Why do you have to cook meat?

Answer 1

1.it denatures the proteins making it easier to digest,and easier to chew. Human jaws evolved into their sleeker form because cooked meat required less chewing. 2.it kills off harmful bacteria, such as salmonella in poultry, and parasites, such as the roundworm that may be present in uncooked pork and that causes trichinosis 3.it preserves for longer than if you left it raw, this is especially true of curing or smoking meat 4. it tastes better. A seared meat surface will contain caramelized sugars, which are sweet and tasty. Also, cooked meat will contain fat in a liquid state, which carries fat-soluble components of flavour.

Answer 2

You boil meat or "cook" it because if you don't you be eating it raw, red meat can also carry a disease that can hurt you and by cooking it you get rid of it.

Normally it is the tougher cuts of meat that are boiled. Boiling (simmering)

means that it can be cooked for a long time without burning or going dry.

Another answer is:There are no common diseases in raw red meat (domesticated). The e-coli, salmonella are bacteria (not disease) introduced by processing with feces due to handling or other contaminants. Boiling the meat is just another way of cooking like roasting, broiling, grilling or braising. Eating raw meat such as well prepared Tartare is delicious.

Answer 3

Humans are omnivores, but the only flesh we can digest without cooking or curing is fish. People did not start cooking meat to kill germs, since we have only known about germs for the last 100 years or so. Land animals are cooked and, or cured to break down their protein. True carnivores have much stronger stomach acid allowing them to completely digest raw meat.

Answer 4

Without cooking meat, you might get food poisoning, E.Coli, Salmonella, or any other various food diseases, most of which could kill you, and that is a major reason to cook meat - to kill bacteria and diseases so when you it the meat, it won't kill you.

Answer 5

Because meat is nice and delicious ....it is for our body protein......Hope everyone have a healthy body...:)<3

Answer 6

To reduce the risk of it making you ill ,to presrve it, to tenderise it or to infuse it flavours that are enjoyed by the eater.

Answer 7

To kill the bacteria in most raw meats. Like salmonella and ecoli which can make you very I'll or dead

Answer 8

Well, it generally tastes better cooked.