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There are reports of many people (especially food vendors) using paracetamol to cook meat. Their reason for this is to quickly tenderize the meat and avoid long boiling times.
However, putting paracetamol into food has very serious health implications. When the drug is used for cooking, it is hydrolyzed (broken down) into 4-aminophenol, which is highly toxic to the kidney. Also, high consumption of analgesics over many years is a well-known cause of kidney damage.
Paracetamol poisoning usually causes liver failure which may also be accompanied by acute renal failure. High doses of aspirin or paracetamol can cause acute renal failure. Therefore (for health reasons), use of paracetamol for tenderizing meat must be highly discouraged.
Toughness of meat comes from the collagen (the connective tissues). During cooking it slowly breaks down into a substance called gelatin, and the meat becomes soft.
Without using paracetamol, you can tenderize meat by:
1. Cooking with a pressure cooker.
2. Brining (salting). This involves soaking the meat in a highly concentrated salt-water solution, typically for about 20 hours, before cooking.
3. Slicing the meat. This helps to sever muscle fibres and thereby hastens softening while cooking.
4. Pounding meat (e.g. with a mallet) before cooking.
5. Marinating (soaking) with acid in the form of vinegar, citrus juices or wine before cooking.
6. Marinating with enzymes. Pineapple, kiwi, ginger, Asian pear and pawpaw contain enzymes that can help tenderize meat.
7. Velveting the meat. This involves coating/soaking pieces of meat in a mixture of cornstarch, rice wine, salt, sugar, egg whites, and sometimes soy sauce, for about 30-45 minutes before cooking.
8. Slow-cooking the meat.
9. Using commercial meat tenderizers, which are sold in powder or liquid form. They should only be used sparingly, to avoid the meat becoming unpleasantly soft.
If you know anybody that uses paracetamol for softening meat, please advise them to desist forthwith!
This is an original article, published here for the first time. It can be done as well using Yoghurt. |
[You are right in your assessment but this excuse is not acceptable at all from Nigeria as a Nation.
I have been opportuned to visit few tiny Arab countries with population just about 3M whose electricity generation stand at 8GW, Same oil producing Nations like Nigeria.
quote author=Bedwyr post=85234409]Very good actually
But one thing Nigerians have to realize
We generate 7000MW on a good day...a really good day.
We need about an additional 40000 mw before we can see good power.
And it is going to cost a lot of money.
7000MW...of which 2000mw is lost due to a bad transmission system, isn't going to supply light 24/7 for 200million people.
MODIFIED
Most African countries basically supply power to selected regions, and leave the rest in darkness. That's what the DISCOS and GENCOS are doing codedly in Nigeria.[/quote] |
Health › Re: Many People Are Using Paracetamol To Cook Meat! by Saint99: 3:59pm On Dec 26, 2019
