Is steak still considered a rare treat to suppliment your diet? for Questionland Seattle

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Is steak still considered a rare treat to suppliment your diet?

in the 1960s, my folks would grill out about once every week or so during the summers, using exactly 16 charcoal briquets in a hibatchi grill. My dad got pretty good at timing the steaks and could predict for my mom when they were ready to come off the grill.

They always acted like steak was a special treat. But nowadays, I hear that anything charred (featuring blackened meat, skin, stripes, etc) is bad for you.

What is the truth here? Is grill steak bad for one? Or is it the charcoal?

As adults, not only do we not grill, but rarely can afford steaks.

O my captain asked in Meat 9 months ago | Report

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No worse than a big hunk of red meat is going to be anyway, and l don't think there's anything wrong with a big hunk of red meat every so often. What carnivore doesn't occasionally love a good steak?

Steaks tend to be treats for a lot of people based on the price alone, and l'm sure in the sixties they were a treat for most. That said, l've found some pretty inexpensive steaks at Trader Joe's. l only do steak occasionally because it leaves me feeling so lethargic and heavy afterwards, but l also tend to cut it up into smaller amounts for that reason.

But is grilled anything bad for you? Nah, l don't think so, and if you're worried about the charcoal, you can reduce the charcoal by a slight amount and add hickory chips, use a gas grill, or simply char/blacken it in a pan, and then finish it off in the oven.

freikja answered in Meat 9 months ago | Report

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My family has long considered steaks to be treats. Once I learned enough about beef to be called a Beef Geek (amongst other funny names), it makes sense to keep it that way as in a 1,150 lb steer or heifer, the yield is only 80-100 lbs of steaks (out of a total meat yield of around 450-500 lbs). As for a grilled steak being bad for your health, I can think of a lot of things that are far worse. Charred meat is a bit different - it seems fairly clear that one wouldn't want to eat a lot of this - but then I don't like charred meat in the first place.

Carrie Oliver answered in Meat 9 months ago | Report

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It has been proven that the char on overly charred anything is not good for us. It has been proven that a lot of protein from animals is not good for us.
Do I think steak is necessary to supplement your diet..my opinion is no. Is it a treat? Only if you think so, because of health or economic reasons. I am not a vegetarian, but I monitor my meat consumption and I keep in mind that an elephant lives on a plant diet. It's a personal choice and personal decision. Moderation and personal exploration is always good and healthy...ier

Tamara Murphy from Terra Plata answered in Meat 9 months ago | Report

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Charred meat is bad because a lot of a particular chemical process is able to take place in the conditions that lead to charred meat:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060406101252.htm

A nice lean piece of red meat is great protein and ...iron, I think. I have a health nut body builder friend who'll eat steak. But his muscles get a crazy work out.

It matters more in the context of the rest of your diet, do you subsist wholly on pork roast? If so I'd suggest you skip the steak. Grass fed better then corn fed, "grass finished" could be even better.

I think meat production has become a lot more mechanized in the past 40 years, so maybe costs have gone down. Americans eat a LOT more meat than we used to.

internet_jen answered in Meat 9 months ago | Report

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