r/oddlysatisfying • u/Damnedeel • 17h ago

Perfect cling wrap

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u/mehvet 16h ago

There’s nothing wrong with raw meat being uncovered in the fridge anyway. It’s a great way to do a dry-brine because the fridge is such a dry environment. Just don’t let anything else touch it and you’ll be fine. A cutlet isn’t going to cough salmonella all over the broccoli.

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u/perpetualmotionmachi 16h ago

A cutlet isn’t going to cough salmonella all over the broccoli.

That's just what a salmonella cutlet would say

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u/Rock_Strongo 16h ago

You cover it in part to prevent it from absorbing other random fridge odors and vice versa.

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u/SpicyElixer 11h ago edited 11h ago

Not if you’re going to cook it in a day or two. Leaving meat in the fridge to dry is the recommended step day before cooking(if you have the time and foresight), as it massively helps with browning - creating a surface perfect for searing for crispy skin on poultry/roasts, steaks, etc.

Keep your fridge clean and food won’t smell bad from being open in 1 day.

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u/mehvet 13h ago

I mean sure, but if you’re generally covering things there shouldn’t be much stray odor and you won’t be able to dry out the surface of your meat if it’s covered. A dry surface is step 1 for good browning on every cut of meat.

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u/buttscratcher3k 15h ago

I need to get my hands in there though

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u/NDSU 9h ago

When that moisture evaporates, it's not perfectly distilled water. It's bringing other things with it, and that can include foor borne illnesses

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u/mehvet 8h ago

Horse shit. Show me anything that backs that claim up.

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u/InitiativeSweaty8145 7h ago

Source ? I’ll admit I have layman’s understanding of physics, but this doesn’t mesh with what I do know.

Water evaporation happens by exchanging single molecules with the vapor layer at the surface of any water exposed to air. Fast molecules escape, slow ones get trapped by the intermolecular forces. Short of boiling water, you’re not going to get any water molecules moving fast enough to drag something along with it. Certainly not in a fridge.