Comment on can you smoke bacteria out of meat boiling it?
Soulfulginger@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The water doesn’t make a difference. What’s killing the bacteria is the heat. The water just changes the method of heat transfer. But as others have already said, killing the bacteria may not necessarily make it safe
Decoy321@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Not entirely true. While the heat is doing the real baby lifting, the water as a medium does transfer stuff out of the meat. That’s why boiled meat tastes like shit.
Soulfulginger@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Boiled meat tastes bad because you’re not adding oil/butter. You’re also not applying enough direct heat (plus keeping it too moist) to create the maillard reaction that is needed for a crust to form
Decoy321@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Correct! The second part is far more pivotal. You can take two steaks from the same cut, refrain from seasoning them in any way, and broil one while boiling the other. I guarantee you the broiled steak will taste far better.