Anyone here ever try aging beef at home?

[Taverner]

Successful? Not? Did it taste better?

http://www.askthemeatman.com/is_it_possible_to_dry_age_beef_at_home.htm

[Old Troop]

1. Inadvertantly!

[Taverner]

3. Did it, um, taste good?

Or was it past 21 days?

[pinboy3niner]

8. After you get it out from behind the fridge...

...it's kind of hard to tell how long you've been aging it. I'll send it to you and you can let us know how it tastes, okay? :evilgrin:

[Duer 157099]

2. Yes, I did it once and it worked very well

Can't remember the details exactly (although I did post on DU about it at the time) but yes it worked as advertised.

Took up a lot of room in the fridge, though. I'd do it again if I had the space and found a big hunk of good beef on sale.

[Taverner]

15. I love dry aged prime rib

But doubt I can get that whole quarter in my fridge

[amerikat]

4. Never tried to dry age beef myself but.

I had a dry aged prime rib steak at a very famous NY city restaurant.
They have a window on the street where you can see all the beef being aged.
I have to say it was very tender but not at all juicy or flavorful even
though I got it medium rare.

I was disappointed really.

http://www.gallaghersnysteakhouse.com/

[Taverner]

7. A lot of moisture is removed

Therefore making them weigh less - however, there is supposed to be more 'beef' flavor in there

I have agreed with this in their Filet Mingon only

[Hotler]

5. Have you seen that guys beef slaughtering DVD?

I clicked on it once and it opens up with a scene of a field and in this field is a tractor with a jib crane on it, a cow and this guy walking up to the cow with one hand out like he's going to pet it and he has the other arm behind him and in his hand he has a big club. I turned it off at that point.

[Taverner]

6. You enter my conundrum

I love meat. I love it. Like no other food.

I love burgers, steaks, chops, brisket, pot roast, chicken breasts, turkey breasts, turkey legs, chicken wings, pork loin, pork ribs, baby back pork ribs, beef ribs, etc...

But I know it is ethically, and morally wrong. Peter Singer made an impression on me.

So this is my dichotomy.

[Hotler]

9. I didn't think the dvd would open with the kill.

I didn't watch, but I'm guessing it showed the kill. Use a club???? It seems to me you would have to use a two handed swing with all you had behind it in order to ding that cow. A buddy of mine at work is from Nebraska and he said when they did their cows they just walked up popped them in the head with a hand gun.

[amerikat]

10. If I had to do the killing myself

I'd be a vegetarian in short order. I could learn to hunt I think....
if it was the only way to get meat.

[Taverner]

11. Most people would feel that way

If the question was 'grow veggies and grains' or 'kill, strip, bless and eventually eat meat" the decision would be clear.

[amerikat]

12. My knowledge of history says the modern world did both

Grew crops and hunted animals. Hunting animals preceded raising crops.

Agriculture made people less nomadic. but they still hunted game.

[KamaAina]

13. There's always kosher

relative humaneness is one of the rationales behind kosher.

Won't help you much with pork, though. :-)

[Taverner]

14. Kosher, Free Range, etc

I like Niman Ranch for that exact reason