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.
Since many Asian and Hispanic groups are classified differently, most of the groups listed are white. 1  The most common is German-American. At least 42.8 million Americans say they are this. 2  The fourth most common group is English.