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Searing meat enhances flavour rather than trapping moisture
High heat creates rich crust flavours without creating an impermeable barrier
A common culinary myth claims searing meat over high heat seals in its natural juices. Food experiments show that seared meat actually loses slightly more moisture than unseared meat due to high thermal exposure. Searing is valued instead for generating intense Maillard reaction flavours on the meat exterior.
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