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I too have never owned a meat thermometer, cooking is done on looks and taste, if not sure its done cut a small piece off, taste it, if it tastes right its done, if it dosent taste right cook it a bit longer, the one thing I cant stand is bloody meat. if its pink its not cooked.
For beef, if it's not pink, it's overdone. I've found it almost impossible to overcook lamb. It remains tasty regardless of doneness.
Unless you posses some some information that indicates that McCandless died due to not having a thermometer, that's a HUGE shift from the subject in question. . .
We like her foolish threads. It’s fun to watch it all unravel into a puddle of nonsense.
Then start your own thread and ask them there...................and please try to avoid trying to shift from the subject in question.
Keep in mind that others may laugh at how foolish the question is when we are all warm, fat, and comfortable......but it can be a whole different ballpark when we aren't. After all, Chris McCandless made some crucial mistakes with his diet (and other mistakes, too, probably) and it killed him.
I read that book & as I remember he killed a moose & didn't know how to butcher & field dress it, plus couldn't identify which native vegetation was safe to eat.
You know, you don't need MEAT to survive. You can learn to bake bread in a dutch oven, dried beans & legumes & rice don't spoil & will nourish you for a long time.
It is a sad state of affairs when on a self sufficiency forum one asks a question of preparedness and instead of answers, many tease and abuse. "Humor" may be the new interchange.....but when it comes down to it, it doesn't fill the bellies.
For beef, if it's not pink, it's overdone. I've found it almost impossible to overcook lamb. It remains tasty regardless of doneness.
I prefer meat overdone rather than underdone, actually I dont like Beef that much, I prefer Pork and Chicken and Mutton not Lamb and game meat when I can get it.
dont need to, in 75 years I have never needed a meat thermometer .
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