Dry-aged beef requires 7 to 14 days or longer to age properly. Wet-aged beef can mature in as few as 7 days. Meat is muscle, and muscle is composed of protein structures that break down with the aging process.
White Americans are the racial majority. African Americans are the largest racial minority, amounting to 13.2% of the population. Hispanic and Latino Americans amount to 17% of the population, making up the largest ethnic minority.
Hispanic and Latino Americans as a whole make up a racially diverse group and as a whole are the largest minority in the country. 1  President Abraham Lincoln was descended from Samuel Lincoln and was of English and Welsh ancestry. 2  Actress Raquel Welch of Spanish (via Bolivia) and English ancestry back to the Mayflower.