why is my roast beef iridescent?

Subject: why is my roast beef iridescent?

Date: Thu Mar 7 09:37:06 2002
Posted by charlotte
Grade level: undergrad School: university of delaware
City: newark State/Province: DE Country: u.s.a.
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 1015511826.Bc

Message:


Often when I buy roast beef and other meats such as ham, the meat surface has a 
shiny iridescent look. This spectrum never occurs in meat I have cooked myself. 
I have asked biology and chemistry professors why this occurs, but the best 
answer I have received is, "It probably has something to do with the 
preservatives." Could you possibly be a bit more exact? I have searched 
journals and I cannot find anything that would provide an answer.

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