jean claude, I agree with you that fresh meat will keep a long time in the refrigerator... it is nearly impossible to get fresh meat here other than supermarket meat.... Mary At 12:18 AM 8/7/00 -0700, you wrote: >>With meat of this quality I might even try starting raw.... Any >>suggestions as where to start are welcome. > >Eating frozen meats raw is not the best way to start raw. Unless the meat is >eaten while still frozen ,the denaturation that start while it thaw might >be similar to what happen during cooking ( all the cells are broken open >that start all kind of chemical reactions that alter the taste and quality >of the meat. > >If you can manage to get the meat fresh you can keep it in a fridge a long >time if you make sure that the surface of the pieces dried out ( i can keep >the meat for over a month easy after the 10 days or 2 weeks minimum of >normal aging , ) i use a fan inside my fridge so the exposed surfaces of >chunk of meats can dry. >The meats aged that way are very tasty . >jean-claude > >>Consider myself lucky because in a small overpopulised country as this >>one it is rare to find. >> >>Christy > >