Beef in TX

[Coldshooter]

I know that slow cooked brisket and steaks are something Texas is rightfully proud of. So is Texas beef in steakhouses usually dry aged? How about what you get in the market? Just wondering if that became a traditional method or if the temps were to high prior to modern refrigeration.

 

[boatme99]

It's easy to dry age beef at home with a little patience and a good, well regulated refrigerator. It only takes four to seven days.

I dry age prime rib roasts for Christmas dinner every year.

I'll leave you to Google how, I'm not about to give cooking advice on how to keep old meat around, only to be introduced to your solicitor at some later date.

 

[kwselke]

Dry aged beef is common in high end steak house restaurants. The Kroger half a mile from me used to have a dry aging locker, but the prices were so high on those cuts I never bought any from them and am not sure they still offer it. Prime and high end Choice wet cured beef as well as Wagyu (domestic Kobe) is available in several grocery stores in my neighborhood. My favorite beef comes from an old style supermarket about a mile and a half from me, Rice Epicurean Market. They still hand cut in house their Epicurean Choice Angus so there is little or no waste with their steaks. It's a wet cure, but $12/lb for ribeye is a good price. Since our drought in 2011, followed by other droughts, the price of beef has skyrocketed.

 

[Eaglestroker]

I ate at a real fine steak in Buffalo Gap, TX not to terribly long ago. Hadn't had it off my mind since then either. I've tried home dry aging and it just wasn't the same

 

[wbraswell]

Sadly, I have never eaten dry aged beef. I lust for it, but I'm a cheapskate.

 

[boatme99]

I ate at a real fine steak in Buffalo Gap, TX not to terribly long ago. Hadn't had it off my mind since then either. I've tried home dry aging and it just wasn't the same

Did you dry the whole roast or did you try drying just the steaks?
You need to dry the whole roast, then cut your steak when ready to cook it.

 

[therevjay]

I've never been to Texas. Any Texans here PLEASE tell me "Busters" isn't really "Texas style" B-B-Q.

 

[kwselke]

I've never been to Texas. Any Texans here PLEASE tell me "Busters" isn't really "Texas style" B-B-Q.

What is Busters? I'm a real Texan and do not know. Reminds me of the time I was talking about my favorite Mexican food place and a lady from NY said, that's not real Mexican food. I said, they have real Mexicans working in the kitchen and I like it.