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submitted 1 month ago by OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 24 points 1 month ago

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

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Checkmate, atheists

[-] Laser@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago

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

[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Cuz you won't be eating those fish worms alive

[-] ech@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Oh wow. They made an emoji of Charlie Kirk?

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago
[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 month ago

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

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

Wood smoked salmon: โœ…๐Ÿ˜€

Tobacco smoked salmon: โŒ๐Ÿคฎ

this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2024
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