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 Hispanic population of the United States as of July 1, 2016, making people of Hispanic origin the nationâs largest ethnic or racial minority. Hispanics constituted 17.8 percent of the nationâs total population.