Month: April 2022

Where do pork come from?

Smoked meat is the result of a method of preparing red meat, white meat, and seafood which originated in the Paleolithic Era. Smoking adds flavor, improves the appearance of meat through the Maillard reaction, and when combined with curing it preserves the meat. When meat is cured then cold-smoked, the smoke adds phenols and other …

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Should I brine pork chops?

Rinsing increases the risk of cross-contamination. Rinse and you may doom the quality of your meat. Some more things to investigate are: salt water soaks for meat are also unnecessary, use a thermometer for safety’s sake, or bottom line: don’t rinse meat. You should be wondering “Should you brine pork chops?” One way to think …

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