Man, I wish. After smelling it raw and cooking it, grill or range, it just grosses me out. If I'm waiting for dinner, though, I have the opposite reaction.
Raw it's nasty usually, but cooked it can be amazing.
I'm split on that: I like gas for the convenience and the fact that it makes food that's a bit healthier than charcoal, but taste wise I still like charcoal better (I just don't use it all that often because of all the carcinogens it adds).
My in-laws actually have an electric grill because of their HOA, and that thing isn't too shabby either. They've grilled us quite a few meals on that thing and I've been surprised at how decently it all turned out every time. Not quite as good as a nice mesquite barbecue, but more or less on par with gas taste wise.
An electric grill? That's pretty surprising. I also go for charcoal, but I wasn't aware of the carcinogens. I tend to just use regular charcoal and paper. No lighter fluid or starters, if that's any better.
It's not the end of the world if you use charcoal here and there, especially if you don't overcook/char your food. I like those cans you put the charcoal in, light, then dump into the grill. They work fine with paper or lighter fluid.
it makes food that's a bit healthier than charcoal, but taste wise I still like charcoal better (I just don't use it all that often because of all the carcinogens it adds).
That's because of USians' lousy technique. Find out how asado is cooked in Argentina. Slow burn, but much healthier. And you can have meat that is cooked and juicy at the same time.
My pellet smoker never has exposed flame , although I might turn it up at times to sear the outside.
The trick is that when you don’t have cider or apple juice to add moisture while forming a crust, apricot preserves work really well …… somehow I always have that.
But if you want that fall off the bone tenderness from a tough cut of meat, you need to cook low and slow.
That's a pretty disingenuous statement, there are plenty of low and slow cooking techniques practiced in the US including the one you're describing: The high heat is one cause of carcinogens, but it is not the only factor:
Nope. I'm fine hunting, butchering, preparing and cooking my food. Yum.
That said, I do respect the vegan position and I work hard on getting a family into flexitarianism and reduced meat consumption.
I also strongly support ethical farm practices that give animals a high quality, if short life and a painless wink to the other side. Prices be damned. Just makes it easier to go more meatless.
Not only does that not happen to me, the idea that it could happen to someone never crossed my mind. I do not understand how someone could feel that way.
People are just wired that way. I absolutely love burgers, chicken, pork chops, etc., but when I prepare them (especially with pork), the desire to eat them goes away. Certain smells make me gag, even if they're not unpleasant to other people.
My SO and I are opposites in this. Weather she or I cook, the smell makes me hungry and excited for food. No matter who cooks, lots of smells upset her. She loves fish, but the smell of cooking fish turns her stomach for example. Funny how different people have totally different reactions !
No matter what I cook for dinner I lose my appetite. Standing in the smell, no matter how good it is, kind off oversaturates my senses, and all flavours seems almost gone when I start to eat it, unless I have had time to do something else between making the dinner and eating it, then it is fine.
Sometimes I wish nutrition pellets had become a thing, but that I could continue to enjoy the ritual that is cooking (which I still do enjoy), but convert the result into a form that didn't require so much (if any) of my attention to consume.
A few of my friends understood this concept when explained to them, but it remains foreign to many.
Me, personally? No. I'm also good with handling and preparing raw meat. I use gloves, or I wash my hands, but I can butcher some meat and cut it how I want it, it does not bother me in the least.
Same, as another former vegetarian. The only meat that bothered me was hot dogs because the smell always made me crave one even after years of vegetarianism.
Raw chicken breast, skin-off, is among the single grossest foods to handle. I'm a huge lover of cooking and I didn't learn to cook chicken breast for ages because of the feel of it.
I usually wear gloves for it now, even after nearly two decades of having cooked it. And for most other poultry, but it's chicken breast that's the worst.
Try working in a grocery meat department. Having to clean under the racks where the chicken sat still scars me to this day. Imagine pumping a drunk, morbidly obese man full of farts which he then vomits back up and you'll have a good idea of what that smelled like.
Nah. Not much can do that. I used to wipe asses, bandage wounds, and otherwise be inundated with bad smells, sounds, and sights for a living. You do that, you either develop a strong stomach, or you find another line of work lol.
But I've never had a problem with the sensory input of cooking meat under normal circumstances. Hell, most of the time, meat cooking was an appetite stimulant for me. There have been exceptions, but almost always when the meat was highly processed, or otherwise having something weird going on
I don't like spatchcocking a Chicken or breaking down a whole Turkey, its a really crunchy and visceral process. Prepping crawfish or crab then boiling them is also offputting but once prepped and ready to eat, I'm not as grossed out unless I really think about it. I have found myself working to eat less meat in general for ethical/moral reasons as I have gotten older though.
A bit of citrus juice (lemon, orange, grapefruit) which ever you prefer for any meat, also makes it a bit more tender, i like put about a half of lemon or orange juice when making Bolognese because minced beef tends to have a bit of a bad smell when you start cooking it, not even onions help there.
I stopped eating red meat a few years ago, and hate seafood, so all that's left is chicken. I like chicken, I eat it almost every day now. But, it's getting to be that time of year, when I go for my walk around the neighborhood in the evening, that I get the occasional whiff of grilling beef. I miss it, but I'm better off without it.
I could kill and dress a chicken or a rabbit, if I had to. I've never done it, but I could do it.
Nah, it's mostly fine, even though I don't eat any. I'm super bothered by anything that's fish or seafood though, cooking anything like that kills my appetite for as long as there's still any detectable smell in the kitchen
Handling raw meat or smelling it cooked makes me nauseous. I was vegetarian for a long time, even vegan for a bit. I'm at peace with the fact I wouldn't eat animals products if I had to prepare them.
I've made a comment about this before: a lot of people lose appetite when cooking meals because it puts their brain into work mode, and we don't associate snacks or food with working.
Probably a more prevalent thing for new cooks or people who aren't rooutinely cooking dinner.
This is why cooking for other people, with a proper dinner ritual (set the table, talk to others, stay in one place and don't dsitract yourself with youtube videos) is important. In my opinion. It overcomes the lack of hunger.
If cooking puts you in work mode, you made something wrong. Cooking is fun. Cooking is enjoying the creation of something wonderful, be it for yourself or others.
Disgusting as fuck. I never cooked raw meat at home as an adult and eventually after some years I went full on vegan. Why continue eating animals when it’s completely unnecessary?
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_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 32 pts · 147d
No, it usually makes me hungrier (especially on a barbecue).
muxika@piefed.muxika.org · 6 pts · 147d
Man, I wish. After smelling it raw and cooking it, grill or range, it just grosses me out. If I'm waiting for dinner, though, I have the opposite reaction.
BTW, do you prefer gas or charcoal?
_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 147d
Raw it's nasty usually, but cooked it can be amazing.
I'm split on that: I like gas for the convenience and the fact that it makes food that's a bit healthier than charcoal, but taste wise I still like charcoal better (I just don't use it all that often because of all the carcinogens it adds).
My in-laws actually have an electric grill because of their HOA, and that thing isn't too shabby either. They've grilled us quite a few meals on that thing and I've been surprised at how decently it all turned out every time. Not quite as good as a nice mesquite barbecue, but more or less on par with gas taste wise.
muxika@piefed.muxika.org · 3 pts · 147d
An electric grill? That's pretty surprising. I also go for charcoal, but I wasn't aware of the carcinogens. I tend to just use regular charcoal and paper. No lighter fluid or starters, if that's any better.
_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 147d
It's not the end of the world if you use charcoal here and there, especially if you don't overcook/char your food. I like those cans you put the charcoal in, light, then dump into the grill. They work fine with paper or lighter fluid.
richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one · 2 pts · 147d
That's because of USians' lousy technique. Find out how asado is cooked in Argentina. Slow burn, but much healthier. And you can have meat that is cooked and juicy at the same time.
AA5B@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 147d
Amateurs! 3 hours for ribs? Try 5 hours on my pellet grill/smoker
richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one · 2 pts · 147d
Is the meat under open flame at ANY time?
AA5B@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 147d
My pellet smoker never has exposed flame , although I might turn it up at times to sear the outside.
The trick is that when you don’t have cider or apple juice to add moisture while forming a crust, apricot preserves work really well …… somehow I always have that.
But if you want that fall off the bone tenderness from a tough cut of meat, you need to cook low and slow.
richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one · 1 pts · 141d
What do apple juice or cider has to do with it?
... Damn, you really need to eat Argentinian asado.
_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 147d
That's a pretty disingenuous statement, there are plenty of low and slow cooking techniques practiced in the US including the one you're describing: The high heat is one cause of carcinogens, but it is not the only factor:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10373722/
https://www.healthline.com/health/is-grilling-with-charcoal-or-other-heat-sources-carcinogenic#does-bb-qing-cause-cancer
TL;DR: Reducing the heat the food is exposed to reduces, but does not eliminate carcinogens.
SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 147d
muxika@piefed.muxika.org · 2 pts · 147d
If I could get it fresher, I would. I tend to freeze meats unless I'm going to cook them right away.
SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 147d
hydrashok@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 147d
Same. Love cooking on the bbq or smoking meats. So good and makes me hungry almost every time.
CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 147d
Nope. I'm fine hunting, butchering, preparing and cooking my food. Yum.
That said, I do respect the vegan position and I work hard on getting a family into flexitarianism and reduced meat consumption.
I also strongly support ethical farm practices that give animals a high quality, if short life and a painless wink to the other side. Prices be damned. Just makes it easier to go more meatless.
SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 147d
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 147d
This is the correct way!
Crystalbound@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 147d
Damn a steak cooking, with onions and peppers sauteeing, is the stuff my nose dreams of
DoubleDongle@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 147d
Not only does that not happen to me, the idea that it could happen to someone never crossed my mind. I do not understand how someone could feel that way.
muxika@piefed.muxika.org · 6 pts · 147d
People are just wired that way. I absolutely love burgers, chicken, pork chops, etc., but when I prepare them (especially with pork), the desire to eat them goes away. Certain smells make me gag, even if they're not unpleasant to other people.
innermachine@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 147d
My SO and I are opposites in this. Weather she or I cook, the smell makes me hungry and excited for food. No matter who cooks, lots of smells upset her. She loves fish, but the smell of cooking fish turns her stomach for example. Funny how different people have totally different reactions !
BurgerBaron@piefed.social · 3 pts · 147d
When I was a child, the smell of pork breakfast sausages would make me go pale and hurl even if it was outdoors. Not anymore but I have no idea why!
TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk · 12 pts · 147d
No matter what I cook for dinner I lose my appetite. Standing in the smell, no matter how good it is, kind off oversaturates my senses, and all flavours seems almost gone when I start to eat it, unless I have had time to do something else between making the dinner and eating it, then it is fine.
qupada@fedia.io · 7 pts · 147d
You and me both.
Sometimes I wish nutrition pellets had become a thing, but that I could continue to enjoy the ritual that is cooking (which I still do enjoy), but convert the result into a form that didn't require so much (if any) of my attention to consume.
A few of my friends understood this concept when explained to them, but it remains foreign to many.
Mesophar@pawb.social · 2 pts · 147d
Isn't this just being a chef, except instead of nutrition pellets it's vodka and cigarettes?
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 147d
Me, personally? No. I'm also good with handling and preparing raw meat. I use gloves, or I wash my hands, but I can butcher some meat and cut it how I want it, it does not bother me in the least.
Cooking the meat? Not at all.
RBWells@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 147d
No. Cooking any food makes me more hungry. Even in the decades I was vegetarian it didn't bother me, honestly.
Drusas@fedia.io · 3 pts · 147d
Same, as another former vegetarian. The only meat that bothered me was hot dogs because the smell always made me crave one even after years of vegetarianism.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 147d
Not at all, it makes me more hungry.
SolidShake@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 147d
I like the smell of cooking meat. Raw chicken is gross to touch bare handed for me. Won't lose an appetite over it though.
Drusas@fedia.io · 1 pts · 147d
Raw chicken breast, skin-off, is among the single grossest foods to handle. I'm a huge lover of cooking and I didn't learn to cook chicken breast for ages because of the feel of it.
I usually wear gloves for it now, even after nearly two decades of having cooked it. And for most other poultry, but it's chicken breast that's the worst.
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 147d
Try working in a grocery meat department. Having to clean under the racks where the chicken sat still scars me to this day. Imagine pumping a drunk, morbidly obese man full of farts which he then vomits back up and you'll have a good idea of what that smelled like.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 7 pts · 147d
As opposed to cooking veg or more often. No. Can smells and activity sometimes sate cravings. Yes.
ABCatMom@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 147d
Meat doesn't bother me, but eggs.. 🤢 the smell of eggs frying makes me gag. I'll eat them at a restaurant, but I'll never cook them at home.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 147d
Makes me hungry!
Mac@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 147d
Raw chicken does, but cooked chicken brings it back.
muxika@piefed.muxika.org · 2 pts · 147d
Yeah, I can see that with chicken sometimes. Pork chops? Hard pass.
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 147d
Nope. It makes me wish it would cook faster so I can start eating it.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 147d
Nah. Not much can do that. I used to wipe asses, bandage wounds, and otherwise be inundated with bad smells, sounds, and sights for a living. You do that, you either develop a strong stomach, or you find another line of work lol.
But I've never had a problem with the sensory input of cooking meat under normal circumstances. Hell, most of the time, meat cooking was an appetite stimulant for me. There have been exceptions, but almost always when the meat was highly processed, or otherwise having something weird going on
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 147d
Yes.
Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 147d
I don't like spatchcocking a Chicken or breaking down a whole Turkey, its a really crunchy and visceral process. Prepping crawfish or crab then boiling them is also offputting but once prepped and ready to eat, I'm not as grossed out unless I really think about it. I have found myself working to eat less meat in general for ethical/moral reasons as I have gotten older though.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 147d
I'm the exact same. Also eggs if I think about them for more than a few seconds.
Eternal192@anarchist.nexus · 4 pts · 147d
A bit of citrus juice (lemon, orange, grapefruit) which ever you prefer for any meat, also makes it a bit more tender, i like put about a half of lemon or orange juice when making Bolognese because minced beef tends to have a bit of a bad smell when you start cooking it, not even onions help there.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 147d
I stopped eating red meat a few years ago, and hate seafood, so all that's left is chicken. I like chicken, I eat it almost every day now. But, it's getting to be that time of year, when I go for my walk around the neighborhood in the evening, that I get the occasional whiff of grilling beef. I miss it, but I'm better off without it.
I could kill and dress a chicken or a rabbit, if I had to. I've never done it, but I could do it.
python@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 147d
Nah, it's mostly fine, even though I don't eat any. I'm super bothered by anything that's fish or seafood though, cooking anything like that kills my appetite for as long as there's still any detectable smell in the kitchen
YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 147d
Only if it’s near its sell-by date
Drusas@fedia.io · 1 pts · 147d
That doesn't change the smell.
YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 147d
It does. Smells more like dog food for some reason. I don’t understand why either
Crt_static@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 147d
Handling raw meat or smelling it cooked makes me nauseous. I was vegetarian for a long time, even vegan for a bit. I'm at peace with the fact I wouldn't eat animals products if I had to prepare them.
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 147d
Why should it? That makes no sense. I cook to raise appetite, whatever I cook.
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 147d
I've made a comment about this before: a lot of people lose appetite when cooking meals because it puts their brain into work mode, and we don't associate snacks or food with working.
Probably a more prevalent thing for new cooks or people who aren't rooutinely cooking dinner.
This is why cooking for other people, with a proper dinner ritual (set the table, talk to others, stay in one place and don't dsitract yourself with youtube videos) is important. In my opinion. It overcomes the lack of hunger.
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 147d
If cooking puts you in work mode, you made something wrong. Cooking is fun. Cooking is enjoying the creation of something wonderful, be it for yourself or others.
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 147d
That's a lot of pressure!
If you have to cook dinner quickly because you forgot to and you have to cook for 3+ people, it can easily feel like work
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 147d
Not for me. It's an adrenaline rush, yes, but that's eu-stress.
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 147d
yes, it's disgusting
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch · 2 pts · 147d
Disgusting as fuck. I never cooked raw meat at home as an adult and eventually after some years I went full on vegan. Why continue eating animals when it’s completely unnecessary?
Zozano@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 147d
I'm also vegan. My partner isn't.
She occasionally cooks pig flesh and it makes me feel sick. The smell is so much more disgusting than cow or chicken.
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch · 3 pts · 147d
I’m in the same boat but my wife doesn’t cook meat often. She also doesn’t like pork.
I have been around some old friends in the Midwest though who were cooking pork chops and yeah, you’re completely right: the smell is much nastier.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 147d
Hell no. Makes me more hungry.
Atomic@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 147d
I think it's a fair assumption that those that cook meat generally enjoy the taste and smell
Solumbran@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 147d
If it does, what's the point of using meat at all?
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 147d
It lessens it, but that's because I'm tasting liberally while I cook.
Drbreen@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 147d