Why is fire important for cooking meat? A. Fire improves the taste of meat. B. Fire makes meat easier for children to consume. C. The heat from fire kills bacteria in meat that cause sickness. D. The smoke from fire sanitizes meat. Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D

C. the heat from fire kills bacteria in meat that cause sickness.

Explanation:

There are two main ways of killing bacteria in food to ensure they are safe to consume. The first is to use a fire and up the temperature high enough to kill existing bacterias, while keeping the food from being burnt. The other way is to freeze the food so that the bacteria does not have the chance to expand and infect all of the food.

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