Tenderizers

Gluten preventers (tenderizers) - egg yolks, sugar, butter ❋ Aka TBTAM (2008)

A few held weapons that looked like giant hammers with stubbled surfaces, like those found on meat tenderizers. ❋ Jeri Smith-Ready (2010)

Instead of a normal-looking boy, she imagined a giant with fists like meat tenderizers and a head like a gigantic watermelon. ❋ Amber Benson (2010)

It was a wicked-looking blue chicken with a third eye bursting through its forehead—a chicken with twelve claws, all of which clutched instruments of death: daggers, swords, deep-fry baskets, meat tenderizers, and a snickersnee. ❋ M. T. Andreson (2009)

(Commercial meat tenderizers, such as papaya juice, do the same job-but natural aging is more flavorful.) ❋ Unknown (2006)

The marinade can be used for galbee short ribs as well, though many cooks add tenderizers to the marinade for galbee since the meat is thicker than bulgogee and could be tougher. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Meat Tenderizers Meat tenderizers are protein-digesting enzymes extracted from a number of plants, including papaya, pineapple, fig, kiwi, and ginger. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)

The problem with tenderizers is that they penetrate into meat even more slowly than acids, a few millimeters per day, so that the meat surface tends to accumulate too much and get overly mealy, while the interior remains unaffected. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)

Additives More than 50 additives are permitted in American beer, including preservatives, foaming agents usually vegetable gums, and enzymes—similar to meat tenderizers—that break down proteins into smaller molecules that are less likely to cloud the brew. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)

Pineapple Enzymes Pineapples contain several active protein-digesting enzymes that are used in meat tenderizers, but can cause problems in other prepared dishes. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)

The green fruit contains vessels of milky latex rich in the protein-digesting enzyme papain, which is found in some meat tenderizers. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)