One day dry aging for beef in fridge?

PhilD · March 28, 2016, 4:37am

Are bags used domestically rather than commercially?

I assume the bag protects the meat in a domestic environment from cross contamination and is in effect the controlled environment but in a commercial operation the ageing room is the controlled environment - humidity, contamination, temperature etc etc.

Scubadoo97 · March 28, 2016, 10:43am

Yes home use only

Tom34 · March 28, 2016, 2:06pm

I just looked at 2 study abstracts on DryBag’s website. The benefits they are claiming include:

Less odor.
Less cross contamination.
Higher product yield (couldn’t access full study to see %)

I do know butchers prefer to dry age “bone-in” subprimals with a nice fat cap. Fat cap protects the top side of the meat & bones protect the lean underside of the meat. Only bark loss is about 1/4 inch on both ends (vs) 1/4 inch bark loss on entire underside plus both ends when dry aging boneless subprimals.

StoneSoup · March 28, 2016, 2:31pm

I think trimming the bark is done because of the strong risk of food poisoning from all the biogenic amines formed during aging. A very sickening cause of non bacterial food poisoning. For me, even rinsing fresh raw meat reduces histamine reactions enormously, from poultry as well as other meats.

Tom34 · March 28, 2016, 2:49pm

I cut off the bark, cut it into cubes and simmer in a stock pot with carrots, onions & celery. Reduce down to strong tasting beef broth, strain for future gravy base & the dog gets whats on the straining screen.

StoneSoup · March 29, 2016, 1:13pm

Cooking doesn’t destroy amines. Reactions occur, depending on total levels in a meal or dish, in folks with completely normal tolerances.

Tom34 · March 29, 2016, 6:25pm

We are lucky non of us have those issues here.

StoneSoup · March 29, 2016, 6:46pm

Everyone has those issues with enough histamine, at levels commonly occurring in normal meals. It’s more like unless you get anaphylactic badly enough, you don’t connect it to your food intake. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15603203

“We conclude that 75 mg of pure liquid oral histamine–a dose found in normal meals–can provoke immediate as well as delayed symptoms in 50% of healthy females without a history of food intolerance.”

But back on topic; my point was that amines are not removed nor deactivated by cooking, only increased, in the case of histamine and that consuming the bark from long aged meat is not wise.