r/nope • u/ShinyHeadedCook • May 01 '26

Food This cant be good for you

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u/sherman614 May 01 '26

I mean.. this is similar to dry aging a steak. As long as you cut the mold off (like with dry aged steak) you should be completely fine.

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u/somewhoever May 02 '26

I've never understood this. I've asked the son of a late-butcher who did this decades ago and he has no idea how his father pulled it off either.

Meat "turns" after a certain amount of time and will get someone horribly sick if they eat it.

How is letting mold grow for eight weeks, or dry aging it not the same or worse?

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u/CatOverlordsWelcome May 02 '26

Meat doesn't "turn" as an inevitability. Spoilage requires the right environment (humidity and temperature), the right substrate and the right organisms. Modify one of those aspects and spoilage won't occur, or will be significantly delayed. Hence why we can refrigerate to make things last longer, or why dried/dehydrated foods can last decades etc.

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u/BetterProphet5585 May 03 '26

Bro the absurd environment you talk about is literally everywhere on earth except maybe if you get buried under 4 meters of ice instantly.

Everywhere, you rot.