Have you ever opened a package of steak, ground beef, or another cut of red meat and noticed a little pool of red liquid sitting in the bottom?
For a split second, it can look alarming.
Is that blood?
Did the meat somehow lose a bunch of blood while sitting in the refrigerator?
And, perhaps most importantly, is it safe to eat?
Don’t worry—this is one of those grocery-store mysteries that sounds much more dramatic than it really is.
That reddish liquid is usually not blood. It’s primarily water mixed
