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Fresh Meat vs Frozen Meat

Fresh vs. frozen beef 🥩 For ME, I’ve found that fresh is best. I completely understand why so many people rely on frozen meat—especially when supporting local farmers and buying ¼, ½ or a whole cow. And some people specifically use freezing as part of how they manage histamine concerns. For us, we’ve developed a pretty careful system with our ribeyes, and I sometimes wonder whether that’s part of why fresh works so well for me. We look for the most recent pack date on the ribeye cases. For our 50-minute drive home, each cryovac goes into its own large cooler surrounded by ice. At home, we keep our refrigerator VERY cold—generally around 33–35/36°F—and use frozen bottles of water to help maintain that temperature. Joe cuts one cryovac at a time into roughly 1¼-inch steaks, and we vacu…