system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why does meat to stick to cooking surfaces?
gpt
Anything that goes from being viscous to being rigid will act like glue, because it'll first conform to whatever surface it's touching, getting into all the nooks and crannies. Once it hardens, it'll grab on to said nooks and crannies, and be more or less difficult to remove.