Each time water in a cell freezes slowly,long sharp crystals spear through the membrane structures of the cell.The most reasonable explanation for the bad taste of meat that has "freezer burn" from repeated freezing is the destruction of
A) the nuclear membrane, causing mixing of nucleoplasm and cytoplasm.
B) ribosomes, causing them to break into subunits.
C) lysosomes, and the resultant self-digestion.
D) rough endoplasmic reticulum causing the release of ribosomes.
E) the Golgi apparatus and vesicles.

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The breakage of the lysosomes would result in the release of digestive enzymes which would self-digest and therefore, alter the taste of the meat. None of the other organelles would destroy the cells of alter the taste.

Each Time Water in a Cell Freezes Slowly,long Sharp Crystals