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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
tenderizer

1942, agent noun from tenderize.

Wiktionary
tenderizer

n. 1 Any substance added to meat before cooking in order to make it more tender, especially any source of the enzyme papain 2 A form of mallet used to beat meat before cooking

WordNet
tenderizer

n. a substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender [syn: tenderiser]

Usage examples of "tenderizer".

Next I put in some root beer extract an meat tenderizer an popcorn cheese seasoning an added some blackstrap molasses an crab boil.

I want to know what food was like in the old days, before tenderizers and flavor-enhancers.