salty meat tends to feel harder...?

why is that? any way to overcome that?

d957jazz retired chef2006-09-20T09:20:10Z

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salt draws the moisture out of the meat leaving it dry and hard...soak the salted meat in water and put moisture back and salt out i buy salt cured hams and thats what i do to get salt out

Fleur de Lis2006-09-20T09:24:19Z

Salt brings out the juices in the meat. I use salt after it's cooked.

bramblerock2006-09-20T09:19:49Z

when cooking meat don't salt untill almost done cooking as salt can make meat tough.