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No they haven't. Red meat is not dangerous. Cooking red meat the way Americans tend to (disgustingly fried everything) is, but disgustingly frying anything is bad for you.

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People fry red meat ?!

I have spent much time in the US, but I think I have never seen that...in restaurants at least. And I'm kinda glad I didn't.

I've lived in Japan for my entire adult life and we cook meats either in a frypan or a wok. Do you roast it in the oven or something?

They're referring to deep frying, rather than pan frying.

Slightly OT, but Is this a language thing? In the UK frying in this context means in a flat frying pan with a very small coating of oil. This is perfectly normal for a steak. Deep fat frying, where the meat would be submerged in hot oil would be out of the ordinary.

Have you ever had a hamburger...?

It's not as common, but yes. One example found in Southern cuisine / Texas / etc. is called either chicken fried steak or country fried steak. Although often pan fried, some restaurants deep fry them.

With mashed potatoes and white gravy[1], it's delicious, too.

[1] People who put brown gravy on chicken fried steak are heretics who should be deep fried themselves.

Red meat is, according to WHO, a probable carcinogen, although the increased risk is quite small.

Literally everything is a fucking carcinogen.

> Literally everything is a fucking carcinogen

> > Red meat is not dangerous.

Pick one.

Are you trying to imply you were using the meaningless definition of 'dangerous', and not the "notable risk" definition?

Because "might be a carcinogen along with basically every substance" only proves the former.

Fried is not the primary manner in which Americans consume red meat, I like how you got the anti-American attack in there though.

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