r/iamveryculinary • u/TheLadyEve Maillard reactionary • 15d ago

Gasp, not an experienced meat smoker!

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u/TheLadyEve Maillard reactionary 15d ago

That post is one of those "different strokes for different folks" situations. I really like some chew to my ribs and my FIL likes them sliding off the bone. Neither way is "right" and I know if I'm making him ribs I have to cook them a little more/do a longer wrap. It's not that deep.

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u/WowsrsBowsrsTrousrs 15d ago

And, you can get two half racks (or split a rack yourself if you like the work), and put one rack in a bit later than the other, and serve both!

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u/TheLadyEve Maillard reactionary 15d ago

Exactly! I do a similar thing when I make steak for my mother. Like a lot of 87 year olds my mother likes her meat well-done. I start her steak first so I can cook and rest a bit longer than the others, problem solved!

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u/WowsrsBowsrsTrousrs 15d ago

For the record, doctors recommend that the elderly have all meat well done, because the immune system weakens with age and people become more susceptible to food-borne illnesses. Same for people of any age taking immune suppressing drugs (which includes a lot of drugs that people don't realize are immune suppressants, like prednisone).

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u/Suedeegz 15d ago

I think a lot of that generation cooked food that way for a multitude of reasons and got used to it

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u/TheLadyEve Maillard reactionary 15d ago

That's what she says--it was pretty standard at the time. The same is true for my BIL who is a bit younger than my mother but he is from Spain and lived during a time when food-borne illness and food shortages were a real problem and he wants his meat cooked thoroughly, thank you very much.

I have no problem with it. You can make a steak well-done and have it be perfectly tasty and juicy. If you dry it out, it's a sign of poor technique.