thanks, Francois, I appreciate you taking the time.... very interesting.
François Dovat
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> It seems strange to say that "aged" meat is better. Certainly aging
> has its drawbacks? Fresh is good, but aged is good? A little confusing.
> It merely points out that this aging is necessary so that the meat
> breaks down and is easier to digest. It really indicates that we
> are not well adapted to digest raw fresh meat, doesn't it?
Well, our experiments of eating instinctively clarify this point.
First, we found out that our instinct doesn'work well with mixtures, such
as
sushis or simple seasoning. If the stuff is unmixed, we are able to eat the
right amount, exactly the quantity our body needs and will be able to
digest. Ad lemon to oysters and your food instinct is confused since it
gets
lemon smell and receive oysters, maybe even a bad oyster whose smell has
been covered by the lemon smell.. So you may eat more oyters than you would
have eaten without lemon and overtake your digestive power. Of course, it
is
the same w. fish, meat and every foodstuff.
Next, only our instinct can tell us if a food is good for us at a
particular
moment. You may be attracted by the smell of some fresh meat and find it
tasty. It happens, but most of the people prefer most of the time aged,
somewhat dried meat or even very gamy. I have a food dryer and I generaly
put the meat on it and blow air at room temperature around it for, say,
about 24 or 36 hours. Than I place it in the refrigerator, hanging on a
hook
or directly on the raillings. According to the size of the piece, it can be
left for weeks or months there before it is too dry to be chewed. Check for
moisture and put it again to the dryer for a while if it gets to damp. Some
white yeast may appear. It is very tasty, don't scrape it. If there are
dairy product or fish in the same fridge, your meat may turn bad, so it is
better to have 2 refrigerators. So you can also put fruits and vegetables
with the fish and the meat won't get damp and roten in its own fridge. It
seems that chimps like to scavenge lefts overs of predators when it is
maturated, but they also have been observed killing babouns and eat them
fresh. So, we are probably adapted ( nevertheless Stefanie's opinion about
that ) to gamy as well as fresh meat. It is as your instinct tells you,
everyone is different and also we change over the time. I lived on a lot of
fresh fish for about a year before a developed a taste for meat, which a
prefer well aged and gamy with the exception of kangaroo meat which I like
also fresh.
Fish is good as fresh as possible, but beware of fish from farming. Tuna,
marlin, maquerel, swordfish and all wildfish (except catfish feeding on
humain garbage and seewage waters) are good, but of course as long as you
like it only. Filets can also be dried at room temperature or outside in
the
sun and wind, but avoid flies aroud if you don't like worms.
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>
> I'm not arguing. I'm trying to make a few points, and maybe learn
> something.
Sounds good. Excuse me, I was a little bored with Stefanie arguments and I
was getting rude...
> Some of the posts appear to want to convince others of that which
> that do not want to be convinced of.
Yes, no way to move ahead, it was just arguing in circles.
Take care !
François
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