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.
The largest ethnic group in New York City is the white ethnicity, which makes up about 44% of the population. About 25.5% of the population identifies as black and about 12.7% of the population identifies as Asian. Also, Hispanics make up about 28.6% of the population.