Its still safe to say that someone who eats meat is also eating blood, right?
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zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 11 months agoMeat is red because of myoglobin, a protein found in mammalian muscle tissue that turns red when exposed to oxygen.
Myoglobin is different from hemoglobin though, which is the stuff in blood. Most of the time, your meat only has a tiny amount of hemoglobin in it by the time it gets to your table.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
There’s trace amounts of blood in meat. They drain out a huge majority at the slaughterhouse, but it’s nearly impossible to get out every drop. If there’s a lot of blood in your meat though, something probably went wrong at the slaughterhouse.
Some cuisines feature actual blood as an ingredient though - blood sausages from the UK contain actual significant amounts of added blood, cubes of solidified pork blood “tofu” are considered a delicacy in some places in China - I think it’s safe to say people that enjoy those kinds of foods can be said to eat blood. But I don’t think people that eat meat can be said to eat blood, for the same reason that you wouldn’t say someone that drinks tap water drinks mercury.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Thats a good analagy, great post!
Blood sausages are really disgusting though, I gotta say!
Randomgal@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
It’s not ketchup that comes out when you cook a steak?
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 11 months ago
well, it’s not blood, its water and myoglobin.
Randomgal@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Myoglobin is red because of the iron atoms it interacts with. So is hemoglobin. But thanks for mansplaining.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
And thank you for trying to disingenuously conflate myoglobin and hemoglobin in an attempt to get people to think they’re eating blood when they eat meat. Glad I could correct you.
Randomgal@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
You’re so smart! Good job.
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 11 months ago
A rusty crowbar is also red because of the iron atoms that compose it, but it’s not mansplaining to take issue with someone telling people they’re eating crowbars.