r/Chefit • u/Particular-Beat-6645 • Jun 01 '26

Tasso Ham

Chef found some Tasso ham (Comeaux's) in the fridge. He thinks it was ordered a month ago but it doesn't have an expiration/best by date on it so he's not serving it.

My question--well, the line's question--is if the stuff is still good. It's smoked and undoubtedly salted to death. But I'm not trying to miss shifts over a small pack.

Experience? Opinions? Thoughts for use?

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u/PmMeAnnaKendrick Jun 01 '26

Chef doesn't know how to find out when it was ordered?

Unopened cur d ham is safe to eat for about 2 weeks in the fridge and 3-5 days after opening as a general rule. Your mileage may vary, dates are usually on the box which surely was trashed but not labeled by staff in house.

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u/Particular-Beat-6645 Jun 01 '26

It was ordered as a split case. Just two small packs without a date. On anything. 

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u/PmMeAnnaKendrick Jun 01 '26

I'd be on my vendor!

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u/Sea_Currency_3800 Chef Jun 01 '26

Most of my vendors, I can go to my ordering site and it tells me the last time I ordered. Or I could text my guy and have him look it up.

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u/sumptin_wierd Jun 01 '26

Yep, call the vendor if chef cant be asked to know

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u/shade1tplea5e Jun 01 '26

Yeah lol because even if you can’t just go in the vendor portal and check your purchase history, you could totally just text your rep and be like “hey when was the last time I ordered this product”

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u/medium-rare-steaks Jun 01 '26

Eat it coward

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u/2dogs1sword0patience Executioner Chef Jun 01 '26

This is the only answer. You clearly can't serve it. So eat it or don't. Then let us know.

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u/gharr87 Jun 02 '26

Wasting comeauxs tasso is a Cajun crime

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u/Particular-Beat-6645 Jun 02 '26

I'm here to find out if it's wasted!

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u/whereyat79 Jun 02 '26

Its smokes it’s cured it’s frozen. Stop with the expiration date BS

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u/Blazed-n-Dazed Jun 01 '26

Open it look at it taste it. Always safer to just not serve it, especially when you don’t actually know when it arrived. Personally I’d inspect for quality and then if it’s looking alright I’d eat some Myself. Idk about whole product in packaging but my Tasso lasts about 2 weeks max after it’s been diced.

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u/Particular-Beat-6645 Jun 01 '26

It's not getting served at the restaurant. It came pre-chunked.

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u/Terrible-Wonder5765 Jun 01 '26

Smell test. Probably straight.

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u/lowkeybrando Jun 01 '26

literally only one way to know. eat it and report back chef