Help! My meat smells like wet dog??!

andygb

I cannot stand cooked salmon any more, and it started a few years ago, when we had grilled salmon steaks two or three times a week. The smell would pervade the whole house, even with the extractor going and the windows open.
However, I have chucked away some meat recently, because I thought it smelled a bit "iffy". I wonder if the mind is a very powerful device when it comes to sub conscious decision making.

Paulie'sGirl

I raised a thread on this a few months back. I chucked the mince too, smelled like wet dog. I find it particularly happens when the mince is a bit fatty. I get the same thing with lamb. It makes me physically sick. I get OH to brown the mince now where I can, then I take over as normal

I also admit to being paranoid about the smell of chicken, if it still smells funny after a rinse I have to chuck it. I wouldn't care, I used to work in a butchers' when I was younger, and nothing there phased me.

PGxx

candygirl

You might be coming to your senses and turning veggie;):D

ragz_2

Similar thing happened to my Mum, she's veggie, not because of ethical erasons, just because she can't stand the smell/taste/texture of meat, started when she was a teenager. Maybe your body thinks you don't need it at the moment. Stragely enough now she's going thru the "change" she's started eating meat very occaisonally - I told her her body must need something in it. But maybe yours is the opposite at the moment.

tori.k

I agree with ragz. im veggie but also not for ethical reason i just dont like the smell & texture of flesh, just go veggie for a bit you will either stay veggie or start craving a bacon butty at somepoint
Im happy to cook meat for the kids, except lamb i wont even have that in the house it smells rotten raw or cooked

marmalize

i also can't stand the smell of cooking mince or a pork joint in the early stage of cooking....
if you fry a chopped onion (and a bit of garlic) with the mince it doesn't smell as bad...with the pork i seal it in the tin with foil till it passes that initial cooking/smelling stage..

celyn90

^^what ragz and tori.k said I was very strictly veggi for years because I hate the smell of cooking meat and the texture of it. I eat a little meat now, but not very much. I used to hide upstairs when my mum started cooking the sunday roast because I found the smell so abhorrent.

I also hate the smell of brown bread, fish, goats cheese and milk.

Debt_Free_Dreamer

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You're not pregnant are you?

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My thought exactly as I was reading the OP's post...

Nomoneymummy_2

This thread makes me laugh as I go through really odd stages of going off foods for no good reason, often just as I start cooking them (kids and hubby eat it all fine!!)

For years I couldn't eat meat, baked beans and fish cos of the smell.... I love the taste of lamb but the smell when cooking is horrid??

zippychick

Hi Declutterqueen :hello:

I have added your thread to the existing one of Paulie Girls on smelly meat , so we can keep all the discussion together.

I'll be very honest in saying I really can't stand the smell of [STRIKE]wet dog[/STRIKE] raw meat. It makes me feel quite ill. I used to be very squeamish about even handling meat but I am slowly pushing my limits and getting over it. I can't rely on my nose to tell me whether meat is off as I think it all smells vile - so I simply make sure to freeze as soon as posisble, or use as soon as possible. Mince and chicken in particular smell gross to me

I don't think your body is necessarily telling you to become a veggie. I have considered it quite recently, but realised how much meat I use, even on a small scale. As long as I make educated consumer choices (where my meat comes from, free range etc), then I am happy with my conscience.

thanks
Zip