notbob wrote:
> On 2005-05-16, Edwin Pawlowski > wrote:
>
> > It redistributes the juices....
>
> Think about that one for a minute. Does it sound as ridiculous to
you
> as it does to me?

Nothing ridiculous about it, allowing meat to rest after cooking does
exactly that... it's actually the cooling (the meat isn't really tired)
that causes the natural meat juices to redistribute more evenly
throuhgout. Cooking causes the natural meat juices to migrate towards
the exterior portion, cooling draws the juices back torwards the
central portion. Heating causes the muscle fibers to relax and release
their fluids, cooling causes those same muscle fibers to stiffen and
retain fluids... think about what happens to nipples in a cool
breeze.... really, it's erectile muscle fibers that cause nipples to
stiffen and retain milk by shutting of the milk ducts (babies would
starve if nipples became aroused during breast feeding), the same type
of muscle fibers in the skin that cause hair to become erect when
chilled and close off sweat glands. Kinda like how cold sucks your
tube steak back into your body until it's a mere nubbin, and no juice
seepage. LOL

I kid yoose not: http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/homework/s95609.htm

Sheldon