Re:As a group, can we move beyond the money?

[Scott Mark]

evil4blue wrote:

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Everything has worth and that worth is different to different people. To me, cost is just as big a justification for dry aging at home as the process is. If it would cost me twice to do this at home as it would to buy equivalent quality at the store…I’m not dry aging at home. I would bet that $$ is factored in, at least somewhere, in everyones decission to take up any hobby. My $0.02, lol

But it doesn’t cost twice as much. We all know that.

Granted, we stick our heads in the sand — we look at the initial cost of the primal. We look at either the pre-trim or post-trim price of the primal. We ignore the electricity for the fridge. We ignore the cost -vs- lifespan of the fridge. We ignore the rental space for the fridge. We ignore the price of the drybag. We ignore the cost of owning a workable vacuum sealer. None of us comes _near_ an accurate estimate of the cost of a dry-aged steak.

I think we should stop discussing the money. It costs more than fresh. It costs less than restaurant. There’s no point in gabbling about the particular ratios.