What are those little holes in some meat?
For example this ham:
I see them in ham, sometimes chicken, salami, and similar. They seem to be small sphere shaped half to one millimeter in size.
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My experience comes from making salami sandwiches... In order to allow myself the luxury of eating something so grease-filled without guilt, I'll zap it in the microwave for 20-30 seconds to render out the fat. Since packing the salami with ground up fat is part of the process. Cooking the meat melts the fat globules and leaves little hole where the fat use to be. This more apparent when done with sliced salami and bologna.
In chicken and certain cuts of beef, I think the holes are the result of cutting across veins. Also, I know that from preparing raw chicken for cooking, I am sometimes able to pull out lengths of veins that leave behind perfect little holes where they came out from.
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These holes/pores are mostly caused by spoilage bacteria, which produce gas as part of their metabolism; You can avoid it by using starter culture; Chr.Why is there tiny holes in my chicken?
Most of our individually frozen products will have a marinade that helps enhance the flavor of the chicken. I was able to review the picture that you sent in with your email, and the holes that you are seeing are from marination injection needles. It does not constitute a health hazard and is safe to consume.Why are there holes in steak?
The hole was probably a puncture, where the cook inserted a probe thermometer to ensure your returned steak was cooked accurately.What do holes in ham mean?
These holes are a result of the meat having been frozen too slowly after being cured and cooked. Freezing slowly gives the ice more time to develop into large sharp crystals as opposed to fast freezing where the ice can only form small "less destructive" crystals.Pressing Meat Through Small Holes with Hydraulic Press | in 4K
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