On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 05:40:57 -0500, Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I have been told that cooking doesn't change the tenderness of meat.

Huh? All meat I cook is much more tender (much easier to cut or chew)
than in its original raw state: ribeye, chicken thighs, breast, porkloin
...

Most meat tasted better cooked too (probably especially the big
game mammoths, bears, ...).

Philip Thrift
http://www.paleofitness.com