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.
- Asian Indians are the largest Asian American group in more than 20 US States, including New Jersey (at 228,250 followed by the next largest group Chinese at 122,931), Georgia (at 79,169 followed by 37,900 Koreans and 37,159 Vietnamese) and Illinois (at 157,126 followed by 103,059 Filipinos and 90,569 Chinese).