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On 2020 Jan 10, , dsi1 wrote
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> 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.


I didnt realize that the steaks were from a slab. Ive done the slab
stuff with whole deer that hung for a week inside a cloth shroud in mild
weather, so I know what youre talking about

leo