Meat Glue, Sous Vide, chicken parts and what have ya

[centexsmoker]

Originally Posted by martyleach

So, the concensus is that it should be well done because the bacteria on the outer side of the meat could end up getting glued in the middle. That is the concern with beef because we like it rare/med rare and the temp is below 135 and doesn't kill the ugly bugs. That has always been my concern with meat glue. Am I wrong here???

Marty- you are correct if you use traditional cooking methods. I cooked those short ribs (again, not meat glued but at 132 for a week in a SV and would be totally safe with meat glue). You can do the same with the chicken I did.

I use meat glue a lot to bond bacon/prosciutto to whole chicken or whole pork tenderloin and that does not really apply since those are cured, smoked and stay on the outside of the whole muscle.

i"ll dig up some pics

[landarc]

If you wash the meat, you remove the risk of contamination. In Japan, meat is normally washed prior to use, and they often eat the meat rare. That being said, if you have a real sous vide cooker, if you cooked it at 130F for long enough, the meat is pasteurized and does not present a risk.

All that being said, unless you are doing something exceptional, we can usually get great cuts of meat, so there is little need to use meat glue at home. Unless you want to, in which case, it really doesn't present a risk.

[JohnHB]

One needs to understand how to pasteurize. Meat can be pasteurised at temperatures below 135. Have a look at table 5.1 in link below:


http://www.douglasbaldwin.com/sous-vide.html#Table_5.1

[IamMadMan]

Originally Posted by Crazy Harry

where can I get some meat glue?

Also

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[martyleach]

That is all great but I have not had Sous Vide that my family or I liked too much. It is very tender and tasty but the meat has been kinda mushy. I /we like it to chew like meat....That being said, we have only had beef, no chicken.

[JohnHB]

Originally Posted by martyleach

So, the concensus is that it should be well done because the bacteria on the outer side of the meat could end up getting glued in the middle. That is the concern with beef because we like it rare/med rare and the temp is below 135 and doesn't kill the ugly bugs. That has always been my concern with meat glue. Am I wrong here???

Yes you are wrong. Meat can be pasteurised at less than 135. The topic of pasteurisation is complex but table 5.1 in the link below provides a good guide to pasteurisation.

http://www.douglasbaldwin.com/sous-vide.html#Table_5.1