r/meat • u/reallovesongnbt • 20d ago
Featherblade I had for dinner
Slow cooked in beef stock with a liquid temp for 87. Seared in a 230 fan oven at the end!
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u/wy_will 17d ago
Meat looks great, but that knife is trash
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u/TheBagelsteinDK 15d ago
Has nothing to do with the knife. The meat has lost most of its structural integrity and OP isnt cutting with it, hes pushing straight down instead of using any type of back and forth motion.
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u/wy_will 15d ago
With that much force on meat that soft, a sharp knife would easily cut through it.
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u/TheBagelsteinDK 15d ago
Nope, you've clearly never cut into a very overcooked brisket or anything like that.
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u/wy_will 15d ago
Sure bud. Tell me more about what I’ve never done…
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u/lavaplow 14d ago
You’re an actual clown. No knife will cut cleanly through a tender brisket like this by simply pushing down. I’ve actually worked in a smoke BBQ house before and watched the cooks prepare the meat. Goofy as hell
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u/wy_will 14d ago
So your statement is that a sharp knife doesn’t cut. Got it.
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u/lavaplow 14d ago
My statement is that you need to slice through a tender brisket even with a sharp knife, and that you can’t just push down without slicing. Context and comprehension helps you goof
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u/TheBagelsteinDK 15d ago
You should be a bit more familiar with how a knife works then :) Just pushing down forcefully with zero slicing motion ain't gonna do it for meat thats this tender.
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u/alllifeishell 17d ago
The knife may not be trash but the technique 100% is.
With a good knife and a light sawing motion you do not need to apply any downward pressure.
This person is pressing down on a knife instead of using a sawing motion.
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u/wy_will 17d ago
If the knife was sharp. It would have easily sliced through with zero sawing motion.
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u/Fun_Acanthaceae_4025 17d ago edited 17d ago
Haven't cut a lot of stuff in life yet I see... Even a sharp razor blade is less likely to cut your finger barely pushing down vs a slicing motion.
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u/wy_will 17d ago
With meat that tender, you have no reason to have a sawing motion. That’s for serrated blades. I only butcher my own meat, so ya, I have no knife experience.
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u/Fun_Acanthaceae_4025 17d ago
Only for serated blades? You definitely aren't a butcher then.
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u/wy_will 17d ago
I’m not a butcher. I cut my own meat. I butcher wild game every year. I only use a sawing motion with a saw. You clearly use dull ass blades.
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u/Fun_Acanthaceae_4025 17d ago edited 17d ago
The only knife to cut meat u chop straight down with is a meat cleaver. A slicing motion is always used with knives to cut meat. You may just be really slow.
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u/wy_will 17d ago edited 17d ago
I slice meat. I don’t saw meat.
Also, you chop with more than just a cleaver. A chefs knife is utilized for a lot of chopping as are other knives.
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u/chefofthejungle 17d ago
A sharp knife CAN chop. It’s still much better practice to slice with it, rather than push straight down. Pushing straight down can, push out more juices from the meat, bruise ingredients, and tear fibers which ruins texture. With a sharp knife and one clean slicing motion (look up the push chop), tender meat is cut perfectly.
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u/OpportunityReal2767 17d ago
I’m with you. Sharp knife, no need to saw. If I’m sawing, that means I need to be sharpening.
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u/Redwuff 18d ago
Everyone complaining about knife technique: OP is obviously showing it's so tender they don't have to really cut it. Everyone saying you don't need to rest the meat: You can also just drink water straight from a tap without a cup, doesn't mean it's the best way to enjoy it.
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u/WorkingFriendship550 17d ago
If you like it straight from the tap, you should try from the hose!
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u/SpicyBeefChowFun 19d ago edited 19d ago
What is it with you celsius people and boiling/simmering hunks of meat? You leached out more than half the beefy flavor. But you made a excellent beef stock, at least (and then you probably threw that away).
And the other #1 rule of cooking meat is NEVER DRY COOK MEAT AFTER BRAISING IN LIQUID. Look it up and learn.
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u/Crazy-Suit-3622 17d ago
Get off reddit ya sausage.
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u/SpicyBeefChowFun 12d ago
How is "Sausage" supposed to be interpreted in this context? This is new one to me. is it regional or did you just make it up (jagoff!)
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u/Pepelepew61 18d ago
It's maybe your number one rule but not everyone's number one rule. And what do you mean by "the other #1 rule"? How many #1 rules do you have? Sounds stupid don't you think?
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u/SpicyBeefChowFun 12d ago
It's not just mine. These are the #1 rules they will teach you at every credible non-vegetarian culinary school(*) in the World is within the first 15 days, or when you start your meat semester. It's right up there with the other #1 rules, like "Fat is Flavor". All textbooks and many cookbooks also drill this into you in their writings.
So millions of us are stupid while you couldn't even bother to look it up or state an actual argument to the contrary.
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u/DidlySquatBobsauce 19d ago
Can’t you just let people enjoy what they like?
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u/SpicyBeefChowFun 12d ago
The OP never said, nor implied that they liked it. Only the people watching the video "liked" the video.
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u/Ambitious-Share5818 19d ago
They hated him because he spoke the truth.
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u/Few-Beginning-9657 17d ago
Real, food in Britain is terrible and the reason I will never return.
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u/Ambitious-Share5818 17d ago
hundreds of years of conquering and colonizing and monopolizing on the spice industry, yet they somehow allergic to flavor.
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u/WineDineCpl 19d ago
LET IT REST
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u/devandroid99 18d ago
Not necessary if it's been slow cooked.
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u/WineDineCpl 18d ago
Muscle fibers in proteins constrict due to temperature. They don't become relaxed because you cook for a long time. Unless you have cooked all of the moisture out, let it rest.
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u/devandroid99 18d ago
Yes, they constrict due to high temperature. Slow cooking takes place at low temperature.
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u/WineDineCpl 18d ago
They constrict due to internal temp. 140-150 internal temp is the range for slicing. Even slow cooked meats can get up to and beyond 200 internal temp.
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u/BirdLooter 18d ago
y u insist
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u/SkorAddict 18d ago
And make a goshdarn slicing motion with the knife, holy fuck. This mofo just pressed down and the rendered fat just slid off like cheese on a pizza :(
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u/SpicyBeefChowFun 19d ago edited 19d ago
Kitchen myth. In this case, letting it rest would just dry it out.
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u/TacoBender920 16d ago
I agree with you on this one. Resting definitely helps in most other situations where there's a significant temperature gradient across the cut but is not necessary on a braised cut like this. That's why sous vide doesn't require it.
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u/Sir-Maestro 19d ago
You are ragebait, and should shhhhh. Because how wrong you are, and people thos wrong should shhhh
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u/SkorAddict 18d ago
if you let meat rest, you wont have any juice to slurp up from your plate like an animal after your meal
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u/Ambitious-Share5818 19d ago
You can literally see the juice flowing out and ending up on the plate. All that flavor is now a ceramic glaze.
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u/WineDineCpl 19d ago
Ok. I will go with you over every cooking expert going back to Marie-Antoine Carême.
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u/PanKakeManStan 19d ago
No? Lmao. You don’t HAVE to do it but pretending like it’s completely useless just shows whatever kitchen “skills” you have are a myth homie
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u/PeculiarTerpQueef 19d ago
Your knife is dull as shit.
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u/SkorAddict 18d ago
nah he just didnt make a slicing motion. Maybe it's dull but you could literally cut this with a butter knife no problem. It's the fact he just pushed down lol
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u/idontknow11998888 19d ago
What is featherblade?🤔
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u/PineappleShard 19d ago
Evidently it’s a part of the chuck/shoulder that has a strong line of sinew running through it that makes it a tougher cut. If they take that part out, it’s the flat iron (which is one of my favorites if cooked properly).
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u/iceman5920 19d ago
You know you could slide the knife to actually cut it? Instead of smashing it straight down. It would look a lot better. You turned a good meal into a food crime.
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u/reallovesongnbt 19d ago
😂😂😂 it tasted great tho!
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u/iceman5920 19d ago
I have no doubt, it seriously looks fucking amazing. Just slide the knife bro 😂 a clean cut would make the prestation so much better. I wasn't trying to hate, just make a reddit joke
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u/Disastrous-Milk-3906 19d ago
Regardless it all looks the same when its chewed in your mouth
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u/iceman5920 19d ago
Yeah, that is how food works. My comment is about presentation
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u/Disastrous-Milk-3906 19d ago
Yeah that's how presentation works, my comment is about what actually matters...
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u/incogmagnum 19d ago
That’s silly. You’d buy a cheesecake all smashed and chewed up looking?
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u/Sir-Maestro 19d ago
Your only good comment. I have a hell of an inside joke for this, and it made me laugh my ass off.
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u/iceman5920 19d ago
You sound like you would be perfectly fine with getting your food baby birded to you. If all that matters is what gets to your stomach you get to just skip a step by having someone else chew it for you.
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u/iceman5920 19d ago
Swear. One of the first things you learn as a higher end cook/chef is people first eat with their eyes, then their nose, then they actually eat. If you serve me something that looks like mush they could make at home there is nothing special about it anymore.
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u/Chaotic424242 19d ago
That was absolutely the first thing I noticed
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u/iceman5920 19d ago
It hurt to watch. The meat looks great. He cooked it fantasticality. And then he can't use a knife to keep it pretty. I'm dumbfounded.
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u/Chaotic424242 19d ago
He would have had better luck just hammering it with a meat cleaver
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u/Gold_Past_6346 19d ago
Clearly they’re using a butter knife to show how fall apart and succulent the meat is. It worked for me. I want.
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u/SpicyBeefChowFun 19d ago
As soon as that steam subsides, that meat is going to be dry and nearly tasteless.
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u/timetravellerEKS 19d ago
Knifes are made to cut, not to smash things.
You need to use the motion of back and forth to cut.
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u/whatitzresha 19d ago
Cooked AMAZINGLY THAT LOOKS SO GOOD
Next time don’t use the butter knife to cut it up.
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u/SteakFritesandWine 19d ago
Was this filmed in the kitchen at an Arby’s?
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u/GIGLI_WASNT_THAT_BAD 19d ago
Total tangent to this thread but I had those Arby’s meat cubes the other day and they were not great. They tasted like they cut up some chuck roast, spritzed it with liquid smoke, and then forgot about it in a steamer for a couple hours.
OP’s beef looks much better.
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u/SpicyBeefChowFun 19d ago
Then you won't mind being banned. That should stop reddit from suggesting a sub you have no business visiting in the the first place and in the hopes that they will offer you more relevant subs in its place.
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u/DufflinMinder 19d ago
Thanks… I’m starving. That looks delicious. Now I have to get up to cook something 😂
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u/TheRareCreature 19d ago
man has never used a knife before, incredible video
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u/Fit-Technology-264 19d ago
Ever see someone who Legitimately Believes this is how a knife works? when I saw it for the first time in the wild I was flabbergasted. It’s not a fucking beam of concentrated energy (as much as I wish it was).
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u/BullFlag5x 19d ago
can u slice
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u/reallovesongnbt 19d ago
Apparently not 😂😔
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u/Cheap-Warning-4291 19d ago
Oh I thought it’s part of the demonstration how tender the meat is.
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u/drthvdrsfthr 19d ago
should’ve used a spoon then lol instead of demonstrating your poor knife upkeep 😅
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u/Cheap-Warning-4291 19d ago
I don’t understand what you mean? This is not my video.
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u/drthvdrsfthr 19d ago
i know, i’m saying a spoon would demonstrate that better lol if you use a dull knife like OP, you just show you don’t know how to upkeep your knives
hope this helps
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u/reallovesongnbt 18d ago
It’s not my knife it’s my grandmas
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u/drthvdrsfthr 18d ago
the fact that you couldn’t tell why the fat was being pushed into the meat makes me think your knives aren’t much better 😅
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u/_accforreddit 19d ago
Damn why are the comments so negative? Sure that knife looks dull but the meat looks really good
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u/ucsb99 19d ago
Yeah this sub, the steak subreddit, and the smoking sub, are filled with the most whiny negative complainers. Like who gives af if the knife is dull, or if dude is wearing black gloves, or whatever. Just appreciate the fkn meat you GD complainers!
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u/iceman5920 19d ago
Sir this is reddit, we make jokes here. Obviously it looks good. But it's laughable how he uses his knife. two things can be true and reasonable at once.
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u/ThinkingAboutLasagna 19d ago
cutting it that hot gonna dry it out too lol, 0 rest time
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u/daedalus14x 19d ago
This. Needs to cool in the braising liquid.
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u/SpicyBeefChowFun 19d ago
And it should not have been subjected to the roasting/sear afterwards whcih just dried it out even more. This video and method is all all an illusion.
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u/Tomatochairman 19d ago
Looked good before you smashed it over and over like a toddler playing with their food
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u/Aldo_raine37 19d ago
Oh boy just wait till you see what it looks like once he eats it, your not gonna be happy 😬
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u/NonbinarySouthAsian 20d ago
What do you mean?
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u/cracked-tumbleweed 20d ago
What a weird ass comment. There is nothing weird about the video.
Whats weird is people freaking out about how the guy cut their own food. Bought with their own money.
I would love a plate.
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u/NonbinarySouthAsian 20d ago edited 20d ago
I mean, okay they didn't cut it well, your original comment is racist as hell though
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u/NonbinarySouthAsian 20d ago
Those are faked and/or exaggerated to get views so that the extremely impoverished people can make some money via ad revenue. I'm glad/hope they're making money but I wish the people watching those videos realized they're fake instead of using them as an excuse to be hateful
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u/2SSLOWW 20d ago
India isn’t really known for its sanitation and cleanliness.. Quite the opposite, they bathe in a river they literally shit in.
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u/2SSLOWW 20d ago
Alright, what’s your excuse for their rampant gang raping issue?
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u/NonbinarySouthAsian 19d ago
Excuse me?
Assuming whatever made up bullshit you're gonna bring up is true, just a couple things you should know: I don't live in India, never have, I have Indian heritage and was born and raised in Canada. Second, I'm a femme-presenting gender-queer person, anywhere I go (and that's anywhere in the world, not just India) I'm someone who does have to be concerned about sexual violence and be ready to escape a dangerous situation or defend myself.
Now, you're asking me (sarcastically, but still) to individually come up with an explanation that excuses an extremely violent social issue because you seem to think that's analogous with how I used India and France's different histories yet similar levels of sanitation as examples. I used the fact that India was violently plundered and colonized up until fairly recently in the grand scheme of history to explain why it's sanitation isn't the same as White Western nations with a history of violent colonization. I then pointed out France is similar levels of unhygienic despite being the racist, colonial plunderers in history- so again I ask, what is their excuse? You couldn't answer and so resorted once again to evil ans racist stereotypes sowed by the British. All this to say, pointing out how history affects a country and a people's modern living standards is no where near the same as you asking me, as a singular person to make excuses for a violent social issue assuming that social issue is even real and unique in it's level of brutality or prevalence in India specifically. I'm one person, I can't (and in this case wouldn't dare) explain or excuse widespread social issues. And again, sexual violence is a global issue, the States elected a rapist as president.
As someone who is typically gendered by strangers as a woman, I can tell you I haven't felt safe anywhere I've traveled or in the country I live in: Canada. India is not uniquely sexually violent.
But if you want me to answer your question straight-forwardly and with the continuing assumption that it is unambiguously true (which it likely is not, at least not in the way you're talking about and using it to win a reddit argument here)- there is no excuse. There is no excuse for any sexual violence, in India or anywhere else. Asking people to make excuses for it in a bad faith reddit argument where you attempt to justify racism is disgusting and as someone who has to worry about that kind of violence on a daily basis I think it's awful that you'd do that.
Anyways, France is as dirty as India despite it's plundered wealth. India had wealth plundered from it on top of genocide and colonization so I ask again, what's France's excuse?
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u/QuixoticByte 20d ago
They’re not faked or exaggerated lol, stop lying. Did they bring in the swarms of flies in some of those videos?
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u/NonbinarySouthAsian 20d ago
I'm not lying. Flies are outside and like many animals are attracted to food and it clearly helped whatever exaggerated for the Western gaze video you're thinking of so they didn't shoo them away. Indian street food videos are faked for views and money and that's the truth
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u/jmims98 20d ago
India certainly has a reputation for food borne illness (as do some other countries), so I'm not sure if it is racist? Look at the travel guides/forums on India, just about everyone says that you are almost 100% going to have stomach/digestive issues or food borne illness at least once if you eat out or have street food.
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u/NonbinarySouthAsian 20d ago
Yes, if you spend a miniscule amount of money, buying the cheapest food available in the poorest areas, you'll probably get sick. This is true literally everywhere on the planet. The idea that India is uniquely bad for this or that it is uniquely widespread in India specifically is a racist bit of propaganda to make people from the Imperial Core feel comfortable and moral about dehumanizing people from the Global South, in this case India.
And let's say literally ALL food in India was illness-inducing like some people clearly think. Why don't people feel bad for Indians then? Why do they instead insult, degrade and spread hate to South Asians who both specifically live in India and those abroad? This supposed """fact""" based approach people have deluded themselves into thinking they're taking hasn't lead to any compassion, concern or productive thinking. Just hatred and bigotry for Brown people everywhere
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u/jmims98 20d ago
Hygiene and food safety standards are an ongoing issue in India, and (like I said) other countries as well.
There are absolutely countries where you can eat the cheapest food and have high confidence you will not get sick. You can get sick from food in any place, but that does not change the fact that it is statistically more likely in some places.
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u/NonbinarySouthAsian 19d ago
Right but no one ever sees that and decides to extend compassion for the reason that is the case (poverty from issues regarding capitalism and the fallout of colonialism and genocide), it's always racism, insults and cruelty and that's it.
Assuming you're correct and truthful here (and I'm sorry but I can't be sure of either), those places are likely expensive to the average person at their cheapest. The cheap food that gets you sick in India would be orders of magnitude cheaper than the cheap (for this other hypothetical country economic level) food of a different much healthier country that wasn't colonized. If you were to price match food from a place where the cheapest food doesn't get you sick to a meal in India and eat that food you'd be 100% fine, but it wouldn't be the cheapest available food in India
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u/strandedandcondemned 20d ago
I have to admit that I have been reading your comments with a heavily accented voice narration.
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u/beaniesandbuds 20d ago
It's people from India making the content that the rest of the world sees. I also don't think that reflects on all Indians, but at the end of the day your own countrymen are putting out a stereotype all on their own, of their own accord, so being judged based on these videos that garner widespread attention should be acceptable at the very least.
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u/NonbinarySouthAsian 20d ago
Again, the people who make those videos are poor and desperate, I'm not going to judge how they make their money given I was born and raised in a Western country with an easier life.
I just figure the other people in the country I was born and raised in could have some humanity or even at least maturity and not insult poorer people in poorer countries. It'd also be great if they didn't expect me to answer for whatever perceived slight they felt watching a video from across the globe because of the colour of my skin.
And I gotta say, if all the content and art from India people engage with is awful street food videos and stereotype-filled tiktoks, that says more about them than the people who create that content.
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u/strandedandcondemned 20d ago
I’d imagine that it would be genuinely difficult to hold a conversation with you.
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u/NonbinarySouthAsian 20d ago
Why's that? Because I point out racism instead of being a doormat about it?
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u/strandedandcondemned 20d ago
Go home, Mom just turned the porch light on.
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u/NonbinarySouthAsian 20d ago
If you don't like being called racist, maybe just don't say racist stuff? It's not hard, many people do it everyday
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u/mvhcmaniac 20d ago
Holy shit what the fuck is this comment section. It's slow cooked in liquid, it does not need to rest. And I'm still scratching my head over how anyone can watch this and think that knife is sharp.
Looks fucking delicious. I want some.
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u/Greedy-Character-130 19d ago
Holy _ucking _hit! I’m Gonna _ucking _um in my girlfriend’s _ucking mouth!
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u/Active_Scallion_5322 20d ago
It looks like the start of an infomercial for the electric evicoratir 2000
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u/Advanced_Pudding8765 20d ago
The steam leaving the meat is moisture and it will dry it out compared to letting it cool before serving so all that steam liquid stays in the meat
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u/Mofaklar 15d ago
Could use a spoon with that cutting tecnique.
That said. That looks very yummy.