Re: Redefining eternity

On 12/14/2024 9:09 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2024-12-14, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

On 12/13/2024 10:26 PM, dsi1 wrote:

On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:44:10 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
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On 12/10/2024 9:48 PM, dsi1 wrote:

On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:06:46 +0000, Michael Trew wrote:
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On 12/10/2024 8:50 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2024-12-09 11:08 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:

On 12/9/2024 4:48 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

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Lean cuts of pork (loin, tenderloin) are good when they're not
overcooked -- still showing a hint of pink in the middle.  The
flavor is delicate, almost like that of veal.
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I seem to recall Michael won't eat meat with even a hint of pink
it it.

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That's a shame. Some meats need to be thoroughly cooked. Some are a
better when a little pink side, and some are far better rare or medium
rare.  I prefer beef and lamb to be medium rare. IMO a steak cooked
past
medium is a waste of good meat.

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I can eat beef with a "hint" of pink, but that's about my limit.
It's a
mental block that I've struggled to get over.  I'm not much for red
meat
either way, so when I eat beef, it's likely to be a pot roast or stew.
Jenni likes medium cooked steaks, but she usually makes those
herself in
cast iron to her preference.

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Americans like their pork on the well done side. It's always been like
that.

(snipped)
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There you go generalizing again.  "Americans" like things cooked lots of
different ways and meats cooked to many differing degrees of doneness.
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Jill

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I wasn't talking about "meats." I was talking about pork. Americans up
to the boomers and beyond were taught that pork needed to be cooked
fully in order to make it safe from parasites. It's the reason why
people cook pork chops for 40 minutes or more. Rare pork was considered
to be unsafe.
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DUH.  I already mentioned that.  Did you even bother to read it?

 That would conflict with his prejudice about what "Americans"
do or eat.
 

Yep.  There was a discussion about it (fear of trichinosis) and over-cooking pork was the result.  He either didn't bother to read it or ignored it.  Same discussion as why pork used to be more fatty and started being bred to be more lean, which means it really shouldn't be cooked to well done if you don't want to wind up with shoe leather.
Jill