How to cook meat so that it won't taste like meat?

Question

I need to know how to cook meat (sirloin, etc.) in such a way that it doesn't actually taste like meat! I am about to quit eating meat altogether because I dislike the taste so much. I use garlic, onions, mustard, and other strong seasonings, but still the taste is there.

In case you are about to say "well, if it's meat, then that's what it would taste like", let me tell you that that is not what I mean. The flavor is like the way raw meat smells like. I have had very good meat in the past, so I know is possible....I just don't know how to do it.

Thanks for any advise!

Answer 1

All of these ideas of Fresh Meat is wrong, you want to buy Aged beef, the older the better and i don't mean its been sitting around the butcher shop all month, Order certified Angus Aged Beef, aging the meat allows very beneficial bacteria to break down the tissues in the meat and make it softer, and more tender and also more flavorful of flavors other than meat. The taste you are getting is because of the iron in the blood, fresh meat tastes like this because it has more blood, soaking meat in milk or buttermilk overnight will help as well washing your beef before cooking it will help and you can even bleed it out sounds gross, but just loosely cover it and sit it on a plate for about an hour before you cook it you'll notice the pull of blood under it. But anyways aged beef, or soak it.

Answer 2

well... cooked meat shouldn't smell or taste like raw meat. are you 100% sure this meat you have is totally FRESH? some stores try to repackage meat to sell past the due date. try buying meat from a real butcher where the meat is pretty much still mooing when you buy it. i am thinking perhaps your beef just isn't the freshest and that maybe why it tastes "funny".

try grilling your steaks, etc. on the grill or fry it up in butter. if it still tastes bad, switch to chicken or bison or something else. you could just have a keen sense of taste/smell and beef doesn't agree with you.

Answer 3

I know exactly what you mean. I found that cooking it really really well-done helps. I don't like the metallic, bloody taste that underdone meat has, and so if you make sure you cook it extra extra long it takes some of that away and leaves a better grilled taste that I like.

Answer 4

Why don't you use a substitute that will taste like meat if cooked with the same ingredients yet without the smell that you dislike? Soyabean is a good substitute.

Answer 5

well the thing is now days they put so much garbage in oour food that it does taste wierd,i have been complaining about it as well the only thing i can say is go to a green butcher and ask for completely organic meat,thats the only way to go these days ,or go veggie but theres junk in every thing we eat im think we all need to go back to local farming and riding horses !!

Answer 6

These are all good answers, but I do wonder if you don't like the taste of meat, why do you want to eat it? It would be less trouble to go vegetarian.

Answer 7

try cooking it to death...it will taste and smell like shoe leather.
Why bother....stop eating it. The money you spend ruining your meat could be spend on a healthy meat less diet.

Answer 8

the problem is probably the quality of meat you are buying... try a different butcher that sells some more fresh beef. theres not much you can do to take away the beef taste... thats what makes it sooo good!

Answer 9

Stop eating meat!!! I'm vegetarian for about 17 years and I'm very healthy.

Answer 10

Try soaking your cut of meat in milk or buttermilk overnight. THis should help.