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Default OK, top this used meat deal

On Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 9:41:04 PM UTC-10, Leo wrote:
> On 2020 Jan 9, , dsi1 wrote
> (in >):
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> > Funny colored meat doesn't bother me. Well, at least, funny colored beef
> > doesn't anyway. I'll leave beef open in the fridge for a couple of weeks
> > until they're good and ripe.
> >
> > https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared...9h4GAxpzKclTb1

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> Those are nice looking rib eyes, but theyre not brown. I expected brown
> from a couple of weeks in the fridge. It must be that fresh, salty Hawaiian
> air.
>
> leo


That's the inside of the steaks when cut. The outside was dried up and scabby looking. Aged beef tends to have a peculiar look to it - it's more of a maroon color and has a granular appearance - it actually looks like it's frozen because of a lack of surface moisture. You can see by the sides that it's one dried up piece of meat. It's kind of a bummer that one's nice piece of meat shrinks 20 or more percent.