Really excellent old beef

One side effect of our extended stay in Italy was that the prime beef Randy was aging ended up aging longer than anticipated. On June 14th we got it out of the fridge; Randy assured me that it was supposed to look like this...

Today day he set about transforming it. It took lots of weighing and trimming to convert what looked like a mess (to me, not to Randy) into something wonderful.

He was careful to trim only what needed to go. This beef is really well aged and very dark. 

And when he was done, we had some very beautiful beef. This has a rich, unusual flavor, and was well worth the wait!