"BuZzY" > wrote in message


> Occasionally I see magazine ads for really expensive, select filet
> mignons, etc., that appear to be vacuum wrapped and packed in
> baskets--they seem to be unrefrigerated--how is this possible-? Or am i
> just wrong about this-?

The only way to store meats with no refrigeration is to cure them. Salami,
jerky, Spam, can be done. Steaks? they may not be in the fridge for the
photo, but they will be in dry ice if they are mailorder.