Expert: Keith Patton - 12/11/2008

Question
how long after duck has been roasted is it safe to eat the regfrigerated meat (not raw but cooked -- not FROZEN -- refrigerated)?  Thanks for your reply...

Answer
Chris:

Depending on the temperature of your refrigerator, I'd say at most4 days.  Let your nose be your guide.  Kind of like turkey.  I toss it once it gets that wet somewhat sweaty look.  That tells me the microbes have staked their claim.  Another tell tale is a bit of white frosting, it looks like little white dots in clusters.  Those are bacteria colonies and there are a lot more that you can't see, believe me.  But if you cook it again real well, you put paid to the little critters and if they haven't created any off flavors it may be good to go.  One man's rot is another man's aging.  I eat things my wife wouldn't touch.  I have a sister that tosses anything over two days old.  So it is up to you.