steak storage question

djmsalem

I bought four strip steaks for a dinner party we were supposed to have last night, Friday. At the last minute, our guests needed to back out and we rescheduled for next Wednesday, the 11th. The steaks have a sell-by date of Sunday, Nov. 8.

If I want to use the steaks Wednesday, what's the best way to store them? Should I take them out of the grocery's wrapper, rewrap them, put them in a storage bag in the refrigerator? Or should I wrap them for freezing, thawing them on Tuesday? Or should I just let them sit in the grocery store wrapping until Wednesday?

The refrigerator temperature is 37 degrees, if that's helpful.

Thanks!

David

Richard Fl

I would take them out of the store package, season with pepper garlic seasoning or whatever you like use my food saver and store in fridge til cook time. Many times I get a deal on steaks and do that and season then freeze. They should be fine in the fridge til wed.

djmsalem

I don't have a FoodSaver, but this reminds me that I really should get one. Thanks for the advice!

Richard Fl

I just received in today's mail a catalogue from JC Penny and they are having a sale on kitchen items and one of the items is a food saver, not sure what model. Good investment IMHO. Just did 3 3 pound pork loins as buckboard bacon used my slicer and now have about 15 packages of buckboard in the freezer.

Little Steven

djmsalem,

I would remove them from the wrapping and place them on a wire rack in the fridge. I would go like that til two or three weeks Wednesday. stripsteak may chime in. If you have a second fridge or beer fridge that doesn't get opened a lot I would put them in there.

Steve

TNmike

Steve, the beer fridge would be the last option at my house, it gets opened a lot. Often more than it should. :laugh:

djmsalem

Hi, Steve,

Thanks for the advice. I would guess this would be like dry-aging them, which makes sense. Risk is that they'd get dried out along the exposed areas, which would be easy to trim on the edges, less so on the long sides. But I might just try it!

Thanks, again,

David

Little Steven

djmsalem,

I have had very few issues with the faces of single steaks after a week or two. They develop a waxy surface but they taste great. Roasts and whole primals work better and you do have to cut a thin strip of the ends but it isn't much.

Steve

Little Steven

TNmike,

Me too. I usually throw out a bunch of stuff out of the main fridge, move the beer and age the meat in the beer fridge.
A man has to have his priorities in order. :laugh:

Steve

Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker

you can't do anything to steaks but wet age them.

dry aging would give you jerky.


leave them in the package and don't show them the steaks before you cook them. brown is good. best steak in the case is the oldest one.

Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker

not the way to go. you are right, sides (flesh) of the meat should never see air.