by deanp100 » 21 Mar 2015, 11:23 am
There is no health reason why you cannot eat it immediately. Some cuts will be just ok and some will be worse than that. A piece of meat , cut straight of a fresh kill and thrown on a hotplate will most likely turn into a twisted piece of leather as the muscle fibres react to the heat. The aging process firstly allows for the muscle fibre twitch to stop, which is a problem for instant cooking and tenderness. After that the meat will set a little and then the biological breakdown will commence which is the tenderising, flavouring part. So yes you can eat it, but it is better to let it set, break it down and age it
Deano