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BiasMushroom

Why cook when you never had to. One of the reasons we are so good at making tools is the fact we have next to nothing biologically to use as a weapon or tool. We wouldn’t have made spears for a very long time or we had spikes and claws to kill prey. Necessity breeds ingenuity. So no risk of dying from eating raw meat means no need to figure out how to make it safe, and then discovering it makes it more nutritious


wantedsafe471

True, but cooking or at least smoking meat can make it last longer. Even if they can digest spoiled or rotten meat, pretty sure they'd prefer not to eat meat that's become fuzy.


BiasMushroom

In a post that’s not available outside of pyre on at the moment it appears they freeze their meat to preserve it. Weird they figured out freezing and packaging before sun drying, curing, and cooking though


wantedsafe471

Yeah that is kinda strange. Is the Axur homeworld just Hoth? Because not all the parts of a planet are that cold all the time.


Crouteauxpommes

We already know that they are hot-blooded, maybe they have many snowy mountains across the world. Or evolved to occupy the poles first, leaving the equator region for after the freezing revolution.


Educational_Doubt_51

They may have made smoked meats pre industry


Roscuro127

Cooking also breaks food down pre-digestion, so it takes less calories to digest and therefore gives you more energy from eating it. But we've also adapted to eating cooked meats, so not every carnivore can benefit from cooked meats.


StarSilverNEO

They probably never needed too - their biology and closest earthly resemblence plus their activities make it look like they probably are made of sterner stuff stomach wise and dont need to worry about the various diseases you can get from eating raw meat. We have to cook meat because we basically bootlegged our way into omnivory, but the Arxur were always carnivores so they can just scarf that stuff down raw like most carnivores on Earth. They probably dont even use utensils, just a plate and their claws. That being said they probably do know the value of preserving what you havent eaten yet, so I imagine they have freezers, dry aging, salting, etc in place of cooking, plus (as I have discussed before in previous posts on the topic) perhaps marinating in certain herbs and such to make the meat taste abit better, etc etc. This last part I imagine is restricted to the upper echelons tho, based on how Paladin's shown in the only public Arxur POV shot its likely soldiers have to deal with preserved stuff most of the time if they arent near an active harvesting site


SpacePaladin15

I recommend reading Coth’s bonus chapter (the pinned one) for >!detailed discussion of cooking with Ross!< https://www.patreon.com/posts/72436970?utm_campaign=postshare_creator In short, the Arxur do not cook their food! They’re hunting purists


Acceptable_Egg5560

Ah, but the question is if it was always that way.


jesterra54

But do they preserve their food? I can't imagine them carring living herbivores as rations in their spaceships, because those are said to be utilitarian in desing


SpacePaladin15

To be answered 👀


jesterra54

How soon? This week or soon™?


SomeRandomSkitarii

Ping space Paladin and hope he answers your call


Newbe2019a

Logistics for their military would be unmanageable if only raw, or worst, live food is needed.


CandidSmile8193

As they become more Civilized, the Arxur will adopt cooking and cuisine as a trapping of civilization and begin to contribute to food culture. Humans typically need to cook our meats to an internal temperature of 160 degrees F to ensure no parasites are there and reach optimal digestion. The Arxur have no such need and will instead adopt a new rarity of meat beyond Blue-Rare we can call Arxurian Rare with spiced or sweet marinades and a light sear on thick cuts of meat with an internal temperature around 120 degrees. When plated and served the temperature ideally will drop to around the temperature range of warm blooded prey from a fresh kill. Also unique to Arxur cuisine is the blood is not drained in processing and the sear is mostly to lock in the blood and juices. Arxurian "Blood Steak" or "Blood Roasts" will become an acquired taste mostly among Human cultures that enjoy things like Blood Sausage or just more adventurous carnivore foodies. Bacon wrapped fillets and organs will likely become their most popular appetizer. Like cheese curds in Wisconsin, bacon wrapped eyeballs, gizzards, livers, hearts etc will become popular. Likely sausages will also become popular field rations. A huge dense chunk of summer sausage in a sealed can will likely become a popular field ration for Arxur troops.


Cactus_inass

they're obligate carnivores, there's no need for them to cook their food


Underhill42

I can't contribute on what's canon, but it does seem like they at least usually eat fresh raw meat. Given that... most of what constitutes a "good" flavor is learned (beyond sweet and fatty - a.k.a. calorie rich). Like, some people prefer their steaks well done, and others consider it a crime against beef if they're not still bleeding, but it's ultimately a matter of personal preference, there is no objectively "better" flavor. I imagine the Arxur might prefer it raw, and like Golem be horrified at the way nasty Hobbitses ruin fresh meat by cooking it. Because, ultimately, if they can safely efficiently digest raw meat, then cooking it isn't "advanced technology", it's a complete waste of time and resources that contributes nothing except changing the flavor. And to a palate accustomed to raw meat, the change would probably not be for the better.


DaivobetKebos

The closest they seem to have is the concept of "heat treating" the meat. I believe they mention dried meat and frozen meat but they prefer the live to plate method.


UmbraAegis

We can still eat raw meat when it's fresh we just run the risk of parasites, we started cooking it because it tasted better I've eaten raw venison before and yeah cooked venison is about 200 times better.


Underhill42

If you were accustomed to raw meat you'd probably think otherwise. Think of every dog out there that will happily eat a cooked steak, but would prefer it raw. For us, cooking meat (and vegetables for that matter) doesn't just kill disease, by breaking down complex, difficult to digest molecules into simpler components it also increases the effective calorie content by something like 20-40%, if I recall correctly. And food with more calories does tend to taste better. Given how long we've had fire it's possible we've actually evolved a biological preference for cooked food, it does seem like our digestive systems have become considerably less robust since then (perhaps that's what umami is? Cooked meat in particular is one of the big places it features...), but as that's something that happened after we were sapient it's also possible that we just noticed that the weirdos who cooked their food were ending up healthier and better fed that the ones who didn't, despite eating the same amount, and cultural norms shifted.