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submitted 6 days ago by OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 24 points 6 days ago

Oh man I can't wait to ask this one to my primary. She'll hate it.

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago

Checkmate, atheists

[-] pyrflie@lemm.ee 10 points 6 days ago

The only time smoking is good for you is when you've ratted on Corleone, cause you're already dead meat.

[-] degen@midwest.social 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Smoking with the fishes

[-] Laser@feddit.org 8 points 6 days ago

"Bacon causes cancer, smoking causes cancer... but smoking bacon cures it" is the version I know

[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Cuz you won't be eating those fish worms alive

[-] ech@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

Oh wow. They made an emoji of Charlie Kirk?

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago
[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 days ago

"smoking" and "cured" mean something else when talking about meat

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

It's a method of preservation that uses what sounds like a sort of play on words (not going to research the etymology) by curing the meat of any pathogens infecting it. The process generally involves adding enough salt, either by brining it (wet), or burying it in salt (dry) to make it a more inhospitable environment for bacteria.

The idea of the meme is that while smoking tobacco damages our body and can cause life-long diseases (the opposite of a cure), smoking a piece of meat would "cure" it.

Though, AFAIK the meme isn't really correct as smoking โ‰  curing, seeing how a cut of meat is usually "cured" or salted first before smoking it. While cold/hot smoking (primarily cold) does help to pull moisture out and adds antibacterial compounds, my experience is that the two are separate preservation techniques, yet are commonly used together.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Wood smoked salmon: โœ…๐Ÿ˜€

Tobacco smoked salmon: โŒ๐Ÿคฎ

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