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 population of United States is widely varied and the major races that form the United States Racial Hierarchy are White, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Black (African American), Indigenous Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, some other race which is referred to people of two or more races.