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
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