IDK about the beeswax method... @d66a8056 @c1bd69cb 

... but dry aged prime beef yields the best steaks.

This place, out in the middle of nowhere off of I-10 east of El Paso, was great back in the 70s and 80s... probably still is.

They used to dry age their meat for several weeks.

My mouth is watering.

https://cattlemanssteakhouse.com/ 

 @d46cf433 @d66a8056 @c1bd69cb 

Thousands of thousands of years without electric refrigeration.  Aged and fermented food is far more normal than canned or frozen, from an historical perspective at least 

 @abc7c997

yea...
... some early genius probably had sides of brontosaurus hanging in his cooler for months.  

I mean cave.

 @d66a8056 @c1bd69cb 

 @d46cf433 @d66a8056 @c1bd69cb 

Yea...

Inconceivable...

I get it.