Re: Tenderizing meat

On 12/16/2024 8:26 AM, BryanGSimmons wrote:

I used to buy them when I was about 14, 15 years old, to eat raw.  They were usually under $1.  Normal kids spent their money on other things. I prefer rare or medium rare beef, but all I got at home was medium well to well done, so raw was a treat. 

As a kid, beef was well done.  Mostly pot roast or a very thin cut steak.  My wife introduced me to rare to medium done beef.
It may have been a generational thing back then.  We went to a cousin's wedding in 1966.  The meal served was a beautiful prime rib, done medium.  Many of the older guests sent theirs back to be cooked a bit more and get rid of that pink.