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| Author | Topic: Non-fish raw meat |
| Ian 03-08-2003 05:41 PM | I'm interested in hearing others' experiences eating non-fish raw meat. I seem to remember at least one other person here (is it RRM?) who eats raw beef. I've tried it twice now, and it's actually pretty good. I'm doing it slowly, so instead of completely raw I just heat them a little bit. The first time I left the steak in the oven at 200F for about half an hour. It was warmer than room temperature, but nowhere near "rare". I'm actually eating my second attempt right now, which I left for about two hours in the oven (once again 200F) whilst exercising. This one made it to barely rare, but the parts that were exposed to the air are very dark and dry. I thought that these were Maillard products, but I don't think the outside got that much hotter than the inside. I know the Maillard reaction doesn't involve anything in the atmosphere (N2, O2, CO2), but maybe one of these acts as a catalyst? Or maybe the outer skin just lost a lot of moisture? Regardless, wrapping the steak in tin foil should simultaneously slow the rate of heat transfer to the meat and protect it from the dry air. I'm also planning on using the meat thermometer to measure the temperature of the inside. Some notes: the meat was very chewy, sometimes I ended up swallowing largish chunks and once I had to spit one out. The meat was top sirloin, I'm planning on trying different cuts in the future. I know I'm pushing the envelope of the purpose of the diet, but that is kind of the reason I want to do it. Any comments would be appreciated. Cheers, Ian |
| Wai 03-13-2003 08:27 AM | yes, RRM likes raw beefquote:yes Ian, did you check out this thread? |
| Ian 03-16-2003 09:34 PM | Thanks for the link Wai... makes me want to go out and kill a cow just to see what she tastes like. ![[Wink]](../wink.gif) I've decided to stay off the beef for a while but perhaps I'll give the ox heart a try in the near future. Do you (or RRM) have any suggestions for trying it out? Luckily there's a good (and seemingly honest) fresh food market in the area so it shouldn't be much of a problem getting it really raw. This is, however, the US and there may be laws against that sort of thing ![[Roll Eyes]](../rolleyes.gif) Cheers, Ian |
| Wai 03-20-2003 11:28 AM | quote:not really RRM just cuts off the connective tissue and harder parts, and then cuts up the remaining flesh, and eats it... (i couldn't) |