Tenderizing with Explosives

Could traditionally tenderize tough meat by beating it with a culinary hammer or by adding a tenderizing agent containing meat softening enzymes.Researchers in Maryland,USA,however,have been conducting experiments in tenderizing meat with powerful shock waves.The researchers place the meat on a steel plate at the bottom of a plastic garbage can that is filled with water.They then set the equivalent of a quarter stick of dynamite inside the can."The water transmitts the shock we've through the meat but the unfortunate garbage can get blown to smithereens.Besides tenderizing the meat,the process also destroys bacteria,such as E.coli that can cause food poisoning.

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