*Here is part of an interview from:
http://www.mercola.com/article/carbohydrates/paleolithic_diet2.htm*

 *...Robert Crayhon:* What's the best way to cook meat? How and when did
Paleopeoples start cooking their meat?

*Loren Cordain:* Organized stone hearths (and hence the first concrete
evidence for the control of fire) probably did not occur until the
appearance of Neanderthals roughly 200,000 years ago. So prior to this time,
humans probably did not cook their meat. I do not recommend, however, eating
raw or slightly cooked meat because of potential bacterial contamination.

*Robert Crayhon:* What is the best way to cook meat?

*Loren Cordain:* The way we tend to cook meat these days is very different
from the ways of hunters and gatherers who tend to slow-cook meats over a
long period of time. A favored cooking procedure was digging a pit and
putting in hot stones, putting in the whole animal or portions of it,
putting in vegetable matter and other stones above the vegetable matter and
cooking the meat all day long.

*So what is suggested is slow cooking at low heat.*

*Robert Crayhon:* Throw out the microwave and get a crock pot.

*Loren Cordain:* Well, yes. If you take a lean cut of venison, elk, or
buffalo, and throw it on the barbecue, you'll find it's as tough as rubber
but if you put it on a crock pot or a Dutch oven and cook it all day long,
you'll find that it will come out quite tender and also, the nutrient
content remains relatively high. Also, you don't have to worry about
bacterial problems....”