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StellarEvo
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I just stopped at a butcher (not my usual store) and picked up a couple filets for an early Valentines dinner. They were darker in couple compared to the other less expensive cuts. I told him I wasn't sure about those filets since they were so much darker - he told me "they'll be better! They are aged more so they'll have a better flavor!"
My experience told me that they were in the case longer and that's what he wanted to tell me to sell them. I didn't think the aging process was just leaving it in the fridge but my options were limited and I bought them anyway. )
Does it really matter if they are that bright red color or are steaks still "good" when they get to the purple color? I've attached the picture of the filets so you guys can see what I picked up.
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peel off the nasty bacon and wrap them with butchers twine and cook away.
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The only reason meat appears bright red is the exposure to oxygen. Freshly cut beef will appear purple and then lighten as you leave it out. Dry-aging does lead to a darker appearance than fresh, in my experience.Take them out of the plastic and leave them out for a bit before cooking. They should bighten right up.
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How do they smell? If it's rank you may want to consider tossing them.Large and Small BGECentral, IL
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they usually discount those and put a managers special sticker on them. i like them better both taste wise and price wise. i wouldnt worry about the bacon either, you can eat bacon raw
fukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it -
Dry aged beef is darker than fresh. As they dry age, the natural enzymes create more flavor, and that flavor is concentrated because of the water loss. Dry aged steaks can be very expen$$ive.
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Thanks for all the replies.@gdenby What exactly is dry aged beef? I can't fathom this is the process that the meat I bought went through.
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yours was just sitting as a steak in the counter. dry age is aging the whole primal for 20 to 40 days uncovered in a refridgerated room and then cutting the steaks out. the steak you have sat in the counter for a couple days only and he probably should have discounted it because he wants that piece to move, not because it was going bad, just that folks like the red looking steak better
fukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it -
Makes perfect sense. Thanks! I'm grilling them up tonight. I'll post the results.fishlessman said:yours was just sitting as a steak in the counter. dry age is aging the whole primal for 20 to 40 days uncovered in a refridgerated room and then cutting the steaks out. the steak you have sat in the counter for a couple days only and he probably should have discounted it because he wants that piece to move, not because it was going bad, just that folks like the red looking steak better
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Trust your nose, if they smell ok then fire away!
Dark red is better than grey any day.
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Hey, why don't I just go eat some hay, make things out of clay, lay by the bay? I just may! What'd ya say?MelSharples said:Trust your nose, if they smell ok then fire away!
Dark red is better than grey any day.
Rhyme unintentional...
-Happy Gilmore (1996) :PWhich came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. -
<like> Oh Happy Gilmore...."I eat pieces of **** like you for breakfast"LBGE and Primo XL Plano TX All right all right alllll riight
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Ever wonder why sometimes in the butcher case you will see some items covered in seasoning or breadcrumbs, such that you cannot see the surface?
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He called the $hit poopColumbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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