I’ve seen it on a tbone once and this is on some brisket
by jessieGarcia100
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AppropriateImpact593
What cut of meat is that? Looks like you just cooked and dried the shit out of it to me.
Starc4t
meat contains nutrients like iron which is what you’re seeing
colofinch
I don’t necessarily see in the pictures a strong effect, but it’s caused by thin film interference from the layer of fat that coats the meat. Nothing concerning, just good old optics.
Reddit_killed_RIF
All meats can do this.
Brisket tends to do it more often than most cuts.
It’s fine, no worries.
JaiYuen01
What Makes a Shimmery Rainbow Appear on Meat? Usually, color—including the red and brown colors of meat—is caused by the presence of pigment. But iridescence on meat has nothing to do with pigment. The shimmery rainbow is actually due to a phenomenon called structural color. This means the physical structure of an object causes it to diffract light into a spectrum of colors. In beef, the microscopic structure of the muscle fibers can cause light hitting them to diffract and form a rainbow on the cut surface of meat.
automaticmantis
Looks perfectly cromulent
StandardUS
Three completely different seemingly viable answers in this thread lol
theCouple15
Eh I always took it as a sign the meat is old tbh, I’m sure some.google lawyer is gonna reprimand me but hey, being a cook for that long I’ve only come across it cooking meat that’s on it last legs🤔
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What cut of meat is that? Looks like you just cooked and dried the shit out of it to me.
meat contains nutrients like iron which is what you’re seeing
I don’t necessarily see in the pictures a strong effect, but it’s caused by thin film interference from the layer of fat that coats the meat. Nothing concerning, just good old optics.
All meats can do this.
Brisket tends to do it more often than most cuts.
It’s fine, no worries.
What Makes a Shimmery Rainbow Appear on Meat?
Usually, color—including the red and brown colors of meat—is caused by the presence of pigment. But iridescence on meat has nothing to do with pigment. The shimmery rainbow is actually due to a phenomenon called structural color. This means the physical structure of an object causes it to diffract light into a spectrum of colors.
In beef, the microscopic structure of the muscle fibers can cause light hitting them to diffract and form a rainbow on the cut surface of meat.
Looks perfectly cromulent
Three completely different seemingly viable answers in this thread lol
Eh I always took it as a sign the meat is old tbh, I’m sure some.google lawyer is gonna reprimand me but hey, being a cook for that long I’ve only come across it cooking meat that’s on it last legs🤔