Hmm.  Cordain.  The guy that advises brushing flax oil on meat before
grilling, and condemns saturated fat.  Doesn't sound very Paleo to me.  But
politically correct indeed.


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Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: David Wolfe Screws Over Raw Group- Again!


> From an interview with Loren Cordain:
>
> http://chetday.com/cordaininterview.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.
>