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Ok I didn't consider the "makes meat more permeable to bacteria" -argument. Still, bacteria do die from repeated freeze-thawing cycles. But, in any case, I doub
by teekert 8y ago
Ok I didn't consider the "makes meat more permeable to bacteria" -argument. Still, bacteria do die from repeated freeze-thawing cycles. But, in any case, I doubt many people ever investigated the scientific evidence.
- coldtea 8y ago>Ok I didn't consider the "makes meat more permeable to bacteria" -argument. Still, bacteria do die from repeated freeze-thawing cycles. Not really. They multiply during the thawing and lie "inactive" during freezing. So repeated freeze-thawing cycles = several generations more bacteria than you started with. Bernhard Redl, an associate professor in the molecular biology department at the University of Innsbruck in Austria: "It is clear that freezing does not kill most of the bacteria," said Redl, "but puts them in a dormant state." (...)