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 religion in the US is Christianity, claimed by the majority of the population (70.6% in 2014). According to the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies newsletter published March, 2017, based on data from 2010, Christians were the largest religion in all 3143 counties in the country.