id already cooked and eaten a few bites (yeah it smelled a little odd, and some of the pieces were more tender than they should’ve been, but I brushed it off).
One of the housemates and I decided we’d give them to my family’s dog (who lives 20-ish minutes away) so as not to completely waste them. They were hidden at the back of the fridge in a grocery bag. Bear in mind, they were left in the fridge for another week after that. The other housemate comes in, finds them, smothers them in gravy, and eats SEVERAL of them. She usually complains about every single dish I make, but not this time. (Either she doesn’t like the way it’s seasoned or she thinks the meat is "too tough." It’s tender because it’s spoiled… ). She gladly ate piece after piece for multiple days, I honestly didn’t think she’d eat more than one.
They weren’t so spoiled that they could make you dangerously ill, but just spoiled enough that you could certainly taste it.
It’s the one thing I’ve cooked that she didn’t complain about so I decided not to say anything.
Edit: it was already digested when I found out. The other guy told me in the hallway when I woke up in the middle of the night to get some water. It was kinda too late. She can’t un-eat it. And it was hidden and tightly wrapped, clearly not meant to be touched. I’ll admit that I probably shouldn’t have given it to the dog, but we forgot to drop it off anyway, so I had plans to throw it away within the next day or two. She just happened to beat me to it.
After the first piece was gone, the bag wasn’t visible, and the gravy soaked meat had been left at room temp overnight, which is already dangerous, so I thought the bag had been thrown away, and she was going to throw the meat on the stove away. She had just re-hidden that bag elsewhere and ate the overnight meat anyway. I didn’t know until AFTER THE FACT that she’d been continually sneaking and eating it day after day because I also saw her buying fast food for her dinner. I guess it wasn’t enough though
Another edit: I think she didn’t complain because she thought she got away with eating other people’s food.
YTA.
You clearly don’t understand proper food safety; meat that is already smelling off and then it sits in the fridge another week and you don’t think someone could get sick from it? Dude…
It’s one thing if she ate some before you knew but you told her as soon as you found out. But knowingly letting her eat unsafe meat is major AH behavior, especially since it sounds like it was driven by you being in your feelings about her generally not liking your cooking.
Be better.
YTA. This is some scary shit.
You must really hate your roommate if you’re willing to sit by and watch her eat meat you thought was spoiled over a WEEK after you planned to throw it away.
A lot of people don’t have the same tastebuds as you. One of my friends was born without a sense of smell and can barely taste or smell *anything*. The fact you sat by and watched her eat meat you meant to throw out over a **week** ago is VILE.
And your final comment on the subject makes me think you did this on purpose to fuck with her. Not cool at all. You suck.
They didn’t plan to throw it away – they planned to give it to their pet more than a week after deciding not to eat it themselves! I guess they think dogs have some superpower that lets them not get sick from eating bad meat? Definitely YTA (OP).
OMG, YTA. Never keep meet that’s gone bad. Do not give it to a dog. You knew she was eating it and didn’t care. And she may have gotten sick but in ways you didn’t know.
YTA. Someone could have gotten really sick here.
YTA for planning to give what you thought was already spoiled meat to your dog over a week later!
YTA
1. You were going to give off meat to the dog.
2. After you knew it was off you left it in your refrigerator for another week.
3. You knowingly let your flatmate eat food which could kill her or make her seriously ill.
Have some basic common sense and consider food safety. Your behaviour is beyond reckless.
YTA, on a few levels here, throw out rancid meat, don’t feed it to dogs, or roommates.
YTA for letting someone eat meat you knew was spoiled.
YTA for wanting to feed a dog spoiled meat.
YTA for asking this question, because obviously you don’t let people eat food you know is bad.
Once you realized it wasn’t good for people, the ethical move would’ve been to clearly label it (“DOG FOOD – DO NOT EAT”) or throw it out. Not saying anything crosses into *passive responsibility*, even if you didn’t intend harm.
YTA for even considering giving rotten meat to an animal. I DGAF what you did after that heinous behavior.
YTA and lucky. Food poisoning can be fatal to humans and dogs
YTA. Why on earth would you give spoiled meat to a dog? Please do not have animals and do not reproduce.
YTA for wanting to give it to a dog.
Your roommate is a dumbass, why would they continuously eat something without asking how long it’s been… YTA also for watching her do it and not sayin anything.
These type of decisions kill ppl and animals.