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Related: If you tenderize with a Jaccard-like tool, examine the teeth very closely before you cook your meat. I have had the blades break in half longitudinally

Related: If you tenderize with a Jaccard-like tool, examine the teeth very closely before you cook your meat. I have had the blades break in half longitudinally where it still looked like a full blade, but had actually "delaminated" toward the end and left a 15mm chunk of pointed metal in my steak. It ended up in my gums. I still use the broken blade set, but simply make sure it has all the parts before moving on. Nothing tenderizes quite like it in my experience. Had I swallowed that piece however it would have been a bad situation. Pic: https://imgur.com/a/ZdWBg https://imgur.com/a/ZdWBg

Zancarius 10y ago
Oh gosh. It almost makes you terrified of using any implements along those lines. Honestly, I would've never looked for a failure mode like that. You're exceedingly lucky. I have a very distantly related story, although one that's much more benign (thankfully!). Years ago, there was a really nice grocery store in town (local chain) that would make fresh flour tortillas. Whenever we'd think about it, we'd usually stop by and buy a dozen or two. It ended for a few years when I was eating one of them and bit down into a washer that clearly had been pushed through some part of the machine such that it was slightly elongated, flattened, and very slightly sharp on one end. I was lucky in that I neither broke a tooth, swallowed it, or cut my gums; but you can imagine my surprise when I bit down and felt something lodge between my bottom molars. More so when I pulled it out and found a steel washer! I still have that washer somewhere. They eventually sold off their tortilla equipment, possibly also changing management. It's been upgraded in recent years with brand new machinery, and we started buying them occasionally, but I've since developed a slight paranoia whenever I eat food I haven't made myself. I'm a softer chewer now than I was in those days for that reason. :)
- dgacmu 10y ago
  Lentils. Always inspect the darn thing for small, lentil-shaped, lentil-colored rocks. Learned that one the hard way. Luckily (?), it just shattered the one filling I already had in a tooth.
SamBam 10y ago
"I love this tenderizer and highly recommend them, just look out for busted blades!" Waaa??? If the blade can delaminate in that way, I would in no way recommend them.
- OrdaGarb 10y ago
  I see and appreciate your point, and yeah, you might get a little dead, but they can turn a Walmart roast into a tender and delicious cut of meat with the right cooking strategy. Like anything, it's a trade-off, and a good test of your evolutionary worthiness as a human. Pay attention to what you're doing or die.

Zancarius 10y ago

Oh gosh. It almost makes you terrified of using any implements along those lines. Honestly, I would've never looked for a failure mode like that. You're exceedingly lucky. I have a very distantly related story, although one that's much more benign (thankfully!). Years ago, there was a really nice grocery store in town (local chain) that would make fresh flour tortillas. Whenever we'd think about it, we'd usually stop by and buy a dozen or two. It ended for a few years when I was eating one of them and bit down into a washer that clearly had been pushed through some part of the machine such that it was slightly elongated, flattened, and very slightly sharp on one end. I was lucky in that I neither broke a tooth, swallowed it, or cut my gums; but you can imagine my surprise when I bit down and felt something lodge between my bottom molars. More so when I pulled it out and found a steel washer! I still have that washer somewhere. They eventually sold off their tortilla equipment, possibly also changing management. It's been upgraded in recent years with brand new machinery, and we started buying them occasionally, but I've since developed a slight paranoia whenever I eat food I haven't made myself. I'm a softer chewer now than I was in those days for that reason. :)

dgacmu 10y ago
Lentils. Always inspect the darn thing for small, lentil-shaped, lentil-colored rocks. Learned that one the hard way. Luckily (?), it just shattered the one filling I already had in a tooth.

SamBam 10y ago

"I love this tenderizer and highly recommend them, just look out for busted blades!" Waaa??? If the blade can delaminate in that way, I would in no way recommend them.

OrdaGarb 10y ago
I see and appreciate your point, and yeah, you might get a little dead, but they can turn a Walmart roast into a tender and delicious cut of meat with the right cooking strategy. Like anything, it's a trade-off, and a good test of your evolutionary worthiness as a human. Pay attention to what you're doing or die.