Beef Jerky?

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It's not as bad as it sounds.  I haven't had their's, but it's just shredded jerky in a can for cowboy poseurs.  (I used to use it when my idea of a fun hiking/camping trip was to take nothing more than a gun, ammo, a lighter,  food, ammo, a knife, a poncho w/liner, ammo, a lensatic compass and ammo camping for several days in the mountains.)  With some patience and a little water and a few packets of bbq sauce you could throw it on camping crackers and have a somewhat edible bbq beef sandwich.


Edited by Mack - 10 January 2012 at 10:30am

There's a local butcher store around me that has great jerkey.

oldpbnoob wrote: Having a wad of cold soggy meat in my mouth doesnt appeal to me. See....

This reminds me of a story.

When my oldest granddaughter was younger she would ride on my shoulders when her mom accompanied the off-duty supervisor and me to SAMs Club.  (She has since gotten too big for this although I toss her up there every once in a while* much to the unhappiness of the pins in my back.)  Anyway, we usually work our way through the store hitting the samples and I usually let her try one of whatever I got before getting her a sample of her own. On this specific day we got beef jerky samples (which she loves) and I had one piece and just gave her the rest.  A little later she waves a piece of jerky in front of my face and says she is full so I open my mouth and she shoves it in.  I very quickly realized that she had chewed on it for a while before she decided she was full.




*She just looks so sad when I say "no."


Edited by Mack - 10 January 2012 at 2:04pm

I used to work with a Vietnamese girl who's grandmother made the best damned beef jerky ever. Tasted like it had Chinese 5 spice in it.

Of the store-bought brands. Jack Link's Teriyaki is where it's at.

I was so bummed, theres a place back home in Whitehorse that has incredibly good jerky. Meaty, salty goodness, and I always stock up when I go home before I fly back to Vancouver. This time when I went home they were completely sold out so I couldnt get any :(

You guys are sad and pathetic.

Jerky? Honestly? You may as well chew on shoe leather.

Get some decent biltong.

All insults aside, those of you who make it yourself, how and what do you use?

KBK

When I used to make it myself I always ground the meat first.  It made it much easier to chew once it was dried.

oldpbnoob wrote: Mack wrote: When I used to make it myself I always ground the meat first.  It made it much easier to chew once it was dried. Pounding out all that Mastadon meat with a rock must have been tiring.

You win the Internet.

oldpbnoob wrote: Mack wrote: When I used to make it myself I always ground the meat first.  It made it much easier to chew once it was dried. Pounding out all that Mastadon meat with a rock must have been tiring.

The worst part was waiting for them to evolve sufficiently that they were edible.