During the Christmas Holidays we had rib primals drop to $5.99/lb and I decided to pick up 4 of them. Coworker also picked up a couple and we decided to dry age two of them. One going to 60 days and the other 100 days.
Both were left to wet age in the original cryo bag for a little bit until I had time to get them into Umai bags. I’ve used the bags once prior for a 45 day rib primal and while that was good it didn’t have the “funk” I was after.
The 60 day turned out great and most likely the extent anyone would want to go to “please” everyone. Both kids and wife ate and loved them, but I still wanted something more.
100 days came and went and finally schedules lined up at the 115 day mark.
By this point the “smell” was no longer present unless you got your nose right next to the meat. It took some work but we got it steaked out.
Coworker sealed them as is but I took it a step further as I wanted any usable trimming (from between ribs) and fat to be sealed separate for a future grind of some sort.
Unfortunately schedule hasn’t given me a chance to have one yet but my coworker has reported that the texture is definitely different and his wife couldn’t eat more then a bite due to taste. Wanted to end with a nice bonus pic of an edge piece that shows some of the marbling.
Both were left to wet age in the original cryo bag for a little bit until I had time to get them into Umai bags. I’ve used the bags once prior for a 45 day rib primal and while that was good it didn’t have the “funk” I was after.
The 60 day turned out great and most likely the extent anyone would want to go to “please” everyone. Both kids and wife ate and loved them, but I still wanted something more.
100 days came and went and finally schedules lined up at the 115 day mark.
Coworker sealed them as is but I took it a step further as I wanted any usable trimming (from between ribs) and fat to be sealed separate for a future grind of some sort.
Unfortunately schedule hasn’t given me a chance to have one yet but my coworker has reported that the texture is definitely different and his wife couldn’t eat more then a bite due to taste. Wanted to end with a nice bonus pic of an edge piece that shows some of the marbling.
