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OT - Guy makes a fake Ribeye (kind of) with meat glue.

KiterTodd
KiterTodd Posts: 2,466
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If anything, it's entertaining if you haven't used the product;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrEqMeWIVcA

meat-glue-turns-cheap-cuts-of-steak-into-a-fake-steak

I did learn something from this video, though.  I didn't realize so many formed meat products in the food store used it.  I have heard it discussed on this forum for making TurDuckIn and crazy things, but didn't realize it was used for skinless hot dogs and other things I eat.


LBGE/Maryland
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  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,484
    I just seen this after my dealer posted it on Facebook.  Makes you want to ask question when buying a steak now.  @DMW I know uses a pork one when fussing two pork loins together at times, but they are only 2 pieces and pork is usually cooked through before you eat it.  Not sure I would eat a steak like this even if it looks good and real.
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  • Nanook
    Nanook Posts: 846
    The word "meat glue" makes me want to hurl.....
    GWN
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  • KiterTodd
    KiterTodd Posts: 2,466
    Yeah, while I believe him that it tasted okay, it certainly didn't look particularly appetizing.  To me, it still looked like a bunch of odds and ends glued together.

    Educational more than anything to look out for what you are buying.
    LBGE/Maryland
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    Nanook said:
    The word "meat glue" makes me want to hurl.....
    I have some bad news.

    "Meat glue" or transglutaminase, is an enzyme that helps your cells "stick" together(to form skin) and blood coagulate. We are made of it.


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  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,484
    Eggcelsior said:
    Nanook said:
    The word "meat glue" makes me want to hurl.....
    I have some bad news.

    "Meat glue" or transglutaminase, is an enzyme that helps your cells "stick" together(to form skin) and blood coagulate. We are made of it.


    But we don't eat people, right?
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  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,484
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UPDUpjkHg0
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    Ladeback69 said:
    Eggcelsior said:
    Nanook said:
    The word "meat glue" makes me want to hurl.....
    I have some bad news.

    "Meat glue" or transglutaminase, is an enzyme that helps your cells "stick" together(to form skin) and blood coagulate. We are made of it.


    But we don't eat people, right?
    Ever sucked on your finger after a paper cut?


    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,484
    Eggcelsior said:
    Ladeback69 said:
    Eggcelsior said:
    Nanook said:
    The word "meat glue" makes me want to hurl.....
    I have some bad news.

    "Meat glue" or transglutaminase, is an enzyme that helps your cells "stick" together(to form skin) and blood coagulate. We are made of it.


    But we don't eat people, right?
    Ever sucked on your finger after a paper cut?


    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Yes,  but not any more.  I don't like the taste of it.  I think it is more about the possibility of what those who want there steaks well done worry about, bacteria.  The guy should that if for some reason there is bacteria on the outside and is no on the inside you have to cook it well done don't you to kill it?  And that was a waste of a good brisket too.
     
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    @Ladeback69 The funniest part about the video is that he does exactly what is one of the biggest advantages to transglutaminase and Sous Vide. You are able to take tough cuts of meat(at much lower cost) and turn them into "premium" cuts. He made a medium rare "ribeye" that is completely safe to eat. I don't see it so much as a  waste of good brisket since he turned it into a "rib roast" that would be considerably more expensive as the real thing. Just watch the end of the video, he sounds skeptical of his franken-steak until he starts to eat it, then he's all "that's pretty good, nice beefy brisket flavor."

    I do agree that it is wrong for an establishment to advertise high-end cuts of meat while serving amalgamated cheap cuts to create the faux-steak. Especially with the bacteria consideration.
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  • Nanook
    Nanook Posts: 846
    KiterTodd said:
    Yeah, while I believe him that it tasted okay, it certainly didn't look particularly appetizing.  To me, it still looked like a bunch of odds and ends glued together.

    Educational more than anything to look out for what you are buying.
    That's great. Thanks for educating me. Still sounds disgusting though... :)
    GWN
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    Eggcelsior said:
    Nanook said:
    The word "meat glue" makes me want to hurl.....
    I have some bad news.

    "Meat glue" or transglutaminase, is an enzyme that helps your cells "stick" together(to form skin) and blood coagulate. We are made of it.


    Sounds more like something you'd need to towel up after filming a porno.   :o

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  • KiterTodd
    KiterTodd Posts: 2,466
    Ladeback69 said:
    Eggcelsior said:
    I have some bad news.

    "Meat glue" or transglutaminase, is an enzyme that helps your cells "stick" together(to form skin) and blood coagulate. We are made of it.


    But we don't eat people, right?

    LBGE/Maryland
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