One year old Fish?!

Well, apparently someone forgot to tell me that there were expiration dates on things if they were stored properly in the freezer. I thought that as long as they were not freezer-burned and did not appear to be spoiled in any way, then they were good to eat. In fact, I am sure that I have eaten frozen meats of every kind after a year in the freezer as long as they were not freezer-burned, and I am still alive, in good health, and have never gotten sick from it. If you are really that worried about it, then it is best to err on the side of caution and not eat it. However, if your mother-in-law has done this before and not gotten sick, then why stop her unless you know that it is unsafe?

For what I have learned, it is safe to keep beef or chicken meat during one year in the freezer, but you can't keep fishes more than 3 months : they are probably spoiled and it would be not safe to eat them.

As long as it's been frozen solid with no thaws and refreezes over that period of time, it should still be safe to eat. It may have lost some of its texture (freezer burn) but that doesn't affect its food value. The reason "they" tell you to toss fish after three months or whatever it is, is twofold: First, they want you to go and buy more. Secondly, when you buy frozen fish from a store, it's already been frozen for quite some time and it could become freezer burned in your freezer after three months, then most people would want their money back or worse, want to sue. I've eaten fish that was in the freezer at least a year and I'm still here to tell about it.

I just can't believed what I've read, but how come it is stored that long? Well, I hope you can throw it without her knowledge and when she asks...simply tell, maybe the cat cooked it (just kidding) I don't think it's good to eat or cooked the fish..that's too long

hi:) I think a one year old fish is not really good anymore for people consumption, even frozen food that already have preservatives cant last that long, it's better if you throw it away because it might give you stomach ache or worst when they eat that.

Wow! You should really get rid of it! just fact of having one year old fish in your fridge multiplies risk of getting different microbes you don't want to get.. and please, take care of your mother in law! Just throw it away!

Since, as you say, the fish in question has not been cleaned, DO NOT EAT IT. Even if it isn't spoiled, the taste will be awful. Any time you take fresh-caught fish home, you must clean it right away or it will, at least, taste bad.

I don't know how good it would be after a year, even if it was frozen the entire time. I wouldn't be so worried about it being spoiled, but I'm sure it would be freezer burned. Since this was initially posted a month ago, did it get thrown out or used since that time?

My goodness, one year has passed and still in your freezer! Even if kept in the freezer I think one year is too long and surely that fish is no longer safe to consume. How could you just store the fish that long. I only store fish or meat or whatever perishable goods in my freezer for a week or two and I make sure I have them all consumed and if I can't I give them away. I won't eat a fish which has been frozen for a year. That could kill!

Huwaaatttt??? you mean one year she didn't even clean the ref. I mean one year she just stored that poor fish inside the freezer and still thinking of cooking it, my goodness. Tell her that it is not good to meat which is stored for so long even if it was inside the fridge. She might end up poisoning other family members if she insist preparing that.

One year is way to long to keep anything in the fridge. Get rid of it, throw it away before it gets cooked and someone gets real sick. Fish is the worst thing to keep for a long period of time.

the fish should be fine. my dad used to go deer hunting and we still have meat in the freezer from 2 and 3 years ago. and its still good meat. fish should be no different from deer meat. as long as it was in the freezer and not the fridge. the fridge will not keep it cold enough but as long as it was in the freezer it will be fine to eat.

wow,one year is quite a long period of time,but if ur in law ston cooking it ill insist you might as well follow her to avoid disappointing her,but if you dont wish to eat them you are right by trying to say that you're on a diet,and it shows you're a good doughter in law who doesn't want her mother in law to be disappointed.kudos to you!.