Aging Beef... The Experiment

It has been 8 days since we began our beef aging adventure and while it was exciting at first, it quickly lost its luster when we would forget the beef until late at night as we were sluggishly heading to bed. Nonetheless, we are here, at day 8 and I am finally beginning to feel the excitement again.

Our beef aging experiment may or may not work. Our refrigerator may be too warm and may be fostering a whole colony of bad for us bacteria or it may be too cold rendering all of our hard work useless. The one thing it is is a learning experience and that is what we were after. The chance to try. So often people are quick to put an idea down, quick to say it won't work, some because they have tried it and failed, others because they cannot think outside the box and imagine a normal everyday person being able to achieve something whether it be aging beef in their home, creating an award winning cupcake recipe or running a marathon.

Dry aging beef is normally a 10 to 21 day process. I am unsure how far we will take this but I am crossing my fingers it will be delicious.

Day 4 of Beef Aging Process
You can see the meat is beginning to darken.

Day 8 of the Beef Aging Process